I can watch this 1,000 times, and it never gets old… (To maximize awesomeness, watch it fullscreen HD) View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers on Vimeo.
The Starbucks App for Android 2.0 is out on Google Play (see announcement on VentureBeat). Good to see… (I was one of the people who contributed design & dev to this product, specifically the Card Management tab/functionality, plus some other.) Starbucks have proven,…
This is Part 3 of a series on Security & Privacy for Mobile Apps. Part 1 of this series introduced main concepts related to security on mobile apps. Part 2 went deeper into the security elements and guidelines related to security and privacy…
On Retail Stores vs. Amazon (May 2012) I wrote about the issue that local retail stores are facing with respect to Amazon’s prowess: Consumers visit a physical-local merchant/retail-store to see, try and feel a product, then compares prices online via their smartphone in…
This is Part 2 of a series on Security & Privacy for Mobile Apps. In this Part 2 of the series, we will cover the elements of mobile apps, and some guidelines related to security and privacy. (Note: in this article mobile apps…
This is Part 1 of a series on Security & Privacy for Mobile Apps. (Note: in this article mobile apps means both native and webapps) Are you Serious About Security on your mobile apps or webapps? Security and privacy is an area that…
A quick plug for ArtemisWerks. Check out the company, a provider of mobile strategy and software design and development services. For many years it has been helping companies with their mobile strategy and software products — end-to-end iOS, Android, and mobile-optimized webapps, and…
The Oracle vs. Google case on Java is such a precedence case that any ruling on APIs vs. copyright might open a can of worms. The outcome of this ruling literally will affect any software company and developers designing APIs (and protecting those…
Something subtle but very important occurred yesterday. I am talking about Target’s decision to stop selling Amazon’s Kindle e-readers (hyperlink: USA Today). In the above article you can find one sentence that summarizes the struggle that Retailers have been facing: Target’s decision to…
This is most beautiful HD Time-Lapse Video of the Northern Lights that I have ever seen. Amazing work by Ole C. Salomonsen. Watch in full-screen! “As solar storms reach a maximum in 2012-2013, the northern lights are more beautiful than ever. Ole C.…
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