Sony Ericsson jumps onto NFC bandwagon

Joining Internet behemoth Google in the increasingly crowded near-field communication (NFC) hot tub is mobile company Sony Ericsson, who is putting NFC chips into its Android phones, the Times of India revealed (see also uses for NFC).

A while back, we reported that a tech blogger discovered some NFC functionality on the Google+ mobile app. Google has also been actively implementing the technology for its Google Wallet and Google Places services. Read more

[Video] Interview with Eric Wittman, Head, Adobe Flash Platform Services

This geek managed to get hold of Eric for an interview in during Intel AppUp Elements 2010 Conference in Marriott Hotel, San Francisco and we discussed about what Adobe’s strategy for developers are and how Adobe sees themselves helping developers, why they got into a partnership with Intel AppUp, their new service for developers called Melrose, about their thoughts on MeeGo and the status of Flash and AIR support for MeeGo as well as product roadmap.

A special one for the tech startups who are developing apps on Flash and thinking about the business viability of MeeGo and AppUp. Pardon the pretty raw editing though, this geek is so not a video editor and I tried to shorten the video to fast forward to the important parts. Read more

Kawasaki, Seesmic, Mashable, NBA Discuss App Monetization

This geek was pleasantly surprised to see a star-studded panel on Day 1 of the Intel AppUp Elements Conference in Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, and thought it would be interesting to developers looking to monetize their apps. Read more

Intel Launches the AppUp Center and Developer Program

Over at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco’s Moscone West Convention Center and the developer conference Appnation happening next door, Intel showcased and made a few announcements regarding their developer program and app store which should be of interest to our local developers and tech startups. Read more

Intel Atom Developer Program Funds Netbook Apps

The Intel Atom Developer Program Million Dollar Development Fund is a fund set up by Intel to address the issue in netbooks whereby applications are usually not optimized for its mobility and smaller screen size as well help accelerate innovation in software applications for Intel® Atom™ processor-based products, starting with netbooks, and eventually supporting smartphones, consumer electronics and more devices. Read more

65Bits Episode 157: MeeGo-Ring

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Google takes on Facebook and Twitter with network site, [2] Google Buzz: Privacy nightmare, [3] Windows Phone 7 Series, [4] Samsung Wave / Bada Exclusive First Look, [5] Intel and Nokia’s MeeGo Join a Brewing OS War, [6] HTC Legend, Desire and HD Mini, [7] Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro and [8] Auto login for Wireless@SG – at last. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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Intel Atom Developer Program to Start Accepting Applications

The beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) for both Microsoft* Windows (C and C++) and Moblin (C) is now available. So you can now use this SDK release to submit your apps and be ready to sell them through Intel’s partner app stores when they open in 2010. There also prizes to be won in the Intel Atom Developer Challenge. Read on for more details. Read more

King Kong and App Distribution

Fresh from receiving updates on Nokia’s Ovi app store in Kuala Lumpur last week, this geek is now hearing about the launch of the Intel Atom Developer Program (IADP) in the Intel Developer Forum 2009 in San Francisco. An Intel netbook app store will be launched soon in conjuction with IADP.

From the initial groan of hearing about more app stores, this geek concludes that app stores should be the way forward as we move towards the attention economy. To quote something I heard at Nokia One Connected World conference in Kuala Lumpur last week, “if content is King, then distribution is King Kong!”

Well, our dear friend “King Kong” has to evolve as distribution models have changed drastically in this day and age. As compared to developers trying to market and distribute their apps all by themselves with limited resources, they can now Read more

Facebook Developer Garage Singapore

Along with Social Networking World Forum – Asia which is happening in Singapore on 22-23 Sep 2009, the Facebook Developer Garage Singapore powered by Intel will also be an event that accompany whole event. The Facebook Developer Garage Singapore will happen in Grand Hyatt Singapore from 22-23 Sep 2009 from 10am to 4 pm. You can come to learn more about the trends in social gaming and how to make your apps viral in Facebook. Please RSVP here Read more

65bits Episode 121: Widchi-widchi

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Palm Pre syncs with iTunes!, [2] Palm Pre emulating an iPod to accomplish iTunes sync? [3] Nokia Ovi Store opens for business, [4] Microsoft launches My Phone beta, [5] Microsoft publishes maximum Windows 7 specs for netbooks, [6] Intel delays Core i5 platform debut to early September, [7] Hewlett-Packard Touch the Future. Now. event, and the Byte of the Week is HP Power to Change. Do click and check out their podcast.