Backing Away From The Back Button

Backing Away From The Back Button If you ever have a conversation between an Android user and an iPhone user, each will have their arguments for why one phone is superior.  While many of the differences are in the software, one is glaringly different between the two: the back button.  At least is used to be, but we may be …

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Starting the Reactive Journey

Starting the Reactive Journey If you’re an Android developer, then odds are you’ve heard of RxJava.  It’s a popular library that utilizes the observer pattern.  Rx (ReactiveX) allows us to program reactively, meaning our code can be executed as events happen.  It’s tough to fully wrap your head around it at first, but once you get it your codebase can …

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Samsung Leaks Unfold

Samsung Leaks Unfold The newest trend in Mobile is upon us.  We’ve seen generation follow generation of smartphones each with more features than the last, and while the software has changes dramatically the physically devices have just changed in size.  2019 is the year that this changes as the world adopts its first foldable phones (again!). Samsung’s Leak(s) Samsung announced …

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Magic Leap is Moving into Mobile

Magic Leap is Moving into Mobile Augmented reality has been all the rage the past few years.  From headsets to mobile apps we’ve seen it start to infiltrate every piece of technology.  One of the companies behind this infiltration is Magic Leap.  They released their first headset last August after nearly 10 years of development work.  And now it seems …

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I/O 2019 Is Upon Us

I/O 2019 Is Upon Us Mark your calendars, Google 1/0 2019 has been announced!  The company’s annual developer conference will be kicking off May 7th and run though the 9th.  Google tweeted about the event yesterday, and as usual it looks like there are some exciting things on the agenda. Flash Back To 2018: Last year’s I/O was a particularly …

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