Oct 2018
As a Mac user with concerns about privacy and data security, I have used a personal firewall on my laptop for many years. The specific one I use is Little Snitch. Normally I don’t name products but I like it so much that I have no problem making this exception. The way it works is […]
Recently I had to dive into Android app development to fix an issue in an app. Then, while I was testing the app I noticed that the payment process was not working. The app uses Instamojo, a payment gateway provider in India. The process works fine through the Web client, but the Android flow was broken. […]
Ads on mobile news sites can be ugly and annoying. Just look at these examples. With iOS 9 and a recent enough iPhone you can install ad blockers. I expect that a similar solution is available for Android. I have no idea about Windows phone users. However, many sites now detect ad blockers and prevent […]
Sep 2014
Smartphone ownership in India has grown very quickly, going from less than 10 million to over 100 million in the past three years. Additionally, there are now over three times as many wireless broadband subscribers as wired subscribers. And yet for many Web destinations in India, mobile devices, nearly synonymous with smartphones, only account for […]