Appcelerator releases Titanium Mobile 1.6

By tim, on February 24th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Appcelerator has released Titanium Mobile 1.6, an update to its cross-platform app framework for Apple iOS and Google Android.

The update adds 26 features for Android and 9 features for iOS. The Facebook API has been completely redone, keeping up-to-date with the latest Facebook API. There is beta support for the Android NDK –

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Ten big tech trends from 2010

By tim, on December 31st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

This was an amazing year for tech. Here are some of the things that struck me as significant.

Sun Java became Oracle Java

Oracle acquired Sun and set about imposing its authority on Java. Java is still Java, but Oracle lacks Sun’s commitment to open source and community – though even in Sun days

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A useful Windows Phone 7 app in a couple of hours – Where’s my Train

By tim, on October 13th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I was interested to see that National Rail Enquiries has published a web service for its live departure boards. These give you reports on the next trains to depart from any given station, including information on late running.

Given that this is Windows Phone 7 week, I could not resist trying it out. I

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Windows Phone 7 gets decent launch, Stephen Fry’s blessing

By tim, on October 11th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I was not able to attend the press conference for Windows Phone 7 in person but watched the live webcast from New York. I was unconvinced by the phrase “Always delightful, wonderfully mine” which formed the basis of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s lead-in, but it got better.

Corporate VP Joe Belfiore

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Latest job stats on technology adoption – Flash, Silverlight, iPhone, Android, C#, Java

By tim, on September 14th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

It is all very well expressing opinions on which technologies are hot and which are struggling, but what is happening in the real world? It is hard to get an accurate picture – surveys tend to have sampling biases of one kind or another, and vendors rarely release sales figures. I’ve never been happy

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Apple lifts restrictions on app development tools, publishes review guidelines

By tim, on September 9th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Apple has lifted its restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS (iPhone and iPad) apps, in a statement published today:

We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our iOS Developer Program license in

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Ten reasons the Apple iPhone 4 beats the Android HTC Desire

By tim, on September 7th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve recently been trying the Android-based HTC Desire for some development research. I’ve also been using the iPhone 4 since its release in the UK. How do they compare? Yesterday I posted Ten ways the Android HTC Desire beats Apple’s iPhone. Now here’s the opposite – ten ways the iPhone is better. Conclusions then?

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Ten ways the Android HTC Desire beats Apple’s iPhone

By tim, on September 6th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’m just getting started with Android development, for which I got hold of an HTC Desire. And I’ve been using Apple’s iPhone 4 since its release in the UK. So which is better? There’s no satisfactory quick answer to that, though the two phones are certainly comparable; perhaps too much so, judging by Apple’s

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Samsung Galaxy Tab – among the first of many iPad clones

By tim, on September 2nd, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Samsung has announced final details and specifications of the Galaxy Tab, a tablet device running Android 2.2 “Froyo”.

It has a 7-inch1024x600 multi-touch screen, 1.00 Ghz processor, GPS, wi-fi, 3G internet, 1.4 megapixel webcam, 7 hours battery life if playing a video (I imagine much longer than that in normal use)

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Open season for patent litigation makes case for reform

By tim, on August 31st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

It seems to be open season for software patent litigation. Oracle is suing Google over its use of Java in Android. Paul Allen’s Interval Licensing is suing AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Yahoo and others – the Wall Street Journal has an illustrated discussion of the patents involved here. Let’s not forget that

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