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This blog will contain constantly updated articles covering the topics of programming, website development, project management, and legal side of operation of an outsourcing company in Ukraine. We hope that our solutions and examples will prove to be useful to other participants of the IT outsourcing market. |
Archive for January, 2011How Angry Birds Is Becoming the Next Super MarioMonday, January 31st, 2011You can’t go a day without hearing someone mention Angry Birds. Fans on Twitter share pictures of cakes they decorated with the Angry Birds characters. On YouTube, parents post videos of their kids playing Angry Birds in real life. Even talk show hosts like Conan O’Brien can’t resist cracking a joke about the game every night.
The game’s creator Rovio on Friday announced a new game, Angry Birds Rio, based on a movie made by Fox. (See teaser images below.) Bookmark/Search this post with:
      Apple iPad Newspaper, The Daily, To Launch Feb. 2Friday, January 28th, 2011Apple’s iPad will host a tablet-only newspaper created by News Corp starting Feb. 2, according to an invitation circulating among media.
That digital publication, the Daily, will cost 99 cents per week. According to Reuters, the original Jan. 19 unveiling date was scrubbed “because of technical glitches.” News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch and Apple Vice President of Internet Services Eddy Cue will headline the new launch event, scheduled to take place in New York City. Bookmark/Search this post with:
Sony to Launch PSP Successor This YearThursday, January 27th, 2011At a live event in Tokyo, Sony on Thursday unveiled what many had come to call the PlayStation Portable 2, its long-awaited, all-new handheld video game console. Known officially as the “Next Generation Portable,” the device will be available this holiday season. Sony has not yet said what the new PSP will cost.
According to CNET sister site Gamespot.com, the new device will come in a brick form factor and feature a 5-inch OLED display with four times the resolution of current-generation PSPs. It has touch pads on both the front and the rear and dual micro analog joysticks. It also has both front- and rear-facing cameras and will use a Flash-based memory card. It will also offer 3G, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi connectivity, according to GameSpot. On-stage in Tokyo, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida said the new device boasts PlayStation 3-quality graphics. Bookmark/Search this post with:
RIM’s PlayBook Attracting Developers, But Lags Behind iPad: SurveyWednesday, January 26th, 2011Developers are increasingly interested in Research In Motion’s upcoming PlayBook platform, at least according to new survey data posted by Appcelerator and research firm IDC. However, that same data suggests the iPad and Android tablets continue to dominate developers’ attention.
Appcelerator and IDC surveyed some 2,235 Appcelerator Titanium developers earlier in January on “perceptions surrounding mobile OS priorities, feature priorities, and mobile development plans in 2011,” according to a note posted on Appcelerator’s Website. Bookmark/Search this post with:
Google Cloud Print for Mobile, Gmail Now LiveTuesday, January 25th, 2011Google has introduced Cloud Print beta service for mobile documents and Gmail mobile web app for English language users. With this opt-in service, users can get a print of any important document or email right from their smartphones or mobiles. Google Cloud Print beta for mobile Docs and Gmail will work only on HTML5 supporting phones. Google has started pushing this service en masse just after Apple made the AirPrint technology available to the iOS devices.
Cloud Print service was announced last year in April and Google initiated its inclusion in any application meant for web, desktop or mobile. With this Cloud based printing, users can rely on Google’s cloud servers to manage the prints from the desktop or mobile. Check more at Cloud Print. Bookmark/Search this post with:
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