Congratulations to my friend Thomas Landspurg and the rest of his team on the acquisition of Mobease by Webwag. Tom, their CTO, is a mobility expert, blogger, and mobile widget evangelist, visionary, and implementer; Tom is also the person behind J2MEMap, mobile…
[Update: Fixed hyperlink to part 4, and added links to previous parts (thanks Anders!)] Part 4 of Using the PIM API for Java ME covers some design considerations when using the PIM API. Now it's time to explore design issues that will affect…
On his weblog, Gregg Sporar, one of the speakers at the March's Mobile Monday Austin, wrote about the event and posted some pictures. Stuart Marks, who also presented, also wrote about the event on his blog, and posted his slides. Thanks to Gregg…
Pictured above are, from left to right, Dwipal Desai of youtube.com, Carlo Longino of Techdirt / MobHappy, Michael Sippey, VP Prod at Six Apart Ltd, Daniel Appelquist, Sr Technology Strategist at Vodafone, and Bob Morgan, VP North America at Cognima/ShoZu. The panel discussed…
The Bluetooth 2.1 is incorporating NFC. This is a very interesting and smart approach. The core concept is the use of NFC during the “authenticate” pairing interactions, vs. the use of passcodes over Bluetooth itself… the result, a much better and faster usage…
Part 3 of Using the PIM API for Java ME, covers security considerations when using the PIM API. Will your application protect the user's address book, calendar and to-do list? In part 3 learn how PIM is designed to work in conjunction with…
Michael Yuan has a great post on Texas as the best place for software developers… where he summarizes salary data for the top 10 cities in the U.S. After adjusting for cost of living, the first 5 spots are all Texas, with Austin…
It was supposed to be a fun day at the park… but holding that gigantic rock from tipping over was hard work! At the end I had to let it go… ceo
John Backus, a pioneer in programming languages, passed away at the age of 82. He lead the creation of FORTRAN, both the language and its advanced compiler. Also, with Peter Naur, developed the Backus-Naur notation – a (still) very important notation used to…
If you haven't yet, check out the latest installment of Carnival of the Mobilists, #65, at Judy Breck's Golden Swamp. Over 15 mobility blog entries, covering topics such as social networking, mobile structure, network environments, and user subjects. Good stuff… ceo
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