Tag Archives: mobile

Ars Technica – Google Earth, other mobile apps leave door open for scripting attacks

Oops, just because it doesn’t look like a browser doesn’t mean it doesn’t suf­fer the same secu­rity holes.

December 6, 2011 – 7:20 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts, Security | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

My Dinner With Android – Four months with Android: reflections, grievances and some tenuous metaphors bundled up into a weighty tome

That pretty much sums up every bit of expe­ri­ence of Android I’ve ever heard.

October 17, 2011 – 8:17 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Technology, User Experience | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – Google Wallet now available for a select group of users

I’m a fan of any­thing that pos­si­bly limit the amount of stuff I need to carry espe­cially in my wallet.

September 19, 2011 – 10:19 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Marketing, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

QuirksBlog – Twelve steps for saving webOS

Pretty good plan to take a webOS into a top tier plat­form for devel­op­ers, though not much to get in the hands of con­sumers which would beat every other fac­tor and prac­ti­cally guar­an­tee bring­ing developers.

August 26, 2011 – 12:58 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Programming, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox – Defer Secondary Content When Writing for Mobile Users

Wikipedia’s mobile ver­sion while typ­i­cally not known for it’s usabil­ity is used as a good exam­ple of hid­ing infor­ma­tion until needed.

August 1, 2011 – 11:14 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Design, Programming, Quick Posts, User Experience, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Silicon Alley 2.0 – Why my Mom Bought an Android, Returned It, and Got an iPhone

His pro­posed solu­tion is one that Google should really think about, though even that may not be right.

July 30, 2011 – 8:05 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Technology, User Experience | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Mika Mobile – Android

It’s nice to see that Android has the poten­tial to sup­port devel­op­ers, though the down­load and mar­ket prob­lems really need work. Prob­a­bly the most com­mon com­plaint I hear about across any phone or any maker.

June 19, 2011 – 3:19 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off