Monthly Archives: October 2013

Android 4.4 released / Nexus 5 available

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We just waited until all the leaks have told the whole story already, makes for much cheaper marketing…

Screenshot 2013-10-31 at 11.05.12 AM

Anyway the Nexus 5 is available now: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_black_16gb

Summary of Android 4.4: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/android-for-all-and-new-nexus-5.html

(more details to follow in the coming days/weeks )

You are developing on Android and really interested to see what’s new in Android 4.4 / API v19? Check…

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You are developing on Android and really interested to see what's new in Android 4.4 / API v19? Check out the new DevBytes episode that sums up everything really important in 12 minutes!

DevBytes: What’s New in Android 4.4

“When BART was shut down [by a strike in July], you couldn’t get a crack rock in the Tenderloin” http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/arise-tenderloin

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“When BART was shut down [by a strike in July], you couldn’t get a crack rock in the Tenderloin” http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/arise-tenderloin

Hell yeah… “”The way I believe it’s going to play out is you will eventually have a head-mounted display…

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Hell yeah…
""The way I believe it's going to play out is you will eventually have a head-mounted display that probably runs Android, as a standalone system, that has a system-on-a-chip that's basically like what you have in mobile phones," Carmack said."

Oculus Rift’s new Chief Technology Officer John Carmack says a new Oculus Rift dev kit is in the works and will arrive in developers’ hands before the

I only now realized XBox 360 controllers won’t work with the Xbox One… which renders my Fanatec CSR…

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I only now realized XBox 360 controllers won't work with the Xbox One… which renders my Fanatec CSR wheel useless on that console as well.
So if the PS4 works with my Fanatec wheel I think that is the final nail in my personal XBox One coffin.

Microsoft confirms that only Xbox One controllers and accessories are supported on next-gen console; Kinect requirement explained.

Nice: “The free event, which will host Capy Games, Supergiant Games, Honeyslug, Tribute Games, the creator…

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Nice: "The free event, which will host Capy Games, Supergiant Games, Honeyslug, Tribute Games, the creator of SpyParty and more, opens its doors Nov. 2 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT at the Public Works in San Francisco."

Local San Francisco gamers will have the chance to play unannounced titles from Double Fine and Gaijin Games, as well as the first playable demo of Broken Age, during indie collaboration Day of the…

GOP hates Clam Chowder too http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/It-s-last-call-for-now-at-famous-Cliff-House-4880359.php

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It’s last call, for now, at famous Cliff House

Rosemary Hubbard, her husband and their son drove up from their San Mateo home Tuesday evening to watch the sunset at Cliff House while they slurped down bowls of clam chowder. In an unexpected turn of events, the famous San Francisco Cliff House restaurant was ordered to close after dinner service…

Nice, looking forward to (proper) cross-platform RDP clients: “Further, with Windows Server 2012 R2 …

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Nice, looking forward to (proper) cross-platform RDP clients:
"Further, with Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft is introducing the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, available for download in application stores later this month, to provide easy access to PCs and virtual desktops on a variety of devices and platforms, including Windows, Windows RT, iOS, OS X and Android."

New Windows Server, System Center, Visual Studio, Windows Azure, Windows Intune, SQL Server, and Dynamics solutions will accelerate cloud benefits for customers.