Monthly Archives: September 2011

Keyapt – how to get an AJAX application in the Google index.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Our Android application Keyapt SMS is coming along nicely. Chris is tweaking the session management and I am doing the marketing plan. Keyapt SMS has three parts: the Android Application, the Web Client and the Keyapt Server in the middle … Continue reading →

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Problems in the bedroom department

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

As a foot soldier and occasional general in the army of IT professionals who are moving trade on-line I occasionally worry about the death of the high street. HMV and Woolworths have gone and now Comet is in difficulty. The … Continue reading →

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Londroid 16 Sep 2011 – 1.6 million downloads

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

The Londroid September meetup was a great success. Here is a quick review for people who could not make it. Kabbee – A marketplace for minicab journeys – Phil Makinson What is Kabbee? Kabbee is a price comparison and booking … Continue reading →

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Amazon Web Services Blog: Updated Mobile SDKs for AWS – Improved Credential Management

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Amazon have now given more information on this feature in this blog post. Updated Mobile SDKs for AWS – Improved Credential Management via Amazon Web Services Blog: Updated Mobile SDKs for AWS – Improved Credential Management.

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AWS SDK for Android – A Library for Building Android Applications on Amazon S3, Amazon SimpleDB, and more.

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

I am a big fan of Amazon Web Services. We use it for the serverside components of our Android application Keyapt. Today I came across this useful SDK that helps you use AWS services from within Android applications. AWS SDK … Continue reading →

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Password strength joke

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

I was asked for an 8 character password; so I chose “Snow White and the seven dwarfs”.

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Microsoft online services hit by major failure

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

Perhaps it should be called Office 364 rather than Office 365? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14851455

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CloudBase Meetup – relational databases don’t scale

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Last night I attended the CloudBase Meetup at Hackney Community College that was arranged by Shawn of Tech Meetups (well done Shawn). It was a good venue if rather hard to find and escape from. The speakers were: Steve Caughey, … Continue reading →

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Rational discrimination in employment

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

This is a rather odd post for me. Typically I am posting about Cloud and Project Management but I occasionally branch out into economics and this is such an occasion. Last night I attended CloudBase which was held at Hackney … Continue reading →

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