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Want to learn basic Android programming? The Linux Foundation wants to help
The fine people at the Linux Foundation have started a little project that deserves some attention — some tutorials teaching beginning Android programming. So far things are pretty basic, but the beginning is always the best place to start. They have the basics of setting up a development environment covered, and will get you on your way to writing your first Android app.
Android is Linux after all, and it's great to see the traditional desktop users excited about Android and jumping in to make it better. While you won't learn how to build the next Angry Birds game, you will get some pointers and basic information that leads you on the road to building something of your very own. Remember, everyone started at the beginning. If you've got the inclination, hit the source link to get started.
Source: The Linux Foundation
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Corning expected to debut Gorilla Glass 3 at CES 2013
Many touch screen displays these days are created using Corning’s patented Gorilla Glass, which is more durable than other displays, while maintaining clarity.
The Foxconn Conundrum
Just as Apple increases scrutiny of its supply chain, Foxconn workers want more overtime.
One of the most interesting and challenging stories surrounding the iRevolution
Launch of Google Maps Leads to Massive iOS 6 Uptake
BGR writes today that the release of Google?s own Maps app has resulted in a massive rise in the uptake of iOS 6, presumably because people had been so against having to use Apple?s own in-house Maps app that they had avoided upgrading until now. The relevant figures have been provided by ad network MoPub, which used data from the 12,000 iOS apps that it supports, to reveal that iOS 6 adoption grew by 29% in the five days after Google Maps arrived in the App Store.
?We observed since the launch of Google Maps for iOS 6 a 30% increase in unique iOS 6 users, and we think it?s related to Google Maps,? MoPub CEO Jim Payne said to TechCrunch. ?It verifies the hypothesis that people were actually holding back to upgrade until Google Maps was available.?
Maybe it was for this reason that Apple was so quick to allow Google Maps into the App Store, despite the fact that Google had been worried about Apple approving an app that was not just a rival to its own in-house app, but also a constant reminder of the controversy surrounding the release of said app.
Source: Google Maps: iOS 6 adoption growth skyrockets thanks to Google Maps | BGR
Microsoft Has Been Watching, and It Says You
Data collected from some users of the operating system suggest people are adjusting well to the radical departure from previous designs, says the company.
Despite some of the more scathing reviews of Windows 8, ordinary users are getting along with it just fine, according to Julie Larson-Green, the Microsoft executive who leads Windows product development. Data collected automatically from some Windows users, she says, show they are adjusting to some of the new operating system
EmTech: The Future of Cancer Treatment
Cocktails of targeted cancer therapies could push survival beyond just months of additional life.
DNA analysis is moving into medicine, and in specialties such as cancer genomics, it already has a foothold. Doctors can take a sliver of their patient
Analytics Point to Possible iPad Refresh
MacRumors reports today that it has heard from a developer who tells them that he has noticed that an unfamiliar iPad reference number suddenly appeared in his app analytics. The device is called ?iPad3,6?, and MacRumors says that the mystery iPad?s processor targets the ARMv7s architecture supporting the A6 system-on-a-chip in the iPhone 5. This leads MacRumors to deduce that the iPad in question is running some sort of A6 chip. MacRumors is also not sure what version of the iPad this could be, although they surmise that as it still has the number 3, it is most likely some sort of refresh of the newest, full-size iPad (as has been rumoured to be on the way). They counter this by saying that even if Apple wanted to release an updated version of the current iPad, with a Lightning dock connector, it seems a bit unlikely that the processor would be upgraded to an A6 chip. It?s also not thought to be the iPad Mini (which is thought to have the code name?iPad2,5?) that has been appearing in developer logs recently.
Source: New iPad Shows Up in App Analytics Running A6-Based Chip – Mac Rumors
Mathematics of Sudoku Leads To “Richter Scale” of Puzzle Hardness
The most difficult known Sudoku puzzle has ‘Richter scale’ rating of 3.6, according to a new mathematical description of puzzle hardness. But there could be harder puzzles out there
iOS Leads Android by a Big Margin in Enterprise
Apple?s iOS is leading the way in enterprise apps, according to a new survey from International Data Corporation (IDC), which is reported on by AppleInsider today. The survey seems to indicate a very clear distinction as far as developers are concerned, between business apps, which iOS apparently rules the roost in, and consumer-oriented apps, which Android still takes the lead in. IDC surveyed more than 3,500 Appcelerator developers around the world, with IDC vice president, Mobile and Connected Consumer Platforms, Scott Ellison, commenting on how Apple?s iOS has taken a ?dramatic? lead over Android, Google?s OS. In the survey, 53.2% of developers said that they think that iOS will come out the winner in the enterprise, as opposed to 37.3% who favoured Android. AppleInsider notes that this shows a marked shift in the views of developers since the third quarter of 2011, when they said that they thought that Android and iOS were both evenly matched in terms of the enterprise, with 44% for each platform.
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Apple’s iOS takes ‘dramatic lead’ over Android in enterprise apps
iOS Leads Android by a Big Margin in Enterprise
Apple?s iOS is leading the way in enterprise apps, according to a new survey from International Data Corporation (IDC), which is reported on by AppleInsider today. The survey seems to indicate a very clear distinction as far as developers are concerned, between business apps, which iOS apparently rules the roost in, and consumer-oriented apps, which Android still takes the lead in. IDC surveyed more than 3,500 Appcelerator developers around the world, with IDC vice president, Mobile and Connected Consumer Platforms, Scott Ellison, commenting on how Apple?s iOS has taken a ?dramatic? lead over Android, Google?s OS. In the survey, 53.2% of developers said that they think that iOS will come out the winner in the enterprise, as opposed to 37.3% who favoured Android. AppleInsider notes that this shows a marked shift in the views of developers since the third quarter of 2011, when they said that they thought that Android and iOS were both evenly matched in terms of the enterprise, with 44% for each platform.
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Apple’s iOS takes ‘dramatic lead’ over Android in enterprise apps
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