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April 11, 2012: Using Android ICS New Layout

Android’s latest release, ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3), has made some major design changes to the overall layout.  This means that some existing apps may run into some interesting UI issues for those users that upgrade to it.  Let’s take a look at the new layout and identify some of the issues.

January 11, 2012: Augmented Reality - 3D Images

I have written about Augmented Reality (AR) coding in general, how it works with Layar, and Windows Mango.  The last part I’d like to discuss is the 3D modeling.

January 04, 2012: Augmented Reality - Windows Phone Mango

In my last post I pointed out one of the many resources to use to create a layered Augmented Reality (AR),  Layar.  Another is the latest windows phone version, 7.5 also known as Mango.

December 28, 2011: Augmented Reality - Layar

In my previous post, I described a few different ways Augmented Reality (AR) is used when creating advertisements or mobile applications.  Layering your own content over existing content is one of those methods.

December 21, 2011: Augmented Reality Apps

Some time ago, Sundog began looking into Augmented Reality (AR) advertising. Watching their project unfold inspired me to take a deeper look into the different applications available to pull this off, for the web or mobile devices.

July 06, 2011: iCloud Changing The Direction Of Apps

Apple announced this past June the release of their new iCloud system, a system designed to hold information for your i-products within the all powerful cloud.  Will this new system change how mobile apps are viewed and created in the future?

May 25, 2011: Custom Twitter Feeds

More and more sites are asking to include their social feeds on their site, but rarely do they want the ‘classic’ feed look that comes from each site.  Usually the designer has come up with a way that fits with the overall look of the site while throwing out the ‘classic’ look.  Honestly, I don’t blame them.  So how can we combine the designer’s view with the functionality?

May 03, 2011: Tie Mobile Information across Boundaries

I have been working for some time now to learn the ins and outs of creating new mobile applications on the major platforms.  As someone still new to all of it, I have to stumble through the differences and learn the nuances that come with each one.  Each has things that make life easier, and others that make it harder.  This, as expected, can cause some irritations.  In this process, I did stumble across at least one way to make creating cross platform apps a bit more connected, JSON files.

March 31, 2011: Titanium Duel Development

Earlier this month, I was able to go to the Mobile March (#mmtc11) conference in Minneapolis. There was a lot of good information at the conference, but I especially liked the third-party mobile app platform Titanium.

February 28, 2011: Researching Your First Facebook App

It is almost impossible to find a website that does not link to Facebook (FB) allowing you to post information about their site to your account.  Major websites such as Pandora.com, ABC.com, CNN.com, and IMDB.com are also using the Connect feature of FB to let users utilize their website without registering for a new account. These businesses are also going to the extent of creating either FB Custom Page Tabs or FB Custom Apps to ensure they have a presence on FB as well as the web. Most businesses are not able to do this on their own. That is when they send the call out for developers to help them out.

January 19, 2011: Droid Tips: Useful Intents

I recently built a company directory app for our company.  It was really more of a proof of concept than a sell to the world kind of app, but it still required the same amount of effort to get it built. Three of the things I wanted the app to do were email, call, and text to each of the entries in the directory. Along the way, I came across an amazingly easy way of pulling this off using Intents.

January 14, 2011: Android Market Competes for Android Apps?

Earlier this month, Amazon.com released the developer side of their android market projected to be released later this year.  That’s right, the Android Market on Google will soon have competition in selling…droid apps.  This is going to change how the app markets are viewed, but is it going to get the draw that Amazon is hoping for?