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Android Firmware/HAL Engineer position

I need 3-4 Android Firmware/HAL Engineers... Location: San Diego, California Duration: Full-time/Direct and Full-time/Contractor positions available Duties: • You will be responsible for prod… Read more

How to Avoid Making Homely Android Apps

Avoid hierarchy In a previous post called Ten Tips for Android Application Development, which was a compilations of tips by the authors of Android Application Development, I added a bonus tip about na… Read more

Best Android apps: an ongoing list of recommendations

The Android Market has upped its success rate in recent months. When I search for an app I've used on the iPhone/iPod Touch side, I typically find an equivalent Android application around 50 percent o… Read more

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Grumpy old men, the "Inmates" and margins

As the iPad descends upon us, it is fair to ask, "Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning?" Depending upon whom you ask, the conclusions vary widely.

What brand of freedom would you like?

Apple is closed and Google is open, right? Not exactly. Marc Hedlund says Google is at least as restrictive about the data on its servers as Apple is about the apps in its App Store.

Four short links: 24 March 2010

The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble -- hilarious economics parable. The ZenPad -- look for more Android-powered tablets. (via azaaza on Twitter) Diigo -- browser plugin to archive, highlight, and annotate web pages, then share and collaborate on those augmentations. (via an annotation of Zittrain's Future of the Internet and How to Stop It) So Long, And No Thanks for...

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Experts

Maximiliano Firtman is a developer focused in mobile and RIA development. He is a professor in web and mobile technologies, and founder of ITMaster Professional Training. He is author of many books in Spanish, including Java ME, ASP.NET, AJAX Professional Web 2.0 and he is working in a Flex 4 framework book.

Ken Yarmosh is a product strategist and technology connoisseur who launches awesome iPad, iPhone, Android, and web apps. Over the course of his career, he's created amazing digital experiences with a diverse set of clients ranging from some of the biggest personalities in media to the hottest tech startups.

Brian Sawyer is an editor for O'Reilly Media's Head First division.

Jonathan Stark is a web developer and leading expert on publishing desktop data to the web. He is a regular speaker at the FileMaker Developer Conference, and is a tech editor for php|architect and FileMaker Advisor magazines.

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