Perimeter: The distance around a figure. The other day I read via Textually/Ringtonia about a fight that broke out in the Iraqi parliament after a mobile phone ringtone played a Shia Muslim chant – see Shia ringtone sparks scuffle in Iraqi parliament. Later…
Due to recent circumstances, we have been forced to write the following disclaimer… DISCLAIMER – HANDSET AND HANDSET USAGE WARNING – Handsets and its software can be unpredictable and unsafe. Handsets can be dangerous. It has been reported all around the Internet about…
Mobile Monday Global Summit and Peer Awards – May 8-9, Helsinki, Finland. We are happy to announce the Mobile Monday Austin nominees for the Global Peer Awards: B2C Category: Bones in Motion B2B Category: Opera Software Congratulations to the nominees! Meet the organizers…
John Carmack of id Software understands what mobile software development is all about…he really does. I am going to quote to pieces from an interview of him by GameSpot titled “Carmack bitten, smitten by mobile bug“, that tells a lot about his understanding…
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Mechanical Turks, Amazon's Mechanical Turk, web services, blog aggregators, web searches, screen scraping, data and information, copyright and attribution… With the rise of “easy access to information” comes a relatively new, still untapped solution vertical: Answers… Amazon offers its Mechanical Turk API, Google…
The return of "Embedded Java"? Or, where have I been? I just noticed this: Java Standard Edition for Embedded Use I understand the differences from Java ME (licensing, platform, development, deployment), but I thought all Java for…
This week's Carnival of the Mobilists is at Judy Breck's Golden Swamp. Visit the Carnival to read some of the best mobility blogging. If you are a mobility blogger, you can join future Carnivals by submitting your entry… Enjoy the Carnival! ceo
Are you using “Location” in your application? I have posted a new mobility poll to understand the distribution of developers using location in their applications. You can find the the current and past mobility polls in my Mobility Resources web site. Also, the…
[Updated April 30, 2006] In this essay I look at the Web 2.0 from a different perspective – the practical; the practical characteristics that have resulted in Web 2.0. “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is…”…
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