Android’s Developer Website Just Got A BIG Makeover If you’ve ever thought about developing for Android then chances are you’ve at least stumbled upon developer.android.com. And chances are you left with a bitter taste in your mouth. Fear not, things are looking up. I remember my first time looking at Android’s developer docs. I was a novice developer and as …
Android Security Is Still Secure. Seriously. There’s been a lot of media hype this past month about Android phones and their lack of security. Headlines such as “How Android Phones Hide Missed Security Updates From You” have been floating around causing mass panic. Take a deep breath. It’s ok. Despite the plethora of recent articles claiming that Android phones are …
Malicious Apps: Mining Your Own Business Whether you know it or not, you may be an investor in bitcoin. Ok, that’s not entirely true. But your phone may have helped someone else mine it without your consent. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity company, have recently found multiple “mining” apps on the Google Play Store that are disguised otherwise. Apps …
Building Your First Augmented Reality App Pt. 2 Welcome to part two of this Augmented Reality tutorial. Now that we’re done with the boring set-up process, we’re ready to dive into Unity and see a final product! As a quick review, in part 1 you created a Vuforia account and a license key. Then on Vuforia’s website you created a …
We’ve talked before about how influential augmented reality is going to be in the future. What we didn’t mention is how easy it can be to take part in shaping that future. Over the course of the next two posts we’ll show how to incorporate AR into an app, and when it’s all said and done we’ll be able to …