Happy New Year/2016
Happy New Year, my dear Friends… Let 2016 be an awesome year, full of health and prosperity… Truly yours, C. Enrique Ortiz (CEO) Attributions: See image source.
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Don’t Abandon Puerto Rico (NY Times)
— See Image Source. I typically stay away from Politics in this blog. As a matter of fact, in this blog I’ve never written a piece on such topic. But today I need to. My Dad recently sent me a New York Times (NYT) article/opinion titled Don’t Abandon Puerto Rico (PR) that describes the current … Read more
US Mobile Market Update – Q3 2015 (Chetan Sharma)
Check out Chetan’s latest report, US Mobile Market Update – Q3 2015. Some highlights below. More details are available at: http://chetansharma.com/connectedconsumer15.htm. Handsets – As expected, (a) Smartphones continue to rule, with penetration in the US now at 78%! (b) On the opposite end, feature phones are becoming extinct. Android vs. iOS: The fight for profit … Read more
Getting ready for the new iOS 9 ATS feature
With the goal of enforcing best practices for secure network connections, iOS 9 introduces new security requirements and behavior with its new App Transport Security (ATS) feature. If you are not planning to recompile your apps with Apple’s iOS 9 SDK (or Xcode 7), you do not need to make any changes. But if you … Read more
Android Platforms Adoption (May 2015)
Every year I like to take a snapshot of Android platforms adoption for historical purposes. Below is the Android platform comparison 2015 vs. 2014. (Search my blog for previous ones). Keeping track of platform adoption is important as it directly impacts what developers should be focusing on vs. what should be deprecating or end-of-life. (Data … Read more
Android and Microsoft (2015)
(Image Source: Mario Tomás Serrafero) I find this interesting: the recent move by MSFT to get into and “steal” the Android space. Today, thanks to new leadership at MSFT (Nadella), it seems the company is entering a new phase — with new vision and no-or less ego than before. And with this, MSFT is directly … Read more
RIP Leonard Nimoy
I’m forever a big fan… Thanks for inspiring so many in tech, space and reasoning… The Shuttle Enterprise In 1976, NASA’s space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from the ‘Star Trek’ television series.
Bit.ly is not in Lybia
When deploying (mobile) apps for verticals such as Healthcare or Banking, you typically have to get the app approved or blessed by the customer’s IT security team. Some tips or info: Only deploy, even for Proof of Concepts (POCs), properly signed apps Do not use or store personal identifiable information that can track users Use … Read more
Improving The Patient Experience (early 2015)
Disclaimer: The French Hospital Medical Center app is powered by Phunware’s Vertical Solutions platform, one of the products that I manage at Phunware. As the mobile lifestyle, advanced smartphones and advanced networks continue its path to convergence powering the pervasive, actionable Mobile Context, we are starting to see its impact on people’s daily lives. One … Read more