From the monthly archives:

June 2010

RedLaser iPhone app gets bought by eBay, goes free

June 24, 2010

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 apps: “eBay plans to integrate RedLaser’s barcode-scanning technology into its leading iPhone applications, including its [...]

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Marketing Week Live goes all iPhone AR crazy

June 24, 2010

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 a large amount of information surrounding particular areas within the event – seminars, press releases, [...]

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The wit and wisdom of Internet commenters

June 23, 2010

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.

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How big a problem is Android spyware?

June 23, 2010

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 apps were found to have the ability to do things like make calls and send [...]

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Symbian is dead! No, wait, Symbian is not dead!

June 23, 2010

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 the Finnish horse’s mouth” But wait! “Nokia will naturally keep Symbian around — of course [...]

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Magic Mac-ball says: No way!

June 23, 2010

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 develop a hybrid OS into their next iMac. The iMac should be equipped with both [...]

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Who owns the platform? Adobe? Google?

June 22, 2010

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 latest Android handsets are expected to see Froyo, which is required for Flash Player 10.1. [...]

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Why Apple doesn’t want Flash on iOS

June 19, 2010

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 Thursday. When asked about the multiple delays, a representative said that Palm didn’t ‘know what [...]

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Why you should take reports of an iPhone on Verizon with a pinch of salt

June 18, 2010

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,” he continued. “Definitely Verizon. I’ve been told that’s a certainty.” As I said at the [...]

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Another advantage to writing posts, rather than commenting

June 18, 2010

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. So thanks, John and Ian for indirectly and directly getting me to post stuff here [...]

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