Installing Android development environment on Ubuntu 9.04
I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post. 
- Make sure your system is up-to-date:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
- Install Java
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
- Switch Sun to be the default version of Java. It’s much faster than the built-in version, at least when I tried it.
sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
- Make a directory, e.g. mkdir ~/android
- Download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ (I chose the “Eclipse Classic 3.5.1″ version). Move the code into that directory, then unpack it. Unpacking is enough–the software runs in place and doesn’t have to be installed onto the system other than unpacking it.
mv eclipse-SDK-3.5.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz ~/android
cd ~/android
tar xzvf eclipse-SDK-3.5.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
- Download the latest Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and move it into that directory, then unpack it. I believe unpacking is enough–the software runs in place and doesn’t have to be installed onto the system other than unpacking it.
mv android-sdk_r04-linux_86.tgz ~/android/
cd ~/android/
tar xzvf android-sdk_r04-linux_86.tgz
- Edit your ~/.bashrc file and add a line to the bottom:
export PATH=${PATH}:/home/matt/android/android-sdk-linux_86/tools
Okay, now Java, E/> [...]
Sun Jan 31, 2010 02:45 am
Nintendo Sends C&D to Digg Over April Fools’ Joke
Social news site Digg was just “having a little fun” when they decided to put Mario in many of their Diggbar links.
Nintendo disagreed and sent a cease and desist letter to Digg asking them to remove their trademarked character from use on their site.
The letter below, leaked to us by a trusted source, indicates that Nintendo is concerned about “the marketing or sale of your products & services.” Other than generating traffic for the purpose of increase advertising revenue and the sale of Digg “swag”, Digg does not actually sell a product.
This story is developing. We will update as more information is made available
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:10 am
Google Gives Mobile Users a Link to Popular Images
Google has introduced a new feature for its mobile Image Search offering. The feature is "Popular Images," and lets Android and iPhone users browse popular images (go figure).
The Popular Images feature comes in the form of a link just under the search box on the Google Image Search page. When clicked, it brings up a categorized list of image searches and corresponding images.
"We have organized popular images across a few categories like Movies, Sports, Cars & Bikes, Music, and Cartoons," says Google's Mobile Engineering team in a blog post on the Google Mobile blog. "You can click on individual categories to see related images corresponding to what's popular on Google Image Search."
The queries are categorized automatically with an algorithm, which Google says will continue to improve over time. There is a "Trends" category that shows image queries based on Google Trends.
The feature is only available in the U.S. at this point. There is no word on when this will expand to other countries.
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Fri Jan 29, 2010 06:55 am
The Era of Location-as-Platform Has Arrived
The mobile location "check-in" is fast becoming the hot new status message type online. It was only a matter of time until "where you are" became a platform to build added value on top of just like "who you know" has on social networking sites like Facebook.
Canadian newspaper chain Metro announced today that it has launched a deal with location-based social network Foursquare that will deliver location-specific editorial content from the paper's website to users' phones when they check-in near a spot Metro has written about before. The potential for services like this is huge. It's too bad Metro appears to be taking the easy way out and focusing on delivering restaurant reviews, but it's a start.
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The Incredible Potential of Location-Based News
In November we wrote a long piece about some of the kinds of things Twitter's new Geolocation API makes possible. So far we've seen very little development on top of that API, but it's widely expected that Twitter and Facebook will make location a major part of their offerings just like startups Foursquare and Gowalla have and like Yelp just began to do last week.
Just imagine.
User checks-in, via mobile phone: "I'm checking in at the coffee shop at SE 78th and Stark."
User's favorite services, which they signed-up for on their favorite location-based social network, respond...
Local newspaper: "There were 3 stories in the Metro section last week about places within 1 block of your current location, 1 story in Busine/> [...]
Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:50 pm
