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Monthly Archives: June 2010
RedLaser iPhone app gets bought by eBay, goes free
RedLaser, the barcode and price comparison app that sat at the top of the best-seller list for a while, has been bought by eBay and is now free. What’s more, eBay is going to integrate the technology into its other … Continue reading
Marketing Week Live goes all iPhone AR crazy
I’m pretty skeptical about augmented reality applications in general, but there are some occasions when I think they’re actually quite useful. Events, for example, are a particular case where AR makes sense. The location is relatively small, but there’s usually … Continue reading
Posted in iPhone, Marketing, Mobile, Publishing
Tagged Augmented reality, iPhone, marketing, MWL2010, Technology
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How big a problem is Android spyware?
A fifth of Android apps expose private data: “About 20 percent of the 48,000 apps in the Android marketplace allow a third-party application access to sensitive or private information, according to a report released on Tuesday. And some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Mobile
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Symbian is dead! No, wait, Symbian is not dead!
Symbian is dead! All hail Meego! “Nokia’s premier range of devices, the N Series, will bid adieu to the Symbian operating environment and go MeeGo full time after the introduction of the N8. That’s what we’ve just heard directly from … Continue reading
Magic Mac-ball says: No way!
I try not to get into the predictions game (partly because I’m too-often wrong) but I’m willing to bet that this little snippet from LOOPrumors is completely wrong: “LOOPRumors received a tidbit of information today suggesting Apple is planning to … Continue reading
Who owns the platform? Adobe? Google?
Kevin Tofel on the announcement of Android support for Flash: The key word in Adobe’s press release today being “expected,” which appears three times. Platforms other than Android are expected to integrate and work with Flash Player. All of the … Continue reading
Why Apple doesn’t want Flash on iOS
If you want to know why Apple wants Flash kept away from iOS, you should ask Palm: Adobe hasn’t given any signs that it’s close to porting Flash to webOS, Palm said in an AT&T online app development seminar on … Continue reading
Why you should take reports of an iPhone on Verizon with a pinch of salt
Remember this report about how the iPad was a cert for Verizon?: “The tablet will be supported by multiple [mobile] carriers,” said Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech, citing unnamed sources he said were close to the situation. “Verizon and others,” … Continue reading
Another advantage to writing posts, rather than commenting
def dayCoder(self):: Blog Comments: “The first post on this blog linking to an external source linked to Daring Fireball. That’s no coincidence. Had there been comments, I’d have left one alongside dozens of others that would be ignored and forgotten. … Continue reading
The wit and wisdom of Internet commenters
The first comment on Ed Sutherland’s report on Android spyware: Anonymous commenter? Check. Strident swearing? Check. Pointless statement that adds nothing to the debate? Check Information-free? Check This guy has it all.