2 - 2011 | Lcolm Net

Nokia Gives Developers Free Windows Phones

Technology

Nokia will be giving away one E7 smartphone and one Nokia-made Windows Phone to each developer in Launchpad, it’s program for mobile app developers and waive its tech support charges for developers for the next three months, according to SlashGear.

Launchpad is Nokia’s mobile app development program, usually priced at €300 annually but currently free for the first year. Membership is available – on an approved application basis – for individuals and companies, and regularly includes early access to APIs and SDKs, promotions in the Ovi Store and invitations to training events.

More: http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-giving-developers-free-e7-and-free-wp7-device-18134435/

Twitter Suspends Popular Mobile Apps

Internet

Twitter has shut down popular mobile apps such as UberTwitter, UberCurrent, and twidroyd, writes Tony Bradley on PCWorld.

“The Twitterverse is abuzz with news that Twitter suspended popular mobile apps such as UberTwitter, UberCurrent, and twidroyd today. The services had not recently changed anything about the functionality or behavior of the apps, which leads one to wonder why Twitter suddenly decided to shut them down.”

Full article: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220156/twitter_cracks_down_on_popular_mobile_apps.html

Twitter support said:” We have suspended UberTwitter and twidroyd for violating our policies.

Every day, we suspend hundreds of applications that are in violation of our policies. Generally, these apps are used by a small number of users. We are taking the unusual step of sharing this with you because today’s suspension may affect a larger number of users.

We are committed to helping you continue to use Twitter during the disruption of these applications.”

UberMedia responded that it had made the “very small” changes requested by Twitter, which include changing the name of “UberTwitter” to “UberSocial.

Microsoft Bans Its Self From App Store

News

Microsoft has accidentally banned its own licenses from the App Store according to Techdirt.

Microsoft got itself in some hot water lately, when some people realized that the rules for Microsoft’s phone app store appeared to ban certain types of open source software. The specific claim was that it said certain types of licenses were to be excluded. Among the excluded:
“Excluded License” means any license requiring, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of the software subject to the license, that the software or other software combined and/or distributed with it be (i) disclosed or distributed in source code form; (ii) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works; or (iii) redistributable at no charge.
The only problem? This appears to cover a few of Microsoft’s own licenses. As Simon Phipps points out, both Microsoft’s Reciprocal License and its Public License appear to violate those terms.

Full article; http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110218/12280313166/microsoft-accidentally-bans-its-own-license-app-store.shtml

Drupal 7 Web Content Management Review

Internet

Jim Rapoza has posted a review ” Drupal 7 Simplifies Web Content Management” on Informationweek which is worth reading for those thinking of using Drupal 7 to power a website.

The article covers: More Intuitive Interface – Better Module Management – Improved Theme Technology.

Drupal, which uses the standard GNU general public license (GPL) open source license, can be downloaded from Drupal.org

Full post: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/reviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229218676&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

Drupal 7 Video

Drupal 7 Marketing Video from Lullabot on Vimeo.

Woomark Announce New Android Geosocial App

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Woomark has announced the launch of its newly-redesigned website and Android mobile app, that aims to give a new approach to location-based services by adding GPS social networking, user reviews, sharing, Facebook like, and follow “a la Twitter” as part of the many other popular features that made the modern social web space.

Users can publish and explore places of interest around them either on the Woomark website or directly using the GPS on their Woomark mobile application.

Sign up and Login are made easy as users can use their existing Facebook, Google and Yahoo accounts and can use Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz and Stumbleupon for sharing groups and places of interest in just a click.

“Our users will now experience a more exciting view of the Woomark places,” says Kim di Centa, Founder of Woomark. “In the same way that we created Woomark.com to give a new approach to geosocial networking, the redesign of the Woomark website and our new branding consolidates Woomark’s position as the new exciting home on the web and Android mobile devices for people looking for places of interest around them.”

The new website features improved content and navigation with an full integration into Google maps and Street view to make it even easier for users to publish and explore new places around the world.

Woomark also launched a new improved version of its Android mobile application now available in English, Italian, and French from the Android market and other popular App stores such as Getjar, Handango, Mobihand and CNET Download.com.

Woomark is a FREE location-based social networking website and Android mobile application that makes it easy to publish, share and discover places of interest anywhere in the world.