I recently wrote an article on using JSON on mobile Java applications. From the article: Choosing the right data interchange format is an important design decision when building any network-aware software. This is especially true when designing mobile and embedded applications, where attributes…
Crunchgear reports on Japan gets NFC tag-equipped movie posters… Hitachi, Gemalto, NTT Data and SoftBank are working together in developing the smart poster system that transmits information to cellphone users from the posters over NFC; the cellphones use the MasterCardPayPass application which must…
Levi Shapiro wrote a neat article on Fierce MobileContent titled Austin round-up: The new hotbed for mobile; check it out. And I agree w/ Levi… While Austin is not Silicon Valley, Austin is a great place to start your company, raise your family,…
A reminder that this weekend, Sept 7th 2008 is the MobileWidget Camp Austin event: See the tentative event schedule (it looks pretty good!). It is a free, informal, and fun event, with food and drinks throughout the day, great topics and speakers including…
At A fresh take on the browser (Official Google Blog), the Google team writes about Chrome, their WebKit-based web-browser: On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only…
The ProgrammableWeb web API directory now has 900+ open web service APIs, see the API Dashboard. ceo
Today is the last day to cast your vote for next year’s SXSW Interactive sessions… The mobile and wireless sessions are looking great. This year I am part of the advisory board for mobile and wireless, but sorry, I take no bribes… :-)…
As (I) expected (and predicted), Google has launched its own application store or marketplace; see Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system (Android Developers Blog). And with the Android Market solution, Google is addressing the problem of application discovery and download; and their…
A quick note about the Mobile Web Megatrends event, organized by Ajit Jaokar of FutureText. The event is on Sept 8th. The event is a gathering of mobility practitioners/experts including Mike Rowehl (Skyfire), Barbara Ballard (Little Springs Design), Michael Mace (Rubicon Consulting), William…
A good intro article about MSA2 at the Sun Mobility website – see Mobile Service Architecture 2 — Coming Your Way. Related to this see Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) 2 (About Mobility Weblog). ceo
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