Sunday, June 16, 2013

iOS 7 - Are Their New Features New?

I've been reading posts about the new features in iOS 7 are either existing or old features of Android.
But not all are true.

There are some "new" features in iOS 7 that cannot be seen upfront.
For instance, as claimed in the keynote, Craig said, "true multitasking with great battery life performance".
If this holds true, it's something "new" over Android, in my opinion.

My last 2 Android phones (S2 and HTC G14) battery life was so bad that it's one of the reasons I dumped Android.

I still prefer the current iOS 6 pseudo-multitasking functionality. I don't really need true multitasking at the expense of battery life.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

My First Foray into C# Programming Territory

1 week ago, I started my first shot at a C# programming project.
I come from a Java programming background, but due to work involvement, I got to play with C# programming language.

So, on the 28th May 2013, I released an "alpha" version of this "hobby" project of mine to Sourceforge.net:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jovialnotepad/



Today, it has been promoted to "beta" version 0.3, and I plan to strip the "beta" tag this weekend.

This morning, I've got a nice email in my gmail inbox from Softpedia Editorial Team.
They have put up my program to Softpedia software site!

It's at the following site:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/Jovial-Notepad.shtml

However, it's a version outdated from my Sourceforge.net site.