Mobile Zone | Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7

Christopher Taylor04/19/13
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The Beer Bottle as Mobile Device

Why would you want your consumers buried in their iPhones, unaware of their surroundings, when you can have them staring at your product instead?

Mitch Pronschinske04/19/13
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DevBytes: Bitmap Scaling

Learn how the use of BitmapOptions affects the resulting size of a loaded bitmap. Sub-sampling can speed up load times and reduce the need for large bitmaps in memory if your target bitmap size is much smaller.

Mitch Pronschinske04/18/13
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jqMobi Becomes Intel App Framework

Today Intel has launched its revamp of the jqMobi framework as the "Intel App Framework". The new HTML5 development environment is completely free to download and is focused on giving mobile developers a bunch of tools to quickly build web apps.

Sony Arouje04/18/13
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My Favorite Camera Apps for Windows Phone 8

I never enjoyed mobile photography before but now I really enjoying after I bought my Lumia 920.

Juhani Lehtimaki04/18/13
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Google Play Store Now Shows Different Screenshots for Tablets and Phones

While this might sound like a minor update, it actually has pretty strong implications to designers and developers.

Mitch Pronschinske04/18/13
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DevBytes: Bitmap Allocation

Learn how to speed up bitmap loading and reduce garbage collection in Android by reusing existing bitmaps.

Adam Grocholski04/17/13
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Android to Windows Phone 8 Part 4: Running the Windows Phone Application

In the last lesson you explored the Windows Phone project Visual Studio created for you. Now it’s time to run and see what it looks like. There are two different ways you can run the application:

Omri Erel04/17/13
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Cloud Computing for Mobile Devices - A Short Review

I hear a lot of people talk about cloud computing, mobile revolutions and all of that, but I am left positively agog at just how much of a buzzword these things have become.

Juhani Lehtimaki04/17/13
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Find the Android Design Community

A few years ago an Android designer was a mythical creature comparable to unicorns and flying spaghetti monsters. But the world has changed.

Jeremy Foster04/17/13
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App Art

One of my favorite steps in the app development lifecycle is the creation of the artwork. I'm not stellar at creating original artwork, but I definitely recognize when things look just right . . .

Mitch Pronschinske04/17/13
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DevBytes: CrossFading Animations

Learn how to use TransitionDrawable to perform a simple cross-fade effect between two drawables in Android applications.

Avi Yehuda04/16/13
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jQuery Deferred

Not too long ago I came across jQuery deferred (even though it was added already in JQuery 1.5) and I immediately liked it.

John Blanco04/16/13
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I Have An Idea for an App! Now What?!

It’s 10:00 AM, you’re in your office (or better yet, at home on your couch) dreaming up million-dollar app ideas when — BAM! — like a bolt of lightning it hits you. EUREKA! You have conceived of The Next Big Thing™

Reza Rahman04/16/13
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GlassFish on Ubuntu Touch

A few years ago, it was unthinkable to most of us that a Java application server can run on a small/mobile device. Now it seems almost passé.

Eric Genesky04/15/13
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The Mobilecast - Data Categorization and Security

Brian and Bill Pelletier (@awpiii, http://infosectoday.blogspot.com/) spend some time talking about data categorization, security and how it relates to mobile.