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360 Panorama, a popular iOS app that was once supposed to come to Android, will finally be launching soon. 360 Panorama allows users to take panoramic shots in real time, meaning your phone isn’t taking a series of photos and stitching them together. Instead, it captures the entire photo at once which makes for a [...]

Google I/O 2010 – Writing real-time games for Android redux Android 201 Chris Pruett This session is a crash course in Android game development: everything you need to know to get started writing 2D and 3D games, as well as tips, tricks, and benchmarks to help your code reach optimal performance. In addition, we’ll discuss [...]

Google doesn’t seem to rest when it comes to continually updating their mobile version of Maps for Android. Another new update is out bringing Maps to version 4.6 and refining the way you find nearby places and friends. You will find that Place pages in the mobile app have been updated to reflect recent design [...]

Google I/O 2009 – Writing Real-Time Games for Android Chris Pruett Do vertex arrays keep you up at night? Do you have nightmares involving framerates and event loops? If so, this session might have the cure for your condition. Chris Pruett will discuss the game engine that he developed, using it as a case study [...]

All you bikers out there will no doubt be interested to hear this news (that’s if you follow the Tour de France): My Tracks will soon be updated to provide real-time data for the big spoked-wheel racing event. Google and High Road Sports in collaboration with HTC and SRM will enable those who follow Team [...]

We’ve seen a lot of cool things you can do when combining your camera with real-time information, much of which fits into the “augmented reality” realm, like Layar for instance. But one app that has just launched on Android Market uses your camera, with real-time filtering, to actually advance the use of your camera itself. [...]