Via VentureBeatApple announced today that the iPhone would finally multitask on the iPhone:“While this multitasking implementation is a big step for Apple, it’s still technically not true multitasking since apps still can’t remain fully functional in the background. As Steve Jobs mentioned, Apple’s main concern was implementing multitasking without sacrificing battery life or system performance.I … iPhone 4.0 Multitasking…. sort of
One of the first hacks you learn is SQL Injection. In simple terms; one method is to put SQL code in something like a textbox on a website and see if it will execute the commands when you submit. This works! There are various tricks to do this but I have never seen one so … SQL Injection and Augmented Reality
This is a concept video for what an augmented reality boot up might look like. Very cool! I liked that whoever did this included eye tracking, object recognition and motion tracking. Well thought out. (oh and the subtle terminator music was a nice touch)-JackPS Comment if you know the actual author
So I have been telling my wife Jill for years that augmented reality will lead to a virtual networked brain, seriously ask her how many times I have put her to sleep with my raves about how my data will be my thoughts and that will all be shared. Little did she know I could … Cisco reads the Gravity Jack blog or our mind?
Here in the Spokane’s Silicon Alley I sit (Liberty Lake, WA) and right out my window I see Itron every day, a really hip company that was thinking smart grid before it even existed – they make smart meters that have software hooks. So naturally I am always pondering power metering. 😉 and when google … Google PowerMeter API… finally
Apple sure got it wrong not putting a camera on the iPad. Dell got it right, they put two! About twice the size of an iPhone I can totally see this as a great platform for AR apps. It runs Android too. Great job Dell!-JackVia one of my favorite Blogs (Games Alfresco):“While the Apple iPad … Dell Tablet works for Augmented Reality
There exists in the universe code gods. These ethereal beings produce code that sends chills of nerdy goodness up your spine because it is so awesome. One of those code gods is a Ian Davis – a good friend of us here at Gravity Jack; One of his open source projects just released a major … Ninject 2.0 released!
I was reading the latest Distimo report (found via VentureBeat) and they have some interesting findings which impact software developers. The key thing is that this is measured data – it isn’t guesswork about -it is raw fun loving data.– In the Google Android Market, 65% of the publishers are located in the United States, … Android, iPhone, Blackberry oh my
I have often told my kids that it is eventually cooler to be a geek because you make more. Now even Barbie is on board with my visionary views.If I were the designer I would have put something cryptic in the binary on her computer. But alas the designers chose the letters A and I … Geek is hot – Binary Barbie
Over the last year or so Microsoft has been leaving my radar. Not because I don’t like them – in fact, I got my start as a Microsoftee, however they just are clunky. I mean when I upgraded my WinMo phone to an iPhone; I realized the change was like upgrading from Windows 3.1 to … Microsoft just brought sexy back
