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InvenSense has released their Integrated Dual-Axis Gyroscope… Very neat, great potential. More than half a year ago I was immersed in a thinking session, when the idea of using the dimension of space for mobile applications and presence came about – and with this leveraging gyroscopes. But no gyro-enabled handsets existed at the time. Well, … Read more
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 on Ringtonia reported about the controversy caused by another ringtone, “La Migra” … Read more
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 these dangers, and there's no way we can list them all here. … Read more
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 attending the Summit. Visit Mobile Monday Global Summit and Peer Awards website.
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 of the mobility space… In the next quote, John is referring to … Read more
The permalink for article Mechanical Turks, Answers, and the Attribution Problem has changed to: http://weblog.cenriqueortiz.com/general/2006/05/01/mechanical-turks-answers-and-the-attribution-problem-2 This was due to change in category from “/” to “General”… Sorry for the inconvenience – Blojsom doesn't handle category changes that great :-)
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 and Yahoo! both offer Answer products, which in turn relies on people … Read more
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 small and/or embedded had been consolidated under the Java ME umbrella… Back … Read more
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 current poll can be found on the right side of this blog. … Read more