by Justin Kestelyn (@kestelyn) December 01, 2014 no comments The Apache Hadoop community has voted to release Hadoop 2.6. Congrats to all contributors! This new release contains a variety of improvements, particularly in the storage layer and in YARN. We’re … more

Just a fortnight back, we wrote about how 10 billion apps have been downloaded onto Android devices and now Larry Page during Google’s Q4 2011 earnings call has stated that there are currently over 250 million android devices and 11 … more

A who’s who of mobility gathered at Bumpkin Restaurant in Notting Hill for an interesting and entertaining discussion on issues facing the enterprise ahead of Enterprise Apps World, set to hit London on 17-18 June. The line-up covered the full … more

In August of 2013 Google suffered a rare two minute outage. During that infamous two minutes 40% of the web went dark. Forty percent! This event was a clear reminder of the ultimate control Google has over the web and … more

I just got a mail from saholic.com with an offer of an Android phone for sub-4000 (Rupees)[This is after discount, but still...]! Just yesterday, when I was addressing some students, I was telling them that one can get Android phones … more

In the Apple world, there is only one app store*, and that is Apple’s app store. So for all your Apple related app needs, you need to go to the official app store. [*This is not strictly true, in the … more

Well, there are many reasons why one might launch one’s own market place and given below are a few of the reasons: You want to distribute apps that are banned on the official android market place. You wish to have … more

At a meeting recently with a prospective client, two people from the client side were talking about their company’s need for a robust mobile strategy. It seemed like we had entered in the middle of their conversation because one was … more