For all of us in the DMA, this is an important New York Times article to read:
Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime by Matt Richtel
This series of videos from Google I/O 2010 Developer Event introduces new platform Google TV and many of its features. Scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2010, Google TV promises seamless integration of the Web and TV based on Google’s Open Source platform called Android and many hardware manufacturers.
Check out the videos: http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers#p/c/B09682344C2F233B
Check out this article from Geek.com: “Watch Flash 10.1 running on Android 2.2 using a Nexus One” and watch a presentation of Flash performing on the upcoming version of Android 2.2.
It seems that the Adobe-Apple fight will never end.
Click here to read “Next Round in the Adobe-Apple Fight” by Nick Bilton (The New York Times article).
From The New York Times:
Google and Partners Seek TV Foothold by Nick Bilton
A platform called Google TV will bring the Web into the living room
through televisions and set-top boxes.
From The New York Times:
Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not) by Jenna Wortham
Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their
cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.
Thanks to WPTouch plug-in DMAC blog is now mobile friendly. The blog is properly formatted for iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini mobile, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm. If you would like to learn more about the plug-in to make your WP website mobile friendly visit this link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
Dear Students and Faculty,
You are cordially invited to a presentation of the Phone Inquiry Narrative Gaming (PING) by Dr. Roberto Gregorius and Przemyslaw Moskal.
Digital Day – Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 2:30 pm in the Library Instruction Room.
For online presentation of PING please visit: http://www.laksom.com/PING
The battle of the mobile OS continues as Microsoft introduces its new Windows Phone OS:
Microsoft Starts Over in Phone Software by Ashlee Vance, New York Times article
Developers React: The iPad’s Future by Kris Graft and Christian Nutt
Gamasutra article on the reaction of game developing community to Apple’s announcement of iPad.