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martes, 9 de octubre de 2012

Development by Davis: “Jim Whitehurst's big idea: Effective leaders must operate as catalysts” plus 4 more

Development by Davis: “Jim Whitehurst's big idea: Effective leaders must operate as catalysts” plus 4 more


Jim Whitehurst's big idea: Effective leaders must operate as catalysts

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Ron Wilder and Jim Whitehurst at Big Idea Forum

Every year, Marbles in downtown Raleigh holds their annual Big Idea Forum. The lunchtime discussion aims to highlight ways corporate and community leaders shape organizations and people through inspiration and innovation.

Jim Whitehurst, President & CEO of Red Hat, Inc., opened up to Ron Wilder, a business author and executive coach, this past Wednesday, October 3rd, to talk about his big idea.

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AMD-based HP Servers Shatter Performance Record by 40 Percent

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that a cluster of HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 servers utilizing AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processors has achieved the highest VMmark® 2.1 score ever posted, representing a 40 percent increase over the next best score. VMmark is VMware's popular multi-server benchmarking tool that measu...


New AMD Z-Series APU for Tablets Enables Immersive Experience for Upcoming Microsoft Windows® 8 Platforms

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced its latest entry in the performance tablet and small form factor PC market with the AMD Z-60 Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). The AMD Z-60 is AMD's lowest power APU, delivering unprecedented performance and AMD AllDay™ power fo...


Software patents make front page of New York Times

Posted: 08 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT

software patents

This morning the New York Times published a front-page story on software patents. My wife got to the paper before I did, and as I got coffee she told me the story would make me happy. She also said it was too long for a normal busy person to read in its entirety. It is long, but I am happy to see that the closest thing we have to a national newspaper of record is getting the word out about the dysfunction of the patent system.

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Building Quality Tablet Apps

Posted: 08 Oct 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Posted by Reto Meier, Android Developer Relations Tech Lead

With the release of Nexus 7 earlier this year, we shared some tips on how you can get your apps ready for a new wave of Android tablets. With the holiday season now approaching, we're creating even more ways for great tablet apps to be featured in Google Play - including a series of new app collections that highlight great apps specifically for tablet users.

To help you take advantage of the opportunity provided by the growing tablet market, we've put together this Tablet App Quality Checklist to make it easier for you to ensure your app meets the expectations of tablet users.

The checklist includes a number of key focus areas for building apps that are a great experience on tablets, including:
  • Optimizing your layouts for larger screens
  • Taking advantage of extra screen area available on tablets
  • Using Icons and other assets that are designed for tablet screens

Each focus area comprises several smaller tasks or best practices. As you move through the checklist, you'll find links to support resources that can help you address the topics raised in each task.

The benefits of building an app that works great on tablets is evident in the experiences of Mint.com, Tiny Co, and Instapaper who reported increased user engagement, better monetization, and more downloads from tablet users. You can find out more about their experience in these developer case studies.

The Tablet Quality Checklist is a great place to get started, but it's just the beginning. We'll be sharing more tablet development tips every day this week on +Android Developers. In Android Developers Live, Tuesday's Android Design in Action broadcast will focus on optimizing user experience for tablets, on Thursday we'll be interviewing our tablet case studies during Developers Strike Back, and on Friday's live YouTube broadcasts of The App Clinic and Friday Games Review will be reviewing apps and games on Android tablets.

What are your best tips for building great
tablet apps?

Join the discussion on
+Android Developers


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