There has been a lot of news in the last few months of politicians using non-secure/non-governmental email servers. Some of these politicians' accounts have been hacked, leading to the concern that secret information may have been leaked to those hackers. In some cases – the ability to change e-mail settings to become non-secure is trivial, … Continue reading Security and E-mail clients
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It is 2016, and we are in the midst of a highly contested presidential race here in the USA. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are drumming up support for their cause in any way they can. And everywhere they are, smartphones follow: Trump with supporters taking photos. (Creative Commons 2.0 License) Clinton takes a selfie with … Continue reading Presidential Campaign 2016: Who has the Faster, More Secure Android App?
The best way to ensure that your Android application is running as fast and optimally as possible is to test. How do you test the performance of your Android app? Check out my book for all of the details. Available from O'Reilly, Amazon (and many other retailers!) You can also read a free chapter (courtesy … Continue reading High Performance Android Apps
When ARO first launched, AT&T was experimenting with a comic book format about development. There was an issue on using AT&T's APIs, and maybe a couple of others. They wanted an issue on ARO, so I got a writing by-line on a comic book. It was fun to sketch out the storyboard and the dialogue. … Continue reading Developer Man: Writing a Comic