Recent content by EkataSystems

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    AirDrop for Android

    Hey folks! Drop is a proximity-based peer-to-peer file sharing app that is simple, fast, and secure. Drop just went live on the Google Play store yesterday, and it is the first Android app that uses a combination of Bluetooth and WiFi Direct to create a seamless P2P user experience. It is still...
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    Google is killing low-end Android devices

    As people expect much more from their smartphones, these features/functions require a lot more HW horsepower. It is natural to expect older devices will not be able to support these continued updates (or if they do, for it to perform not to spec). If you look at the numbers that Google...
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    Hello from a small indie dev team in SF/Bay Area!

    Thanks @EvilMonkey. Any dev worth his/her salt needs to interact with their early-adopter/user community. Looking forward to feedback on our upcoming app release called Drop.
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    Layoffs at HTC America

    HTC is a classic story of how a company can never ever rest on its laurels. They were the #1 leading provider of smartphones in 2010/2011, and now they are laying off people, huge executive brain drain, tanking stock prices, and God knows what else. Sad thing is they still do build really...
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    Hello from a small indie dev team in SF/Bay Area!

    B. Diddy. Where in Sunnyvale? We're on Stewart and Wolf, across the street from Plug and Play. Looking forward to contributing to the forum.
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    Did Google break WiFi Direct with 4.3?

    Really, is WiFi Direct so crappy and underutilized and no one even noticed it is broken?
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    Hello from a small indie dev team in SF/Bay Area!

    You bet. That's also because the community is likely composed of early adopters who are more tolerant to new ideas and bugs and can provide early insight into how people may use the product.
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    Did Google break WiFi Direct with 4.3?

    From out initial testing, 4.3 clients are no longer able to join a Group Owner in WiFi Direct mode. Anyone else see this problem? In related news, we are actually building a proximity P2P file sharing app using WiFi Direct (ie AirDrop for Android). We're going into private beta, and we are...
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    Hello from a small indie dev team in SF/Bay Area!

    Hey Gang, Just wanted to drop a note to say hi to this great community! We're a couple of guys who are hacking away in the Bay, and we are about to launch our app in Private Beta. We are looking for a handful of early adopter users who can play with the app and give us some critical...