TheNextWeb reports that a student by the name of Evan You has recreated Impending’s Clear app in HTML5. It’s not a full fledged app but he successfully replicated many of the functions, animations, and interactions and made it look and feel pretty close to the original application. As clearly stated in the top level list, it’s just a demo at this stage. While it works as expected in Safari in iOS, Windows Phone 7.5’s Internet Explorer came up with a flat black page.
Cameron Adams, Founder, Fluent.io:
We’re trying to … imagine the future of email,” Adams said. “We think that email has sort of stagnated and got into these set patterns of people using it and it’s not being pushed forward any more.
(Source: smh.com.au)
The PlayBook may have finally had email but Jesse Hicks at the Verge has put together a thorough piece about the fall of Research in Motion. The company went from being a highly successful and a leading smartphone vendor to one that has had its relevance eroded, has piled on losses, is struggling to survive, and being severely upstaged by relative newcomers to the industry.
It tells the story of how Mike Lazaridis became super defensive when a BBC interviewer asked about RIM’s security concerns as well as its deals with a number of Asian governments. It also tells the history of RIM, how it got to be where it is today and what contributed to its fall from grace. It is about as complete as a history account of Research in Motion that you can find.
2010: Gawd, App Store approvals take FOREVAR.2011: Wow, App Store approvals are fast now!2012: JESUS CHRIST THE SCAM APPS
— Chris Rawson (@rawsoncj) February 21, 2012
TUAW’s Chris Rawson illustrates the state of the App Store from 2010.
The guys at Impending paint a gloomy picture for the App Store, specifically Apple’s, although the same underlying concerns can be said about other application marketplaces. After four years in operation, the App Store now lists over half a million apps.
With a limited number of app reviewers coupled with Apple’s insistence on reviewing each app before publication, having a large number of scam apps and knockoffs is almost inevitable and some copyright infringing apps not only make the cut but ran all the way to the bank. Hands up if you thought Instagram had released an app for Android some weeks ago.
Which among you still remember this brazen startup that tried to take on Google on its own game? Despite the efforts of two former Googlers, a former IBM employee, and the founder of Alta Vista, this difficult to pronounce search startup shut down in 2010 and at least one of them had been back at Google since.
Cuil failed due to a lot of factors, some of which include massive overhype and a terrible showing at launch, something that they’ve never managed to fix. For a startup looking to best Google at search, its search results were erratic, to the point of almost useless. Now, Google apparently had picked up Cuil’s patent applications to add to its own, most likely to protect itself from potential litigations just in case.
Discount code for DEMO Asia 2012
Yep, we got a discount for DailySocial reader for one of Asia’s most prestigious event DEMO Asia. Go to the registration page ( http://demoasia.flickevents.com/attendee ) and enter the promo code for “DSN32D”.
Enjoy!
I have been an angel investor in internet start-ups since 1994, just after Mr Andreessen came to California to start the iconic Netscape. People often ask me why I continue to invest and work with entrepreneurs as vigorously and passionately as ever. The answer is quite simple: these entrepreneurs share their vision of the future with me. And every so often, their vision becomes the future. What could be more interesting than that?
Ron Conway on why he supports entrepreneurship and where he thinks startups will find success is 2012.
Android is arguably the largest smartphone platform on the planet in most part due to having multiple vendors offering different flavors of it across many different models. If joining the green army is your thing, Google’s home for developers is a good place to start.
Getting Started With Windows Phone App Development
There’s a new platform in town and its name is Windows Phone. It’s a different beast from the old and discontinued Windows Mobile and it’s certainly different from the more familiar iOS and Android platforms. Windows Phone has actually been around for more than a year yet there’s still a lot of opportunities to be seized.
To get you started, Microsoft has published a number of guidelines and overviews to help developers get on board the platform and learn the ropes. It also has the much better designed App Hub, which is developer central for those working on Windows Phone and XBox apps and games.
If you plan to venture into Windows Phone territory, go check out the links.
Apple has got you covered. With over half a million apps in the App Store already, what are your chances in finding the one you want? Maybe none of them does exactly what you need to do, so you set yourself up for a journey in app development with an idea in your head and some time to learn the ropes.
This document from Apple lets you understand the steps needed in developing an app for the iOS platform. While each page offers only brief text, it has links to more detailed documents explaining the process. In fact, some of the tips apply not just for creating an iOS app but apps in general because it’s not a series of how to’s or tutorials, it’s an overview of app development process designed to help those new to the game.
If you’re just starting out and needed some help in finding your way around, this is as good place as any to find out what you need to do.
