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Android Bounty: Fully working Quake 2 and 3 ported to Droid

By Taylor Wimberly on Feb 23 28

Does anyone remember our Android Bounty promotion? I wanted an Android app that could scan UPCs and generate Torrent results so I devised a plan to make it happen.

iD Software frags Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein ports for Android

By Taylor Wimberly on Dec 13 23

ZeniMedia, which owns iD Software, has filed a DMCA complaint with Google and had several infringing applications removed from the Android Market. The offending games were ports of the popular Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein games created by iD Software.

OpenGL ES Tutorials for Android, Lack Of Android Games, And Quake Bounty Update

By Taylor Wimberly on May 12 0

I love my T-Mobile G1, but I have been disappointed by the lack of quality games.  There are a few gems like Cestos, Buka, and Abduction, but we have not seen many 3D titles.  Even though the Market is still in its first year, it is failing to reach the numbers that the App Store [...]

Android Bounty II Progress Report – Call For Help

By Taylor Wimberly on Apr 29 12

After the success of our first Android Bounty, I wanted to pick a more ambitious idea for our second project.  When paid applications came to the Android Market, I expected we would see some more advanced games.  There are a few exceptions like the titles from Bendroid and Cestos from ChickenBrick studios, but overall I [...]

Tim O’Reilly Mentions BarTor At Web2ExpoSF

By Taylor Wimberly on Apr 03 1

This week O’Reilly Media, Inc. and Techweb co-produced the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.  The expo was designed to showcase the brightest new ideas for building the next generation of the web.  There were many notable keynotes but the one that caught our eye was from Mr. Tim O’Reilly himself.  If I tried to [...]

Android Bounty II: Mobile Quake

By Taylor Wimberly on Mar 25 49

Update: This bounty has been claimed.
When we launched the first Android Bounty last month, I was nervous about how it would be accepted by the Android community.  My fears were laid to rest by two awesome developers who stepped up to meet the challenge and went on to release their own applications.  Alec and Justin, [...]

Fun With QR Codes For Google Android.

By Taylor Wimberly on Mar 20 21

If you own a T-Mobile G1 Phone, chances are you have used one of the applications that reads barcodes.  ShopSavvy and CompareEverywhere are the two most popular applications that make use of scanning.  Each one allows the user to take a snapshot of a product UPC using the built in camera, then compare prices on [...]

Android G1 Buzz. How My First YouTube Video Got 100k Views. Bonus Demographics And Quotes.

By Taylor Wimberly on Mar 16 4

This story begins back when I was a teenager.  It was the first time I became serious about trying to bring one of my ideas to life.  My invention was named “Analog Break Lights”.  I knew nothing about business or inventions, but I submitted my idea to one of those inventors websites.  Thinking the site [...]

ScanTorrent: Android Torrent Apps Multiplying

By Taylor Wimberly on Mar 15 10

Less than a week ago, we brought you the first Android torrent application which was met with huge buzz.  Today we will preview another torrent application which is similar to Torrent Droid, but uses a little different approach.  Justin from nEx.Software was another dev who participated in the Android Bounty and now he brings us [...]

Torrent Droid Preview. First Android Bounty Winner Announced.

By Admin on Mar 10 41

Several weeks ago we launched a project called Android Bounty.  By offering incentives to developers, we hoped to  encourage them to code new ideas.  Our first run was a little bumpy, but we acheived what we set out to do.  Today I would like to announce our first Bounty winner and give you a preview [...]

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