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Monthly Archives: November 2011
1st W3C conference for Web developers and designers
14 Sep: W3C is holding its 1st web developer conference in Seattle! Nov 15-16 19 Sep: We may talk a bit about semantic web and metadata, such as RDFa, microdata, and microformats, but the focus is on client-side tech @zaythar … Continue reading
Posted in HTML5 et al
Tagged Accessibility, Adobe, Amazon, Appcache, ARIA, Canvas, cloud client, CSS, CSS Animations, DART, Data Visualization, Google, HTML5, HTML5 Canvas, HTML5 Games, HTML5 Gaming, JavaScript, Microsoft, Modernizr, Mozilla, N-Screens, Nokia, Opera, SPDY, SVG, Touch Events, W3C, Web App, Web App Security, web apps, web design, web development, Web Graphics, Web Performance, Web Platform, Web Typography, WebApp, WebGL
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Web apps for the open web from Mozilla
Mozilla releasing new version of Firefox for Android [Nov 22, 2011] The new version is strategically important for Mozilla for multiple reasons. First, smartphones and tablets are at the center of a mobile-first transformation of the computing industry, and Firefox … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, HTML5 et al, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Android, B2G, Boot to Gecko, Brendan Eich, ChromeOS, cloud client, Gaia, Gecko, Gonk, HTML5, JavaScript, Mozilla, Mozilla Labs, Open Web App Ecosystem, Open Web App platform, Open Web App store, Open Web Apps, PhoneGap, smartphones, Tablets, The Mozilla open app ecosystem
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Windows 8 gaining smartphone like “connected standby” capability
New power state called “Connected Standby” Windows coalesces all the timer and network requests, turns the radio on periodically to satisfy them, then goes back to very low power consumption. But because app requests are getting satisfied they are up … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud SW engineering, tablets
Tagged cloud client, Connected Standby, idle hygiene, Metro style app model, Metro style application model, Microsoft, PEP, Power Engine Plug-in, Qualcomm, runtime device power management, slates, SoC, Tablets, the smartphone power model, Windows 8
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Designing smarter phones–Marko Ahtisaari (Nokia) and Albert Shum (Microsoft)
Including Joe Belfiore’s “Building a different kind of UI” talk as well (for completeness): see that in the very end. Marko Ahtisaari interview: Nokia Senior VP of Design [The Verge, Oct 31, 2011] Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari sits down with … Continue reading
Posted in design, smartphones
Tagged Albert Shum, cloud client, design, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, Nokia, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
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Qualcomm mirasol display technology delivered
Follow-up: Qualcomm added a superior to its mirasol, but also MEMS display technology for its upcoming US$1B fab [Jan 26, 2012] Updates as of July’12: QUALCOMM Incorporated Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results – Earnings Call Transcript [Seeking Alpha, July 18, … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability
Tagged Android, biomimicry, e-readers, e-reading, IMOD, Kyobo, MEMS, mirasol, Qualcomm, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Snapdragon
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Application Craft: a multiplatform rapid development system and SaaS for HTML5 et al
Application Craft – our one minute overview [Oct 29, 2011] Check out our fantastic one minute video. It shows you just some of the great development features available. Related information: Microsoft and jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap [Oct 13, 2011] More information: – … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud SW engineering, HTML5 et al, SaaS, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Android, Apple, Application Craft, cloud client, HTML5, IDE, Integrated Development Environment, JavaScript, jQuery Mobile, Nitobi, PhoneGap, PhoneGap Build, Responsive Design, Ripple, Robert Scoble, Sam Schillace, SmartSites, UX, Windows Phone 7
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NVIDIA Tegra 3 and ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime
Follow-up: Kindle Fire with its $200 price pushing everybody up, down or out of the Android tablet market [Dec 8, 2011] Update: ASUS introduces [i.e. making available] the Eee Pad Transformer Prime with NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 Quad-Core Processor and Google® … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones, SoC, tablets
Tagged Android, ARM (architecture), Asus, Asustek, cloud client, Companion Core, Cortex A9, Eee Pad Transformer, Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Galaxy Tab 10.1, iPad 2, Kal-El, NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce, quad core, slates, SoC, Super IPS+, Tablets, Tegra, Tegra 3, Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing, vSMP
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Samsung push for bada in 2012 and other Linux based devices–with Tizen UPDATE: 1st Tizen devices in 2013
‘bada’ = the Korean word for ‘ocean.’ It is a Linux based proprietary operating system by Samsung which is otherwise rooted in MOCHA (Modular & Configurable Handset S/W Architecture), later evolved into SHP (Samsung Handset Platform) on which the bada … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, smartphones
Tagged Android, apps world, Bada, Cheng Luo, cloud client, Dr. Kiyohito Nagata, EFL, Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, flexible display, HTML5, Imad Sousou, Intel, James Pearce, Jim Zemlin, Jong-Deok Choi, LiMo, LiMo Foundation, Linux Foundation, Magnolia, MeeGo, NEC Casio, Nomovok, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Qt, Samsung, Samsung Handset Platform, Samsung Linux Platform, Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business, SHP, SK Telecom, SLP, Telefonica, Tizen, Tizen 2.0, Tizen Association, Tizen Developer Conference, Vodafone, Vodafone 360, WAC, Webkit2, Wholesale Applications Community, Windows Phone 7
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ST-Ericsson NovaThor SoCs for future Windows Phones from Nokia
Updates: STMicroelectronics’ COO Presents at UBS Global Technology and Services Conference – Conference Call Transcript Q&A [Seeking Alpha, Nov 24, 2011] Gareth Jenkins Okay. Before we come on to some of the shorter term questions, I was just wondering whether … Continue reading
Posted in smartphones
Tagged cloud client, SoC, Microsoft, HSPA+, Nokia, ST-Ericsson, 28nm, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, 32nm, GPU, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone, STMicroelectronics, PowerVR Rogue, Joint Development Alliance
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Lightning fast (ICT-backed) and dominating finances clashing with the age-old slowness of democratic consensus building
Source: FINVIZ.com/forex_charts.ashx Note: The announcement of Greek referendum came late Oct 31. The above chart is showing how fast the global financial system is reacting to such high-impact news. Showdown time! Eurozone leaders confront Greece over shock calls for referendum … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged CDS, China, Credit Default Swap, debt, Democracy, ECB, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Global Finances, Greece, IMF, OECD, referendum, Reggie Middleton, USA
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