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Christian Helle05/12/13
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Using the Windows Phone Custom Contact Store

In this section I would like to demonstrate how to use the custom contact store API. In order to do so we’ll create a UI that accepts the display name, email address, and mobile phone number.

Simon Jackson05/10/13
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MonoGame: Using Libraries with Windows Phone Projects

A challenge faced by the MonoGame team when they created Windows Phone 8 support was that XNA is actually included with the platform, this created a unique challenge because . . .

John Blanco05/10/13
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Clients: How to Work Well With a Mobile App Consultant and Get a Low Price

To all the potential clients and entrepreneurs out there, here are some tips for getting the best fixed rate on a project from a consultant.

Maximiliano Firtman05/10/13
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Background Notification Hack for iPad and iPhone Sites

Mobile browsers may look like desktop browsers, but their behavior sometimes is different and we need to understand them to provide the right user experience. In this post I’ll show you a trick to notify the user about an update while our website is on a background tab.

Mitch Pronschinske05/09/13
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A Deep Dive Into Mobile Malware

The talk cites examples of common malware threats (some of which include drive-by download, fake players, trojan apps) and includes a look at the code of certain harmful software.

Allen Coin05/09/13
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Mobile App Spotlight: Pizza Compass for iOS

We're shining our mobile app spotlight on "Pizza Compass," a simple little app for pizza enthusiasts that comes with a funny marketing video.

Matteo Pagani05/09/13
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Telerik and Windows Phone 8 – The JumpList (Grouping)

I’ve decided to write some blog posts to show you how to use some of the controls that are part of the toolkit and how they can improve your work.

Eric Gregory05/09/13
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DIY NFC with Android and Arduino

Joe Desbonnet demonstrates a "Poor Man's NFC" proof-of-concept with an Arduino and an Android phone. The coolest part? This uses the phone's magnetometer to pull off the trick.

Paul Hammant05/08/13
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Android and The Art of War

I’m not going to attempt to match aspects of Google’s plan to individual chapters of Art of War. I’m just going to do a rollup instead with aspects around weakness, confrontations, focusing resources and diverting your opponent’s, tactics, timing and maneuvers.

Jorge Ramon05/07/13
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How to Create an ASP.NET Handler for a Sencha Touch Store

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a .NET server-side handler for a Sencha Touch store. Let’s begin by defining a sample Sencha Touch application with a “Hotels” store that contains data about a number of fictitious hotels.

Jorge Ramon05/07/13
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Sencha Touch 2 Stores – Editing Model Instances and Reverting Changes

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to edit and save changes to the fields of a Sencha Touch Model instance, and under which conditions you can revert these changes. You will also learn how and when to query a Sencha Touch data store to obtain the records that have been updated.

Shay Shmeltzer05/07/13
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New Version of Oracle ADF Mobile - Java on iOS and Android

Oracle today released version 11.1.2.4 of their Oracle ADF Mobile framework. The framework leverages a headless JVM to enable developers to build cross mobile device applications leveraging the Java language. The applications install and run on both iOS and Android devices.

Mitch Pronschinske05/07/13
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Links You Don't Want To Miss (May 7)

Run Ruby in-browser, see 2 views of a chessboard in Python, and find out if video codecs will be written in JavaScript in the future. Plus, take a look at Oculus Rift simulations and learn about Dropbox's first conference.

Mitch Pronschinske05/06/13
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Android for Enterprise: Does it fit the Bill?

In this presentation from AppForum 2012, Marko Gargenta explores key points of Android and its use as an enterprise tool, including an overview of the stack, a "Hello, World!" example, security, and enterprise features.

Eric Gregory05/06/13
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Pure Java Programming for Android

This tutorial from Programmers' Institute introduces you to pure Java programming for Android.

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