3D Tablets? You can't be serious!

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On January 27, 2011

Ben Harvell is a freelance writer and former editor of iCreate magazine. He now writes for a wide range of international technology magazines and websites including Macworld and Mac Format. He has written several books on consumer technology and blogs at www.benharvell.com. Ben covered the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and has been closely associated […]

Android App Development: Activity Life Cycle

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On January 26, 2011

The activity is the core of an android application. Each application can have one or more activities. In this post we are going to explore the activity’s life cycle and understand the event handler of each stage through the activity’s life cycle. Activities in the system are managed in an activity stack (Last in Last […]

10 Billion downloads and counting for the App Store

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On January 24, 2011

This past weekend the Apple App Store reached a milestone that everyone has been anticipating for some time now, 10 billion downloads. Who would have thought when the App Store launched a little over two and a half years ago that many apps would have been downloaded so quickly. In related news, the lady who […]

In The Mobile World, Who Needs A Real CEO?

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On January 22, 2011

Steve Jobs takes a break, Eric Schmidt takes a back seat and Steve Balmer refuses to quit. Welcome to the era of second string leaders…

Applie criticized, iOS 4.3, and more in this week's news

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On January 21, 2011

Apple is being criticized by a Chinese environmental group over the conduct of their suppliers. PCMag.com has an article about what you need to know about Steve Job’s departure. The second beta of iOS 4.3 is released to developers. Lifehacker tells you how to fix the biggest iOS and Android annoyances. Finally, check out a demonstration […]

iTunes Entertainment App Roundup

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On January 20, 2011

1. Cosmic Top – “Swipe it, swirl it, twist it, twirl it… It’s a top, but not like any from this world… It’s cosmic! Cosmic Top is a virtual toy, a 3D audiovisual physics simulation of a spinning, wobbling, and sometimes morphing top. Seeming to float among stars, the top can take on unlimited shapes […]

14-year-old an inspiration to aspiring app developers everywhere

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On January 19, 2011

Alex Britton is a 9th grader who loves to create iPhone apps. He started out with an app called Whoopee Cusion (no longer available) and has went on to create some cool apps like Chalk and Doodle Zombies. Here is a snippet from the article: When Apple’s iPad came out last spring, Alex anticipated that […]

Interesting App Store stats: 60 apps downloaded per device sold.

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On January 17, 2011

As we reach 10 billion downloads on the App Store Horace Dediu of asymco decided to revisit app growth metrics. While his September 2010 prediction that app downloads would out number music downloads by the end of 2010 didn’t come true the stats are impressive any way. One of the most impressive is the fact […]

The Verizon iPhone is here, Gingerbread NDK is awesome, and more in this week's news.

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On January 14, 2011

Since there were no major announcements this week I have no idea what kind of news I will post… With that said you can sign-up to be emailed when the iPhone becomes available on Verizon. A new survey conducted by ChangeWave indicates the Verizon iPhone will have a big time impact on wireless services. It […]

Will the iPhone punish Verizon's network?

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On January 12, 2011

Now that it is official that the iPhone is coming to Verizon we get to move on to other things. One of the big questions floating around is whether or not the iPhone will do to Verizon’s network what it did to AT&T’s. Gizmodo has a great article investigating this very thing, here is an […]