(Android, framework, hack, security, whatsapp)

Whatsapp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, is the main threat to the (outdated) business model of telecommunications operators. Its exponencial numbers confirm that telcos react late and bad: Whatsapp has taken a position that will be hard to unthrone. The only apparent risk lies on another companies using the same concept of Push...

No hace mucho tiempo atrás, han surgido plataformas de educación online como Coursera y Udacity, que ofrecen cursos de universidades de primer nivel como MIT o Stanford. La posibilidad de acceder a información que hace tiempo se antojaba elitista tiene potencial de transformar el sistema educativo tal y como lo conocemos, ofreciendo la...

Aunque finalmente el hangout de la charla no se podrá subir a Youtube, he colgado las diapositivas que usé para la misma. Pueden descargarse desde el siguiente enlace.   Para cualquier consulta, puedes contactarme en mi correo...

(applications, nokia, wphone)

Last March, I enrolled in the Windows Phone Developer Program. On the past MWC in Barcelona, I met a representative of Nokia who informed me about the program. In exchange of 2 applications for WPhone developed within 3 months, the developers will get a Nokia Lumia 800. Not bad :-).   After successfully applying for the program, I...

(Android, twitter)

Posting from Android into Twitter is one of the earliest stages of an Android developer. To keep full control over the posting process, we will use prefer primarily a pure OAuth post instead of dealing with Intents, so we can keep full control. So as a user, we could just think and conclude: the most typical way to authenticate is to pop up a...