Category Archives: Android

FlurryAgent.setUserID error

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Flurry is an excellent tool for understanding how users are using your mobile application. Although they only have a few methods they have still managed to get an error in the documentation. FlurryAgent.setUserID(String) Should read FlurryAgent.setUserId(String) (keywords: Flurry bug, fail, … Continue reading →

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Nokia Windows phones

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

My attention has been somewhat distracted from technology by the Euro crisis and questions such as “are the Euro nations an optimal currency area“. I always thought the Euro was a bad idea and I was right; perhaps I should … Continue reading →

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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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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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Skype on Android – save serious money

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I provide FogBugz training and spend quite a lot of time on the phone to the USA. I prefer to use my mobile phone with its headset but I really don’t like paying £ 1.76 per minute or whatever it … Continue reading →

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Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

This is an interesting article about mobile, web and HTML5. Mobiles need ‘a strong infusion of Mozilla values’ via Firefox maker moves towards a browser-free world • The Register.

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Android-12 (Honeycomb) emulator does not work

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

If you have recently updated your Android SDK you will find this target; id: 17 or “android-12″      Name: Android 3.1      Type: Platform      API level: 12      Revision: 2      Skins: WXGA (default) You may be lured into … Continue reading →

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Cloud Computing World Forum review – Microsoft strong, others weak

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

I attended the Cloud Computing World Forum at Olympia on Tuesday. It was good size show and reasonably well attended for what is an Enterprise topic. The keynote speakers were all heavyweight and gave good talks. The show was themed … Continue reading →

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