A handy little primer on Android -Jack Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language. Features Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components [...]

Typically augmented reality is associated with ultra futuristic, cranial displays such as seen in movies like The Terminator. However, more familiar hardware is actually where we see the innovation of augmented reality heading. The combination of mobile computing and information-heavy, user-generated services have created a breading ground for new augmented reality applications that are pushing the limits on what we thought was possible.

I am sure by now you have read many of the blogs posting about all the new features in the new iPhone. There are a lot of overlooked features that don’t have as much wow factor but do have large implications for developers. I will run over multitasking today but wanted to mention 3 other areas that will be covered in other parts that are important for devs…

Augmented reality, by definition, is any view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. This is a fairly broad definition that encompasses a lot of smaller categories. Augmented reality is a technology that is expanding very quickly, and that has expanded further than most people realize. There have been [...]

Augmented reality took a leap forward… Full body overlay.

The Android 2.2 update for phones and SDK improvement rocks! Never before in phone history has an update done so much for speed. People are going to see 2 to 5x speed improvements on their apps without any hardware changes and at no additional cost. Way to go Google! -Jack Via android.com New User Features [...]

Lets face the facts. No one uses the phone book any more. That is apparent from this picture. Next to all the recycling receptacles lie a stack of phone books. Only days after being delivered to various business, these phone books started to stack up. At least they are getting recycled, right? This leads one [...]

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — (Marketwire) — 05/06/10 — Gravity Jack and Cal-Games Inc. is proud to announce the release of The Original Golf Trivia application for your iPhone, iTouch or iPad. Cal-Games has reintroduced the popular trivia game from 1984 as an iPhone application. The Original Golf Trivia 2010 edition has over 1500 updated and [...]

Have an iPhone app? You need an iPad version…

iPhone dual booting to Android