You probably know that Google has recently announced that they were stopping development for Google wave, and indeed after the initial buzz and all the hype that surrounded wave when it was launched, interested faded rapidly. Why did that happen ? I mostly agree with this post: Why Google Wave “failed”. When users need to
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Category: Culture
Google and Palm: the ideal scenario
It was suggested by Phil kearny (ex Apple employee) that Google should buy Palm… Let’s dream a little bit: Google buys Palm A GWT wrapper is developper for Mojo (Palm’s Javascript SDK). GWT becomes the official SDK for webOS dalvik is ported to webOS. All the apps from the Android marketplace are now available for
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Tim Bray now a Google employee
For those of you not familiar with the Who’s Who of IT, Tim Bray is best known for the central role he played in the initial specification of XML. I should know because I spent countless hours studying it back in 2000. If you really really have to read it too, I urge you to
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James Gossling: “so long, old friend”
This is what James Gossling posted on his blog yesterday… Like so many commenters, I also spent the majority of my professional career with Sun technologies, mostly Java. Whatever happens next, it’s a new era that begins. Fortunately, the company with a big G has embraced Java, and that is probably where the future lies,
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The future of mobile apps is web apps
This conclusion comes from examining the following facts: modern smartphones are equipped with a recent, state-of-the-art, JavaScript/CSS capable web browser modern smartphones are most often associated with a “always connected” data plan What this means is that if you need to develop a mobile application that should run on several mobile platforms, you have basically
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And the winner is.. Palm Pre!
Right the same day I posted an blog entry about my dilemma between Android and Palm Pre for my next phone, I got the latest LUXGSM folder in my mailbox, which features the Palm Pre (“Palm’s very expected tactile phone” according to the folder). So I decided that Android would have to wait, and I
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10/GUI – 10 fingers interaction
I’ve always been conscious of the limits of today’s machine-human interfaces. Our most common interaction device, the mouse, has been what really allowed computers to become mainstream, but multi-touch devices and gesture-based interfaces open the possibility for a whole new level of interaction. 10/GUI takes the multitouch concept to its limit and imagines a 10
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Why I will not get an iPhone… or a kindle
Oh yes, the iPhone is a wonderful little device. It’s sleek, it’s easy and fun to use, it has internet connectivity and a browser that is quite usable despite the screen size (and that runs GWT applications fairly well…). It has GPS, doubles as an iPod. It has lots of cool and free or nearly
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Google Chrome OS – the browser is the OS?
Last week Google announced its upcoming OS, Chrome OS. More than the fact that Google is entering the OS market, which was expected, the most significant thing about this announcement is the OS name. Chrome is already the name of the web browser that Google launched 9 months ago. Chrome is without a doubt the
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Camels and Rubber Duckies
Although this is only remotely relevant to Java and OO, and was written almost 5 years ago, it’s still one of the most eye-opening blog posts I’ve ever read. And fun too. If you are struggling to find the best price for your software, or simply want to learn “market segmentation for dummies”, read this:
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