Coolest Metro Designed Free WP Apps – Review
At the risk of looking like a best or must-have apps blog, I will share a few free Windows Phone apps, in no particular order, that in my opinion stand out in terms of design, utility and user experience across categories. Skyscanner Skyscanner is a flight search app, and for a backpacking traveler, it...
Frame Animation In Android
I remember my childhood days when I used to draw images of a man walking, on different pages of my book. I then used to flip across the pages which used to give me an illusion of a small video clip. It was my favorite passtime in those days. I am sure most of us...
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Location AutoComplete and Bing Maps in WindowsPhone
Location autocomplete is a nice way of providing real-time location suggestions based on input text by the user. This little feature could be invaluable in a lot of applications. If you want just a location autocomplete textbox, with no map control in your app, I suggest you look at Google Places API. It is astoundingly...
Google Maps for iOS
Apple received a LOT of flak for their undercooked Maps app. Luckily for iPhone users, Google swooped in to assert some dominance in the Maps department with their lovely Google Maps app. They launched the SDK earlier this year after initially rolling it out to developers on a request basis only. Here is a simple...
MetaRefresh 2013
Is there such a thing as an official HasGeek evangelist ? If so, I’d like to interview for the position please. I can tweet, Facebook and Pinterest with ease (sorry MySpace). I’ve attended a bunch of HasGeek events, some not even vaguely in my line of work, and I have really learned a lot from...
Migrating from MYSQL to PostgreSQL
Migration is one of the most important tasks that a DBA does. These days, most people are leaning towards Postgres(the most advanced database). I have laid out some steps for migrating your data from MYSQL to Postgres. Similar methods can be followed for migrating your data from Oracle, Sql server, Sybase etc to Postgres. There...
App, up and away – Guidelines for Windows Phone app publishing
App development hasn’t been this easy what with the enormous number of tools available. But we often tend to forget some basic requirements, which might lead to the app being rejected. So, here are a few guidelines to remember before you look to get your windows phone app published on the Windows Phone Store. 1. Enter the...
GiveBlood App – Update
The GiveBloodApp is now available on the Windows Store! Download now and help someone in need of blood. To download, head over here right away: Windows Store – GiveBlood
Pull Down to Refresh
While the title might be evocative of a cheap adult film, the pull-down to refresh mechanism is now the de-facto control to retrieve new data from a server. All social apps including the official Twitter and Facebook for iOS implement this functionality currently. So how would you implement this rather neat feature? Constructing your own...
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