Tag Archives: appstore

Government CloudStore

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Andrew

The Government launched their G-Cloud CloudStore for Cloud procurement of Cloud services on Sunday. The outlook is … cloudy. I applaud the increase in transparency that could be derived from listing vendors in a single searchable public online catalogue. But … Continue reading →

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The Mac App Store

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Andrew

The release of Mac OS X Lion — and the related rebuild of a laptop from scratch — is a good opportunity to stress-test the Mac App Store. As a centralised repository of software, the ease of use and experience … Continue reading →

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iPad 2

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Andrew

For those that didn’t hear, Apple announced the iPad 2 last night. Thinner, much faster, with front-and-rear cameras, at the same price point. iPad 1 gets $100 off the price. Perhaps the most significant part of the presentation was the … Continue reading →

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Tube Status

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Andrew

It’s about time … my first Palm app, which I wrote back in April, has finally been submitted to the Palm app store. Although I’ve been using it almost daily since I wrote it, finding the time to go the … Continue reading →

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Flash the future

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Andrew

There’s been some truly fascinating shifts in the world of computing, mobile and the technology ecosystem over the last few weeks. Here’s just a few links that sum up where things are going. Firstly, the much-circulated, oft-quoted “The real reason … Continue reading →

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Preware

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Andrew

In my opinion, the Palm Pre is one of the very best smartphones on the market today. I don’t say this lightly – I’ve come to this opinion after using it solidly since December, alongside an iPhone, HTC Hero, Google … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Crimes of Developer Engagement

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Andrew

(This post originally appeared over on the LiMo blog) 1. Call a spade a spade Before I even get involved, I want to know: what’s in it for me, and why should I care. It’s amazing how many organisations talk … Continue reading →

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QT, GTK, Widget Toolkits, Web UIs

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Andrew

Toward the end of last week, Nokia made the announcement that they would add LGPL as a license option to the QT toolkit. QT is a highly-polished, well documented modern GUI toolkit – some consider it to be the best … Continue reading →

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