Android App: Wi-Fi Keep Alive

By Shantanu Goel in Android , Projects , Software on 28 Jun, 2010

I just wrote my second Android App. This again was to scratch an itch of mine but it seems to have become a bit popular already (My first app “Quick Sync Settings” did around 400 downloads in 20 days but this one has already surpassed that in less than one day). This app basically allows

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Android vs iPhone: Security Models

By Shantanu Goel in Android , Gadgets , Phones on 26 Jun, 2010

Android and iPhone OS (iOS) have been at loggerheads for quite some time now. This is a take on which has a better security model to protect its users. I thought of writing it up because there have been a lot of discussions around me lately about which platform is more secure and I keep

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How To Debug Android Widgets

By Shantanu Goel in Android , Phones , Programming on 14 Jun, 2010

For most new android app developers (like me), it is a bit puzzling how to debug the android widgets or how to put a breakpoint in an android widget code. For normal applications, it is quite simple as when you press “debug” on the eclipse toolbar, it launches the emulator (or connects to existing emulator/device),

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Apple is Magical: Daniel Eran Gilder is the Living Proof

By Shantanu Goel in Android , Blogging , Gadgets , Phones on 10 Jun, 2010

Update: Removed the post as the person in consideration has contacted me with the explanation of what went down. I’m not sure if it is completely true or this is just as a response to this post but anyways, as I had contended in the original post that it was a stupid little thing that

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