In Feb 2014, WSJ is reporting that Nokia is working on an Android phone. In Sept 2010, Anssi Vanjoki, outgoing head of Nokia’s smartphone division, likens mobile phone makers that adopt Google’s software to Finnish boys who “pee in their pants” for warmth in the winter. Temporary relief is followed by an even worse predicament. [ source] As someone who has advocated Android for Nokia in the past, I think its just too late now to do that.
As the title suggests, I was looking for a way to send HTML mails in python using Amazon SES but did not find anything (or maybe my search skills are bad). So, once I found the solution, I thought I might share it with everyone. The basic idea is that contents of the mail (raw-message) must be a JSON dictionary with “Data” as main key whose value is a key value pair containing entries with keys like “From”, “To” etc. Sample code can be seen below.
The book is written by Bill Walsh - San Francisco’s 49ers Football team coach who transformed the worst-performing team of its era into the best-performing team. The book talks about the changes he brought in as well as his philosophy of leadership which is generic enough to apply outside of American Football. He is also known as the creator of the West Coast Offense.
One of the biggest challenges to Intel’s x86 hegemony in the consumer market has been the emergence of smartphones where ARM-based processors have 90% market share. The PC market where Intel has a stronghold is declining at (estimated) 10% annual rate. While a lot of coverage has been to given to Intel’s decline in the consumer market, I believe Intel has a tough road ahead in server market too. One major advantage Intel has is the amount of (legacy) code which has been written for x86 (the same thing which keeps Cobol on life support), this advantage is diminishing rapidly due to following trends.
The book is the narration of the author’s life as a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp.
I have used Cover and Aviate but could not stay with either and am back to Nova (which offer static screen of apps).
A basic primer on Bitcoin
Deciphering Snapchat’s security hole
The book Winners take all is a collection of interesting insights into how companies in the high tech sector succeed and fail. The book was written in 2006 (pre-iPhone era) so it’s interesting to see how some companies mentioned by the author (notably, Apple and Google) succeeded and how some others (notably, Symantec and Nokia) are struggling.
This blog post is a HOWTO guide for using github while collaborating during hackathons. It does not cover git in detail.