Category: Android
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Elastic Beanstalk review
I have been doing a small scale trial of Amazon’s Elastic Beanstalk. I have previously trialled Rackspace cloud. I am impressed Amazon’s with the ease of use and configuratibility. Amazon’s is very much the techies’ solution. Although Amazon Web Services console is very easy to use and a great way to get started you can…
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“Advice needed – how to persue one’s venture” on the London Android mailing list
Richard Green made an interesting post to the London Android User Group mailing list. Advice needed – how to persue one’s venture: – The London Android Group – Londroid (London, England) – Meetup. This got some great replies that I recommend reading to anyone who is interested in Smartphone development or similar start-ups. Here I…
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The future of the high street: near-field communication (Wired UK)
With near-field comms coming to Android in Gingerbread there will some interesting opportunities for app developers. Near-field communication payments are on the verge of rolling out into supermarkets, restaurants and shops across Britain, through your mobile phone. via The future of the high street: near-field communication (Wired UK).
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Apple eats core, business of publishers
To date Apple have “permitted” publishers to have apps on the iPhone and iPad that are media readers for content that is purchased outside of Apple’s platform. Spotify is a well known example. They have recently decided to levy a 30% toll on such subscriptions. Personally I think it is unwise to **** with the…
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Do I want users or cash flow from my new product?
There is an eternal debate about which is more valuable, users or cash flow. There is no right answer because it depends on your business and your business plan and what you want to do with your product but asking the question is always valuable. The mobile wars have added a new twist to this…
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HP rocks Microsoft with webOS PC play
I have always wondered why HP bought Palm and its WebOs. Now it makes sense to me. This is a convergence play. We have Google with Chrome/Android, Apple with Mac/Ios leaving Microsoft with the great big windows Windows and the little boy no-one wants to play with, Windows Phone. (see update below) HP rocks Redmond…
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Android goes virtual • The Register
This is very interesting. Run Android on a JVM on any smartphone. I won’t bet on Java on the iPhone… Android goes virtual As of today, Myriad’s Dalvik virtual machine can run any Android application on the Maemo-based Nokia N900, with other platforms to follow soon. The idea is to get manufacturers to preinstall Alien…
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Flex London User Group (FLUG) January meeting
A review of the January FLUG Meetup at Academy Class. Great venue with great staff. Very interesting presentation on video and Nice Agency presented iWonder. This is the best executed cross-platform product I have seen for a long time. It really shows how Air can be used. I will consider using Air rather than native…
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk – free Tomcat clustering in the cloud
This came today. It is quite interesting. Scalable cloud management on Amazon. It is “free” which contrasts with other offerings. My guess is that even the most basic of cloud management offering from Amazon will do 90% of what a small app developer needs. AWS Elastic Beanstalk (beta) Easy to begin, Impossible to outgrow AWS…
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Apps is the new Web: sowing the seeds for Web 3.0 | VisionMobile :: blog
Another very insightful article from VisionMobile. What I thought was very interesting was that the author sees handset manufacturers adopting web technologies as a primary way delivering apps to a non-iphone and non-Android handsets. via Apps is the new Web: sowing the seeds for Web 3.0 | VisionMobile :: blog.
Dr James Bayley 