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Amazon could be in the streaming set-top box game by holidays

Posted Oct 04, 2013 - 6:00 am by Peter Smith

Push aside your Roku, Apple TV and Google TV and make room for the Amazon FireTube.

How smart developers generate lousy code

Posted May 31, 2013

Most experienced developers can think of a time when they worked on a team with other accomplished programmers. Yet the code quality was anywhere from “eh” to “oh god you didn’t actually ship that did you?!” Here’s how this can happen, and what to do to minimize the chances it’ll happen to you.
Designing for mobile: Responsive design vs. mobilized sites vs. mobile app

Posted May 30, 2013

Which is best for reaching your website's mobile users?
If Linux were a dog

Posted March 13, 2013

As I zoned out this morning, sipping coffee and watching my dogs wrestle on the couch, I wondered, "If my dogs were Linux distributions, which ones would they be?" Yes, these are the thoughts that run through my head as I get started in the morning.
BYOD? Not when the Y is my tween

Posted July 13, 2012

Our 12 year old daughter recently got her first cell phone. Long story short, I'm now spending a lot more time in my panic room.
Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life

Posted May 8, 2012

Some ancient technology is still useful -- and some just won't die.

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Apple's Schiller, Forstall set to testify in retrial over Samsung damages

Posted October 4, 2013 - 3:29 pm

Apple and Samsung Electronics will return to a Silicon Valley federal court on Nov. 12 for a retrial of their billion-dollar 2012 patent battle, and Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller may come back to testify.
Apple's 64-bit A7 chip making big improvements to audio and video in apps

Posted October 4, 2013 - 2:19 pm

Apple's 64-bit A7 chip is already causing big improvements in apps and games. Plus: iPhone 5S and 5C top carrier sales charts. And OS X Mavericks golden master released to developers.
Turns out pretty much everybody is cheating on Android benchmarking tests

Posted October 4, 2013 - 12:00 pm

Shameful stuff from some of the biggest names, plus further skullduggery from Samsung, possible specs for the Nexus 5.
See more than just first names in iOS 7 Messages

Posted October 4, 2013 - 11:56 am

Know that your coworker Bob and your father Bob will not receive your confusingly misaligned sentiments for each.
Facebook Wi-Fi Could Be a Win-Win-Win-Win

Posted October 4, 2013 - 10:19 am

At Interop New York this evening, Cisco and Facebook announced a partnership and service that lets you log onto the Internet via free Wi-Fi using your Facebook credentials. In other words, your standard Wi-Fi access method when in cafes, hotels and whatnot could simply be "checking in" on Facebook.
Buck that BYOD Trend: 5 Justifications for Not Conforming

Posted October 4, 2013 - 10:15 am

Just to be contrarian, let’s throw out a few reasons to stick with the status quo when it comes to ownership of mobile devices in the enterprise.
Amazon could be in the streaming set-top box game by holidays

Posted October 4, 2013 - 6:00 am

Push aside your Roku, Apple TV and Google TV and make room for the Amazon FireTube.
What’s an unemployed spook to do? [CARTOON]

Posted October 4, 2013 - 6:00 am

The government shutdown has forced the NSA to furlough a lot of people. What’s an unemployed spook to do?
Transitioning an iOS 6 design to iOS 7: A quick, helpful tip

Posted October 4, 2013 - 12:00 am

LIke it or not, iOS 7 is here and it’s not going anywhere. The next time you open a pre iOS 7 app in the new Xcode 5, you’re going to be prompted to upgrade the project for iOS 7. The major difference is obviously the new UI style, and chances are some components of your app are not going to transition smoothly between iOS 6 (or less) and iOS 7. Here is a quick tip to help you on your journey.
Twitter appears to have dodged Facebook's mobile problem

Posted October 3, 2013 - 8:56 pm

Twitter has fewer users and less revenue than Facebook, but in mobile advertising Twitter appears to have dodged the problems that dragged down Facebook's stock after its public offering last year.

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