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Deploying a pure-IPsec PKI VPN server for Android devices 22 Sep 2012 | 11:24 pm
Android offers built-in support for a handful of VPN configurations, including PPTP, L2TP/IPsec, and starting in ICS, pure-IPsec (without requiring L2TP). Both pre-shared key (PSK) and public-key infr...
Android SurfaceFlinger tricks for fun and profit 2 Jul 2010 | 08:23 am
Some Android phones are now shipping with OLED displays, such as Nexus One, the Droid Incredible, and the Samsung Galaxy. Organic LED displays have separate pixel elements for each color channel (red,...
iTunes DACP pairing hash is broken! 22 Jun 2009 | 09:05 am
Last year I reverse engineered the iTunes DACP protocol and wrote an Android client that allowed you to remote control your iTunes desktop player from any Android device. (The code is open-sourced her...
Google I/O Schedule App 27 May 2009 | 03:54 pm
Tomorrow at Google I/O I’ll be presenting some tips on how developers can save battery life when writing Android apps. I’m really stoked about all the stuff going on at I/O this year. Late last week,...
Forecast widget for Android 1.5 (with source!) 24 Apr 2009 | 09:07 pm
Over the past few months I’ve been working on the new AppWidget framework that was released as part of the Android 1.5 SDK. I wanted to write a really in-depth widget and share it, so I decided to wri...
Modifying the Android logcat stream for full-color debugging 22 Apr 2009 | 09:01 pm
I’ve been keeping busy writing all sorts of fun stuff lately, but a few weeks ago I was really fighting with Android’s logcat debugging stream. It dumps out tons of useful information, but it’s easy ...
OilCan: Greasemonkey on steroids for Android 15 Dec 2008 | 08:18 pm
So I’ve been rushing to wrap up some Android side projects, and I’d like to get them out there before I start my new job tomorrow. OilCan is Greasemonkey on steroids for Android. It lets you customize...
GroupHome: organize your Android apps into groups 15 Dec 2008 | 08:18 pm
So I’ve been rushing to wrap up some Android side projects, and I’d like to get them out there before I start my new job tomorrow. GroupHome is an app that organizes all the apps you’ve installed on ...
More CompareEverywhere news coverage 15 Dec 2008 | 08:18 pm
I’ve been swamped lately with Android and moving across the country, but was able to give an interview to my hometown ABC affiliate in Duluth, Minnesota over Thanksgiving. It ended up running as the m...
Leveraging the Android Emulator 11 Oct 2008 | 06:05 pm
It sounds like preorders for the T-Mobile G1 have been flying off the shelves even before it’s available in stores. Also, it’s been rumored that the phone will only be sold in 3G areas. Added togethe...
