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Tutorial: RouteWeather Using Google weather and Driving Directions APIs in your iOS apps

First off, let me say this: Google’s terms of service do not allow you to use their APIs for any commercial apps. So it is likely that if you use these APIs, they may never see the light of day in the app store, unless you negotiate a commercial deal with Google. Here is what we will be developing: Let’s assume you are planning a trip from Bethesda, MD to 90210, CA and you plan to drive (Yeah a road warrior!).  You can get the driving directions from many places, including Google. What you also want is, what “what is the weather along the route”. Not only that, you want it for the day you plan to drive (so maybe tomorrow, the day after, or the day after the day after…) I often need this information. I don’t drive cross country, but I do drive and knowing the weather along the route and for the day I want to drive is very useful to me. I wish we had an app for that. Well, let’s not wish, let’s write one. In the process, you will learn how to: a) Use TBXML for XML parsing b) Use Google Weather and Driving

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Location is a Tool NOT Application

I’ve always believed the concept of location is important to an application, but it does not really define an application. Continuing that line of thought, I think many companies who join the ‘LBS is a killer Application’ idealogy have it completely wrong. Location is NOT going to be successful as an Application. It is going to be super successful as a tool. Let me justify my stand.

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STUN stack for Android SDK 1.0r1

Hola, continuing the “season of giving” for Google’s Android, HSC has also ported the popular java stun stack, JSTUN for the android platform. Download it here.   

Updated Sip stack and UA for Android SDK 1.0r1

Folks, my company just released an updated version of the SIP stack and UA (MJSIP) ported for the latest SDK 1.0r1. This is the same SDK that G1 uses. This is an update to this post. The new SDK changes several things in the UI and well as some APIs. Kudos to the team lead Nitin Khanna (first.last at hsc.com) for continuing the commitment to android.  Grab a copy of the latest version from here.  

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The colors of Google Chrome: A user review

So the rumors of many years ago were true. Google finally did release a browser. Naturally, I downloaded it and took it for a test drive. Here is the short of it. Version reviewed: Google may be rolling out updates regularly (For example, I suddenly see evident popup blocking), so to put it in context, this is the version I am reviewing   Installation: The installer is just around 470K to download, but of course that is the ‘pre-installer’. Once you grab the pre-installer, it downloads the rest of the browser from the net. As of now, in its first release, focus seems to be on super simplicity. It does not even ask you where to install it. I am OK with that, but it really does choose a weird location to install it (in Documents and Settings!) (click on any image to see a full size version)

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