Software quality assurance testing on Android devices is far easier than it was just a year ago, at least according to one of Asia's largest mobile app developers, Animoca.
The Hong Kong company has produced over 300 apps since it started two years ago, and just shot past 150 million downloads collectively. It produces mainly Android apps.
Last year, Animoca's testing process for its apps covered a whopping…
Google has patented a new smartwatch design, complete with dual touchpads, a wireless Internet connection, and components that might be located in the watch's wristband rather than under its face.
The touchpad, which will enable all of the expected tapping, pinching, and stretching gestures, might also be removable, the patent says.
Interestingly, this design features a rectangular display somewhat reminiscent of the Google Glass Cards resolution and form factor -- and it's quite unlike another…
Trion Worlds is finding some success with its online-shooter Defiance.
Trion revealed today that over one million players registered for accounts in the $59.99 PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 mulitplayer online game. That's a major milestone for a title that saddles players with "bland graphics, an unintuitive user interface, and performance issues," according to GamesBeat's review.
Defiance, the game, might be getting a boost from Defiance, the SyFy television show.
There's a gold rush going on these days, or a Bitcoin rush, at least. Driven by the recent swings in the value of a Bitcoin, more and more people are learning about and becoming interested in the currency. While they could just buy Bitcoins at the current market rate, others are looking to try their luck at mining Bitcoins. And like prospectors who traveled west during the Gold Rush of the 19th century, many Bitcoin miners will find that they spend more on chasing the Bitcoin dream than they'll ever hope to win back.
As mobile technology continues its rapid advancement according to Moore’s law, the possibilities of moving towards the sci-fi novels and films of yesteryear are becoming less and less fiction, and more reality. Augmented reality.
At Wikitude, we’re working everyday on making the future potential of mobile technology a reality now. We started out in 2008 as the first provider of augmented reality on smartphones, and since this time have spawned a revolution in the industry. It’s time to do it again with wearable AR technology.
Continue reading @ Augmented reality glasses powered by Wikitude – Wikitude.
Editor’s Note: Joe Floyd is a VC investor at Emergence Capital Partners. Follow him on Twitter @thejoefloyd.
Away from the fickle eyes of consumers, deep in the basement of app stores, enterprise mobile apps are fighting each other for the attention of business users.
Given the restrictions of their target audience, business app developers simply cannot utilize the same techniques that consumer app companies leverage.
ownCloud is a free software suite, written in PHP, that provides file storage, synchronization, and sharing. It provides the same basic features of Dropbox or Box.net. It also provides a whole lot more.
ownCloud was started three years ago when Frank Karlitschek wanted a free software alternative to proprietary solutions. In the time since the project has attracted a dedicated group of core contributors, made several significant releases, and is available in 42 languages.
