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Apple iGroups—social networking or yuppie club?
Posted by: Frank Ableson in Linux Magazine, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology, Android, iPhone, Palm on March 29, 2010
Imagine, a single provider for your hardware, your software, and even your friends. I think Apple may have missed their calling — they should have gotten into the healthcare debate! That's how I feel after reviewing some materials on Apple's iGroups offering. Read more @ Linux Magazine
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Google isn’t in China—but they may be in your living room
Posted by: Frank Ableson in General Business, Linux Magazine, Technology, Android on March 23, 2010
Android set top boxes are on their way, packaged with a Sony skin and Intel inside. Perhaps -- but we'll know before too long as Google tends to maintain a frenetic pace. The real question for those of us keeping an eye on the search giant is will they follow through? Learn more on this week's Linux Magazine Upward Mobility post.
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JSON—the new format in town
Posted by: Frank Ableson in Linux Magazine, Software Development, Technology, Android on March 15, 2010
JavaScript Object Notation, JSON, is taking over as the preferred data interchange format for web- and mobile-based applications. This week's Linux Magazine article covers the use of JSON in Android.
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Just how valuable is Titanium?
Posted by: Frank Ableson in Linux Magazine, Software Development, Technology, Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Palm, Windows on March 08, 2010
Mobile development continues to move at break-neck speed. VC backed startup Appcelerator has just announced version 1.0 of their Titanium development environment which allows developers to create applications for multiple platforms including Mac, Linux, Windows, iPhone and Android. All development is done via "web technologies" such as JavaScript and CSS. They have recently updated their tools to move beyond the "use WebKit" for everything model to actually translate javascript code into native code. I take a closer look at Titanium and the path taken to get there in the market in this week's installment of the Upward Mobility column @ Linux Magazine.
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Custom UI elements for iPhone, iPod and iPad
Posted by: Frank Ableson in Linux Magazine, Software Development, Technology, Blackberry, iPhone on March 02, 2010
If you've ever built an application for the iPod family of devices, you've probably run into the Interface Builder tool. This WYSIWYG tool is the standard means for developers to define and "wire up" their code. In my most recent Linux Magazine article, I explore a technique for creating custom, composite controls all in "code". This comes from my exercise in porting some BlackBerry applications to iPhone.
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