Check-in services and apps aren’t something I am that interested in due to the fact I don’t use them and I don’t even know anyone who does. However, there’s an interesting article at retail touch points that has made me think again.

The article explains how check-in services have evolved to provide for smart (context sensitive) […]

Canalys released their full year 2011 smartphone global sales stats last Friday. An amazing 488 million smartphone were shipped in 2011. While sales by individual companies are interesting, the table most useful for mobile developers is the split by platform…
 
Android now has more than double the market share of iOS. Symbian is dying fast. Windows […]

If you are developing an Android app, you might be wondering if it’s worth putting the app on app stores other than the Android Market. You might also question whether it’s worth developing an Amazon Fire specific app for the Amazon Market.
Ziggy’s Games has some answers to these questions based on downloads of their free […]

Strategy Analytics has some latest statistics on global tablet shipments for Q4 2011. Global tablet shipments reached 26.8 million units for that quarter which is an increase of 150% year on year.
 

The iPad saw a contraction of market share that was taken up by Android tablets. While Apple iPads are still more popular, I believe […]

There’s a growing number of devices that aren’t officially sanctioned by Google. What are the implications for developers such as myself?
First of all, sanctioned devices, called ‘Google Experience’ devices, have passed Google’s compatibility test suite. This allows them to run Google’s apps such as Gmail, Maps, and Market or as Google call them ‘Google Experience […]

One of the problems with having a blog is having enough to write about. When short for something to write about I tend to search for new recent news articles that either inspire me to write or can be used as a basis for something on which I can comment.
For years, I used the Delicious […]

Google have just published their Android Design site that attempts to define a consistent style across future Android apps. It’s a very comprehensive site that covers style (e.g. themes, touch, typography), UI patterns (e.g. gestures, navigation, action bar, notifications) and building blocks (e.g. tabs, lists, scrolling, views). The only strange thing is about the site […]