Tag: apps
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Survival – how news media should adapt to a challenging present
Over the last ten years, I have been an active consumer of online news media. This has cost me nothing, simply because the online news outlets I read are financed by ads. According to Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, this trend must change if news media are to survive. While I think that his…
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BGG apps for Android – a review
Note: I’ve been a BoardGameGeek user for a few years now, but only after I got my first Android phone did I really start using the features the site has to offer, as I got an app that uses its API. These tests have been performed on an HTC Desire, running Android 2.2 (Froyo). …
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The iPad and videos – an app review
One of the things I immediately thought of when I got my iPad was how it would do when it comes to video playback. Now, according to the technical specifications, Videos, the built-in video player is able to handle both .mov and .avi. On trying to transfer .avi-files, however, I was told that the format…
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There’s an app for that, or, my must-have apps for the iPad
I simply adore my most recent toy. A slim and slender device the iPad is a perfect example of what product design can be when you put your mind to it. However, the iPad is just the platform, without apps, it has very little value in and of itself. There is a plethora of…
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Android – Choosing apps
Like the iPhone and its app store, Android offers a market for download and purchase of apps for the Android phones. They’ve cleverly called this market the Android Market. It is directly accessible from the phones, and you can find it on the main menu. The only problem with the Android Market, as I…
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A new phone – useful apps
Note: For the next few posts, I will cover my choice of a new mobile phone, what considerations I have made and what applications I am running through it. As mentioned in my previous post, the Android Market has a plethora of more or less useful apps for Android. Here are the ones I…
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A new phone – Choosing apps
Note: For the next few posts, I will cover my choice of a new mobile phone, what considerations I have made and what applications I am running through it. Like the iPhone and its app store, Android offers a market for download and purchase of apps for the Android phones. They’ve cleverly called this…