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I caught an interesting snippet over the weekend. With the latest Top 500 Super Computer list published, there has been lots of talk about whether Linpack is the best way to measure how powerful computers really are.
This prompted Steve Wallach to say…
“we could get 100,000 [Android phones], hooked up [...]
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Android phones are now big business – even Woz seems to think they’ll take over the world.
Into the crowded arena steps the HTC Wildfire.
I’m a huge [...]
I’ve recently released a couple of audio widgets. Inspired by the Instant Rimshot and Sad Trombone sites, these are “single serving” widget.
For the “Family Fortunes” buzzer widget, you click the icon and you’ll hear the famous “EURGH-ERRRR” noise.
I’m also selling a “Dramatic Sound Effect” Widget – download it by [...]
I was honoured when David Wood asked me to present at his first “brown bag” lunch lecture at Accenture.
Normally I would run through a presentation of this length at several different venues and thoroughly hone it before presenting at a high profile event. As you’ll see from the slides and [...]
Sauntering down Oxford Street, Mauricio Reyes spotted Nokia’s secret Android plans.
Is this just a hapless Photoshop mistake – or a sign of things to come?!?!?!?!
I attended the Mobile Monday meeting “200,000 Apps – Where’s Mine” last night.
One thing that became clear is that apps don’t do a very good job of promoting themselves. One crippling problems with most app stores is that there’s no (easy) way to share an app with a friend.
Here’s some [...]
I’m not the biggest fan of Microsoft. Both my original Xboxes now run Linux, I’ve converted my laptop and computers to Ubuntu, and I generally laugh in the face of Microsoft’s increasingly desperate attempts to stay relevant.
So it was with great mirth that I went along to a BizSpark event a few weeks ago. [...]
Another quick Android tutorial. I couldn’t find an easy or correct method of launching a browser when you click on a homescreen widget. Well, here it is…
public class clickWidget extends AppWidgetProvider { @Override public void onUpdate( Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds ) { RemoteViews remoteViews = new RemoteViews( context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget ); remoteViews.setImageViewResource(R.id.ImageView01, [...]
This is a really geeky app! You know USSD? They’re the codes you can type in to your phone to send messages back and forth to the networks. You’ve probably seen something like *#147# to display the last caller.
My second app presents a series of buttons which call the USSD commands – so you [...]
I’ve been playing around with Android. It’s a great platform for development. I really appreciated the speed to release of the Android Market – it’s instant. Having worked with iPhone and Ovi stores where approval can take days or even weeks, it’s great to have the freedom to publish immediately.
The first app I’ve created [...]
Once again my wrath is targeted at The Guardian, Barclays and Apple. Three massive companies – each one of whom could have stopped this advertising disaster.
Mistake #1
Take a look at this rather charming advert on the Guardian’s mobile site. The more astute among you will recognise the problem.
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