Windows Phone 7 in numbers- A promising start Surprisingly many commercial apps available: 2/3 of all published apps. It’s a .NET based system. I know this! (sorry for the JP reference) Time to check out the development environment.
Google tightening control of Android, insisting licensees abide by ‘non-fragmentation clauses’- Google Starts To Close Android’s Open Door I think this is generally good, and something Sun should have done with Java ME, to avoid problems with application compatibility across different phones. Android comes in many more form factors than iOS phones, so there will Read more about Android gets a shorter leash[…]
So that’s how it works! Very interesting read. Infographic- How a Content Farm Works – News & Opinion – PCMag.com In summary: Continuously determine trending search keywords Write lots of Web articles that contain those combinations of keywords Search engines index those pages Users search for the trending keywords (via Google or via the sites) Read more about Demand Media, not your average farm[…]
Windows Phone 7 getting NFC payments, too- “There are no doubts in my mind that 2011 will be the year when NFC finally started to take off, steadily making our plastic credit cards obsolete.” I hope this too, but I hope for more than just “started to take off”. It’s already been “off” for 7 Read more about NFC, finally?[…]
Most people now believe Twitter supports multimedia and other types of files, as you can submit such from certain apps, and not the least the official Twitter app. Twitter supports no such thing. It’s a pure micro blogging / SMS-like messaging service and nothing else. That the Twitter app can support multimedia is because such Read more about What Twitter lacks: multimedia[…]
To create the new super successful Web service and/or mobile app (potentially super successful, that is), this is in theory all you need, even though it might be rather lonesome and depressing if it’s only this. If you have a family, a pet and/or a steady job, you better take care of them too. Yourself, Read more about Anecdote: The essentials to success[…]
Update 2020-03-25: A lot has happened since 2011, and now social media is so established it’s part of the worldwide culture and how we overall communicate. I had hoped Facebook wouldn’t have become the behemoth it now is, and I frankly also thought Google would succeed in this field, but they completely didn’t despite several Read more about Blowing bubbles, episode 2[…]
For Windows Phone (or whatever next year’s version will be called) it’s in how much control Nokia can wrestle from Microsoft. If Microsoft is in control, a definite no. Just look at Microsoft’s phone and tablet legacy. Will Android, Windows Phone Be the Top Mobile OSes in 2015- – News & Opinion – PCMag.com Not Read more about Android/Windows, leading mobile platforms by 2015?[…]
It seems Google wants to hold on to the source code for Android Honeycomb, so that “bastardous” integrations are not made, part of the reason being that Honeycomb is optimized for a tablet UI and doesn’t fit smartphones as well. Can Google stop Android 3.0 Honeycomb from hitting smartphones- I hope Google is not planning Read more about Honeycomb source not for everyone?[…]
Your house/apartment when everything has gone digital and on-line: No shelves for movies No shelves for CDs No shelves for books No mailbox for magazines, letters etc No binders/file cabinets for documents That of course also affects bricks and mortar and on-line shops selling movies, music, books and magazines on physical media. While the latter Read more about When everything is on-line[…]