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Category Archives:Google
Monday, January 23rd, 2012

If I ever make some statement about thinking about joining / applying to Google, please remind me of this post so that I come to my senses. Follows is a non-exhaustive enumeration of the reasons I do not wish to work at Google. 1) I will not sign a contract that prohibits me from telling [...]

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Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Would you like the chance to get your hands on Beginning Android 3? This book is an excellent guide to getting started building Android applications, ramping up from installing the SDK and setting up Eclipse right through to advanced Android APIs and development practices. We’ve got a copy to give away thanks to the lovely [...]

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Beginning Android 3 is a fantastic introduction guide by Android developer and CommonsWare founder Mark Murphy. This book is an almost essential text for anybody who wants to get started with building Android applications and who has some programming experience behind them already. Presenting topics covering everything from getting the Android SDK installed to the [...]

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Monday, February 28th, 2011

A few weeks ago now I got hold of a shiny new HTC Trophy running Windows Phone 7. I’m a bit of a smartphone geek (I’m permanently attached to my Nexus One) so to give the new platform on the block a bit of a workout, I thought I’d swap the Trophy for my usual [...]

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Thursday, December 30th, 2010

I’m just going to say this – the point of me writing this review is that you go and download the Beluga app for your iPhone or Android device right now. Not because someone can give me some dollars (coz that would be nice) but because for the first time in many years I see [...]

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