20 years of SMS

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On December 3rd 1992 Neil Papworth sent the first SMS. Many of us have read and heard the history, so I’m not going to reap it here. SMS did indeed changed the world! What has been overlooked by many tech sites is that there’s an interview to Papworth about this event. The interview was made…

Ingress: Google’s AR data mining

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In case you’re not aware of it, there’s a new game in town called Ingress, brought to you by Google. Playing is under invitation only, so like many people I haven’t had a chance to play with it. All I know about it, is what I’ve read on the web. The game has become quite…

To geocache or not to geocache, that is the question

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Geocaching (no, not the hunting game) has always been tricky, meaning it doesn’t come with its disadvantages, like everything. But let’s start by the beginning. What’s geocaching (on the mobile device world)? Well the word says it all, is putting/saving onto local storage (whatever the device) geographical related information. For example, the location (coordinates) of…