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BlogsTags > appCultural capital goes commercialBy Julia ErrensMay 2, 2013 It wasn’t one of my proudest moments when, a week before Christmas last year, I was hunched over my smartphone towards the back of the famous Hamley’s Toy Store on London’s Regent Street, composure tethered to an elusive bar of … Go native, go big, and go deepBy Zigurd MednieksApril 29, 2013 Apps have to get bigger and more ambitious. A key question for the developer community is how do you create big, integrated, multi-functional, configurable apps for the mobile enterprise? Curiously, Facebook is providing some answers by not using HTML5 and … Building native apps from JavaScript using TitaniumBy Andy OramApril 18, 2013 In this interview, the author of Titanium: Up and Running describes how Titanium can be used to generate native mobile apps from JavaScript code. He distinguishes the Titanium platform from native API programming and from other popular JavaScript platforms for … Four short links: 19 November 2012By Nat TorkingtonNovember 19, 2012 Wing Man — Mac app for source control management with git, implements workflow rather than simply being a wrapper for git commandlines. CodeKit — Mac app for web developers, automates (invisibly, thanks to watching filesystem changes) much of the web … Where are the apps for ereaders?By Joe WikertAugust 7, 2012 I read on my GlowLight NOOK much more frequently than I read on my Asus Transformer tablet. I’d say there’s at least a 10:1 differential, so for every hour I read on my tablet I read at least 10 hours … Developing cross-platform mobile apps with C#By Howard WenJune 5, 2012 Web developer and author Greg Shackles reveals the advantages of using C# over C++ for writing mobile apps. He also explains why Android and iOS developers should give C# a serious look. Four short links: 22 May 2012
By Nat TorkingtonMay 22, 2012 New Zealand Government Budget App -- when the NZ budget is announced, it'll go live on iOS and Android apps. Tablet users get details, mobile users get talking points and speeches. Half-political, but an interesting approach to reaching out to voters with political actions. Health Care Data Dump (Washington Post) -- 5B health insurance claims (attempted anonymized) to be... Commerce Weekly: Mobile payments and the consumer experience May 3, 2012 A real-world account of mobile payments, two new apps point to social as the next big thing for mobile commerce, and NFC finds a new role in the Nook. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Commerce Weekly: Mobile commerce is on the rise globallyApril 26, 2012 TNS Global's Mobile Life Survey results are out, the EU is investigating a mobile wallet project, and Boston rail commuters soon can pay fares with their smartphones. (Commerce Weekly is produced as part of a partnership between O'Reilly and PayPal.) Four short links: 25 January 2012
By Nat TorkingtonJanuary 25, 2012 Mobile Overtaking Web -- provocatively packaged extrapolations of ComScore and similar numbers to conclude that Americans spend more time interacting with mobile apps than with web sites. I'm sure you could beat an iPhone developer to death with the error bars. Best Privacy Policy Ever -- satiric privacy policy from a Firefox plugin. The Time for Libraries is Now... Developer Week in Review: 2012 preview edition 
By James TurnerJanuary 5, 2012 It's a brand new year, time to look ahead to the stories that will have developers talking in 2012. Mobile will remain a hot topic, the cloud is absorbing everything, and jobs appear to be heading back to the U.S. Six API predictions for 2012By Anant JhingranDecember 19, 2011 Among the key API trends to watch in 2012: enterprise APIs will go mainstream, data-centric APIs will become common, and APIs will need to be optimized for mobile apps and developers. Four short links: 28 November 2011
By Nat TorkingtonNovember 28, 2011 Twine (Kickstarter) -- modular sensors with connectivity, programmable in If This Then That style. (via TechCrunch) Small Sample Sizes Lead to High Margins of Error -- a reminder that all the stats in the world won't help you when you don't have enough data to meaningfully analyse. Yahoo! Cocktails -- somehow I missed this announcement of a Javascript front-and-back-end... What to watch for in mobile web apps October 25, 2011 Sencha's James Pearce discusses the most promising mobile web app technologies and explains why device APIs could make the web a lot more interesting. Four short links: 1 August 2011
By Nat TorkingtonAugust 1, 2011 The Flashed Face Effect Video -- your brain is not perfect, and it reduces faces to key details. When they flash by in the periphery of your vision, you perceive them as gross and freakish. I like to start the week by reminding myself how fallible I am. Good preparation for the rest of the week... (via BERG London)... Intellectual property gone mad July 18, 2011 Patent trolling could undermine app ecosystems, but who can mount a legitimate challenge? Here's four potential solutions. Four short links: 6 June 2011
By Nat TorkingtonJune 6, 2011 Turning Receipts into Paper Apps (BERG London) -- I love the idea of the modern web app sensibility bleeding back into the world, the same way classic offline design has informed online. Telehack -- an amazing interactive reconstruction of the early net, part nostalgia part game part simulation. Check out the README for more details. (via Andy Baio) Stencyl... And the BAFTA goes to ... an app? May 18, 2011 "The Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone" application has been nominated for a TV British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award. Henry Volans, head of Faber Digital, discusses the app and why he thinks it's being honored with the nomination. And the BAFTA goes to ... an app?By Jenn WebbMay 18, 2011 "The Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone" application has been nominated for a TV British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award. Henry Volans, head of Faber Digital, discusses the app and why he thinks it's being honored with the nomination. Putting conference distractions to good use May 17, 2011 A new app created by Tim Meaney, partner at Arc90, and Christopher Fahey, founding partner at Behavior Design, taps into and harnesses conference distraction. Here's how it works. Four short links: 25 April 2011
By Nat TorkingtonApril 25, 2011 E-Referral Evaluation Interim Findings -- in general good, but note this: The outstanding system issues are an ongoing source of frustration and concern, including [...] automated data uptake from the GP [General Practitioner=family doctor] PMS [Patient Management System], that sometimes has clearly inaccurate or contradictory information. When you connect systems, you realize the limitations of the data in them.... Four short links: 22 April 2011
By Nat TorkingtonApril 22, 2011 Tuffy -- a GPL v3 licensed Markov Logic Network inference engine in Java and PostgreSQL that claims to be more scalable than previous tools. (via Hacker News) Behind news.me -- if you are curious to see what they are reading, if you want to see the world through their eyes, News.me is for you. Many people curate their Twitter... Four short links: 18 March 2011
By Nat TorkingtonMarch 18, 2011 Titles and Promotions (Ben Horowitz) -- Andreessen argues that people ask for many things from a company: salary, bonus, stock options, span of control, and titles. Of those, title is by far the cheapest, so it makes sense to give the highest titles possible. The hierarchy should have Presidents, Chiefs, and Senior Executive Vice Presidents. If it makes people... Another attempt at fixing the address book problem March 10, 2011 WhitePages is putting its database of 200 million listings to work with Hiya, a free contact manager and iPhone app. Does Apple's newly enforced policy really benefit Apple?By Jenn WebbFebruary 3, 2011 Apple rejected the Sony Reader app, (suddenly?) enforcing a policy that requires apps to include an in-app purchasing option. The waters are muddy and nobody is really certain what Apple is doing, but the publishing world isn't taking Apple's lumps quietly. Does Apple's newly enforced policy really benefit Apple?By Jenn WebbFebruary 3, 2011 Apple rejected the Sony Reader app, (suddenly?) enforcing a policy that requires apps to include an in-app purchasing option. The waters are muddy and nobody is really certain what Apple is doing, but the publishing world isn't taking Apple's lumps quietly. Mobile in the enterprise changes everything 
By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D.January 26, 2011 Mobile is a game-changer. Unlike many other emerging technologies where an immediate strategy is not a concern, mobile is front and center now to your users and customers. jQuery RC 1 is out, final release by end of Jan
By Matthew DavidJanuary 25, 2011 jQuery 1.5 moves closer to release. Today, the latest build is now a Release Candidate. Healthier living through mobile location data January 25, 2011 RunKeeper CEO Jason Jacobs discusses the state of mobile location technology and how he sees it evolving in the near future (hint: we may be on the verge of "thoughtful" services). CodeBummer Goes Chrome
By Jesse FreemanDecember 8, 2010 Advanced Flash Tactics or AFTs are techniques that come from deep within the Flash Art Of War, the oldest Flash military treatise in the world. In this AFT I will go over - Packaging Flash Apps for Google Chrome.... Four short links: 24 November 2010
By Nat TorkingtonNovember 24, 2010 What Android Is (Tim Bray) -- a good explanation of the different bits and their relationship. Cell Phone Photo Helped in Oil Spill (LA Times) -- a lone scientist working from a cell phone photo who saved the day by convincing the government that a cap it considered removing was actually working as designed. (via BoingBoing) Penki -- iPhone... Geeks and government converge at the FCC
By Alex HowardNovember 9, 2010 What's the potential for geeks to work with government for better outcomes? Gina Trapani talked with O'Reilly Media about the first FCC Developer Day, ThinkUp App and Gov 2.0. Insecure Handling of URL Schemes in Apple's iOS
By Nitesh DhanjaniNovember 8, 2010 I feel the risk posed by how URL Schemes are handled in iOS is significant because it allows external sources to launch applications without user interaction and perform registered transactions. Third party developers, including developers who create custom applications for enterprise use, need to realize their URL handlers can be invoked by a user landing upon a malicious website and not assume that the user authorized it. Apple also needs to step up and allow the registration of URL Schemes that can instruct Safari to throw an authorization request prior to yanking the user away into the application. Windows Phone apps are more expensive than iPhone apps
By Ben LoricaNovember 5, 2010 The Windows Marketplace for Mobile now has about 1,400 apps spread across 16 categories. In this short post I'll provide some basic statistics and compare it with the grandaddy of app stores: the U.S. iTunes store. A new twist on "data-driven site" 
By Mac SlocumSeptember 27, 2010 TripAdvisor is using data from its Facebook application to expand its website. In this Q&A, Sanjay Vakil discusses the inner-workings of this app-website relationship and he passes on advice for companies pursuing their own data-driven products. A bird app that adapts on the flyBy Mac SlocumSeptember 16, 2010 Sprucing up content and adding a search tool isn't enough for reference apps to remain relevant. Publishers should take a note from BirdsEye, a birding app that's tapping the real potential of mobile technology. A bird app that adapts on the fly
By Mac SlocumSeptember 16, 2010 Sprucing up content and adding a search tool isn't enough for reference apps to remain relevant. Publishers should take a note from BirdsEye, a birding app that's tapping the real potential of mobile technology. Four short links: 22 July 2010
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 22, 2010 Boomerang -- a piece of javascript that you add to your web pages, where it measures the performance of your website from your end user's point of view. It has the ability to send this data back to your server for further analysis. With boomerang, you find out exactly how fast your users think your site is. From Yahoo!.... App Inventor and the culture warsBy Mike LoukidesJuly 15, 2010 Google's new App Inventor gets to the heart of the cultural difference between Apple and Google. If you haven't seen it yet, App Inventor is an experimental new SDK for the Android platform. What's different about App Inventor is that there's practically no coding per se; it's an entirely visual language. Its heritage goes back to Logo, but more directly,... Four Thoughts on the WHAT, WHY and SO WHAT of Google App Inventor for Android
By Mark SigalJuly 12, 2010 There is something enticing about a software toolkit for non-developers; the concept that if you can articulate a workflow or algorithmic outcome, you can "meta-program" it without writing a line of code. That's why I think that there is some warranted excitement around Google's App Inventor for Android. It represents a holy grail and a myth at the same time. Read more... Popular iPhone games stay highly-ranked only for a few weeks
By Ben LoricaJune 30, 2010 With 40,000+ Games to choose from, the list of Top 100 free and paid games are frequently scanned by iPhone gamers. In this short post, I'll share some basic statistics on popular games sold through the U.S. iTunes app store. Crisis Commons releases open source oil spill reporting
By Alex HowardMay 26, 2010 The new iPhone and Android apps will allow organizations responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to report on the go. "The cool thing about the app is that the photos and information will be open to anyone to use," said Heather Blanchard, co-founder of Crisis Commons. Get ready to create an Android Twitter app
By Elisabeth RobsonMay 4, 2010 If you're interested in learning how to build a Twitter app on your Android phone with Java then you'll want to check out our upcoming online course, Developing Android Applications with Java: Building a Twitter App, and you'll want to watch this screencast so you're ready to go on the first day of class. Four short links: 21 April 2010
By Nat TorkingtonApril 21, 2010 Akihabara -- toolkit for writing 8-bit style games in Javascript using HTML5. (via waxy) Google Government Requests Tool --moving services into the cloud loses you control and privacy (see my presentation on the subject), and one way is by making your mail/browser history/etc. easier for law enforcement to get their hands on. There's new moral ground here for service... Using CSS Media Queries to Style Your iPhone and iPad HTML
By Elisabeth RobsonApril 17, 2010 In my previous post, I showed how you can use JavaScript to detect orientation and style your iPhone and iPad pages. As reader Jason Grigsby kindly pointed out, you can also do this purely with CSS Media Queries! I've reworked the file I made for that example to use CSS Media Queries to do just that. I split the iPad style into two files: ipad-portrait.css, showing the upcoming and new content under the news content; and ipad-landscape.css, showing the upcoming and new content to the right of the news content. The behavior of the web page is the same in the previous example, but doesn't require any JavaScript to make it all work. The iPad as Companion Device - Day 3
By Mark SigalApril 7, 2010 Owning an iPad is like having a really good chair. If personal comfort's your thing, the price is worth it. Styling your web pages for iPhone and iPad
By Elisabeth RobsonApril 3, 2010 Now that the iPad is out, it's time to style your web pages so they look good on both the iPhone and the iPad. Four short links: 2 April 2010
By Nat TorkingtonApril 2, 2010 OData -- REST protocol for accessing datasets, based on Atom, JSON, and some XML formats for metadata. Thinking about Monkeys and Engineers and Copyright -- short read, but makes you realise how tortuous the current remix possibilities make copyright law. How to Make an HTML5 iPhone App -- walks and talks like an iPhone app, but is made entirely... The Final Brain Dump
By Chris JosephesFebruary 24, 2010 About 2 weeks ago, I put in my notice at Internet Broadcasting, setting out for things bigger and better. In the meantime I've been reviewing projects, contacting vendors, and updating documentation. While I've been doing that other administrators are secretly... Mechanical Turk app on the iPhone Provides Work for Refugees
By Ben LoricaOctober 13, 2009 Mechanical Turk service provider CrowdFlower† and microwork non-profit Samasource have teamed up to make their services available to iPhone users. Users of CrowdFlower's mechanical turk platform can now opt to send their tasks to iPhone users. Previously, CrowdFlower users could choose between Amazon mechanical turks or CrowdFlower's stable of turks. The Give Work iPhone app takes tasks (created by real... 1 to 50 of 69 Next Stay Connected
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