Feb 6, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

What’s Really Slowing Down Nexus One Sales?

In the past few months, smartphone sales really took off. In the fourth quarter of 2009 about 50 million devices were shipped by vendors; compared to 2008 that’s an increase of about 39%. If you take a look at the smartphone market, Nokia still holds the largest share with 39%, followed by RIM (Blackberry) and Apple with 14.4%. The Nexus One started selling at the beginning of this year. All in all,... read more

Feb 4, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The One Week iPhone App

Now that’s what I’m talking about! Internet making its own geeky reality shows: I want to see if it’s possible for one individual to build an iPhone app in a week. And I’d like you to watch. I’m going to be designing, coding, and submitting everything by myself, and posting updates to the site multiple times a day. Hopefully, at the end of the week I’ll have an app... read more

Feb 3, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Why You Should Get Rid of IE

Usually when I browse the Web or when I work, I use a combination of Google Chrome and Firefox. Actually I’d be glad to solely use Google Chrome, but there are simply a few add-ons for Firefox which I can’t live without yet (Firebug is a great example for such an add-on). It will take some more time until there are fully functional Google Chrome versions of these plugins (the recent Chrome... read more

Feb 2, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

How to Save Time Running Your Blog – 8 Tips!

The first thing I’d like to point out is how much I came to love WordPress. If you’ve ever worked with a CMS like Drupal (which btw is incredibly powerful for building sites and communities) you’ll know the pain of having to do everything manually; no neat, user-friendly interface, no shortcuts, no “just do it” button. Searching for plugins through the admin-section of your... read more

Feb 1, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Adjectives Don’t Make the iPad Better

Here are some scenes from Apple’s keynote on January 27; cut together so you actually see how many adjectives were used by Steve Jobs & friends to wake enthusiasm for a giant iPhone. It’s hilarious to see Steve Jobs turning around to the audience and asking repeatedly “Isn’t it amazing?”. Every time he says that, you’re stuck wondering “what the heck’s... read more