bookwormAT

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Android and iOS Devices Account for 96% of the Global Market, According to IDC(idc.com)
3 points by bookwormAT 12y ago|0 comments
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
having a second screen for notifications and short information bits is really useful. After a month with the LG Watch, I'm convinced this is an essential addon to use with a smartphone. It feels really stupid now to think that my phone
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
I leave the screen on and I'm at about 40% in the evening.
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
You can argue that this means Samsung does indeed make their own operating system. The term OS, as it is used by media and most people today, is the software that is installed on the device before you install any additional apps to it. E.g
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
Since you have already experience with software development, I suggest you start with the tutorials and documentation on developer.android.com. Apart from that, keep an eye open for a new revision of Reto Maier's "Professional And
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
so is the wikipedia entry about iBeacon wrong and needs to be updated? "Android operating system devices can receive iBeacon advertisements but cannot emit iBeacon advertisements" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
it applies to every search engine. I read somewhere earlier that Yahoo has confirmed they are working on a solution, but Microsoft has not. Which is funny because Yahoo uses Bing for its search results.
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
I think people gave Go a lot of attention because it was designed by Rob Pike and Ken Thompson.
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
you mean you had hopes that Google would use a unique account for every application again? Or that they use a different commenting solution in every app? Sorry but that will never happen. If you're lucky they remove the '+'
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
or $0 for a trip around the world and a bag full of goodies. Many companies pay for business trips to tech conferences.
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
I think being able to write a web crawler is a better test for your development skills than opening a $25 developer account. And don't forget that most Android developers do not publish their work on their own private accounts. Anyway,
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How to divide learning time(blog.code-cop.org)
2 points by bookwormAT 12y ago|0 comments
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by bookwormAT 12y ago
For most smartphones the number of icons that fit on a home screen is independent from the device type or the operating system on the device. Different Android-based operating systems come with different UIs, and installing a new home scree
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
* "APIs are not well-documented, and Google has changed them over time" * "Carriers modify the OS to support their particular [...] idiosyncrasies." * "Poor, inconsistent and conflicting documentation" Not tru
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
It's news because the contents of any of these meetings rarely surface to the public where we can discuss them.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
unfortunately this is only available in the us right now
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I'm trying to justify the purchase of a HTC One at the moment, because it seems to be an awesome phone and I want a new toy. But for practical use there are no benefits. Not even if you have a older device. The One is maybe the most be
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
The Galaxy S2 had very high build quality. It was all plastic, but felt and looked great. It extremely light and higly durable, and a removable back is very useful. I think it's fair to say that the build of S2 was cheaper than the com
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Display Technology Shoot-Out(displaymate.com)
20 points by bookwormAT 13y ago|45 comments
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ViewHolder Considered Harmful(blog.xebia.com)
1 points by bookwormAT 13y ago|0 comments
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
If you use ViewHolder, consider using custom views instead: http://blog.xebia.com/2013/07/22/viewholder-considered-harmf... I refactored all my code after reading this, and now I consider the ViewHolder an an
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
my two cents: * no cloud service is guaranteed to exist in 5 years. * in case any of these services are shut down, it is very likely that they give you the option to download your stuff and use it in another service.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I'm surprised people find this still an issue. Almost all of the popular apps in the store seem to scale great on large displays these days. Notable exceptions are the official apps from Facebook & Twitter. I just checked my tablet
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
"Each snapshot of data represents all the devices that visited the Google Play Store in the prior 7 days." This also contains people who only open the play store by accident, or to install updates where the app permission have cha
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
I personally don't consider them free. But I think most people do.
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
there is no "visa hassle" if you come from Europe, and there are no trip cost since the company pays for everything. While the sessions are available as video streams, the sessions and discussions in between the sessions are not.
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Vienna again named world's most liveable city(reuters.com)
104 points by bookwormAT 13y ago|109 comments
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
My company pays for the trip. This makes it even more unfortunate if you don't get a ticket: It not only costs you a good conference, but also a free trip to san francisco. ;)
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
Google Play Services are not part of Android. It's a program written for Android. Android is what you find at http://source.android.com/ . Grandparent mentioned companies like Amazon or Ouya: These companies use Android
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by bookwormAT 13y ago
guidelines. The app store has guidelines, not rules. The decision for approval is completely up to Apple. They can approve some dirty porn scam and feature it if they want. Or they can disapprove an app that meets all of their guidelines if

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