Forbes recently mentioned Wearable World, our startup accelerator, in an article of what they consider the best accelerator programs in Silicon Valley: Based on our research, below are some of the best accelerators we’ve come across for startups coming to the Valley: Founders Space is the only one we found
StepBOT on Kickstarter!
25 days ago, GPOP Labs launched StepBOT on Kickstarter, the popular crowd-funding site, to help fund our fitness-based mobile game for the Android, Android Wear, FitBit, and JawBone. During our campaign, we have been pleased and impressed with the interest and attention that StepBOT has received from the public. With
An Update to Cid’s Aerial Tours & Current Progress on the Next Dragon Geo Update
Cid’s Aerial Tours has been updated to 1.04! This update for Cid’s Aerial Tours adds an animated ocean effect to the main world map. Along with the nifty ocean animation, Cid’s Aerial Tours is now compatible with the Android “L” Preview. Previous versions had issues with rendering the maps and
Sneak Peek at StepBOT!
Here’s a sneak peek of GPOP’s latest project, StepBOT, which was unveiled at Wearable Worlds last week. StepBOT is a fitness game app for the new Android Wear smartwatch platform currently under development. More details to come later. Video made courtesy of Andy K Kwan.
HuhX Map Framework Now Open Source!
I have released the source code for the HuhX Map Framework on GitHub. This is a (skeleton code) image/map engine that supports the use of multi-touch gestures to scale images accordingly. The HuhX Map Framework also supports custom menu dialog and audio playback in the background. Applications such as Dragon
Cid’s Aerial Tours Updated to 1.03
Cid’s Aerial Tours has been updated to 1.03! Similar to the 1.03 update for Dragon Geo, this update for Cid’s Aerial Tours does not contain many major external changes, as most of the changes are internal. Here is the full list of changes in 1.03: – Fixed a visual bug
Dragon Geo Updated to 1.03
DRAGON GEO has been updated to 1.03. Unlike the last version, there are no significant external changes, as most of changes are internal and mostly affect how OPTIONS and CREDITS are displayed. Here are the changes with the new version: * OPTIONS is now displayed over world maps. * Several
A Fix for the “Bluetooth Share Has Stopped” Error
At the Wearable Worlds’ hackathon event this past weekend, I encountered problems with the Bluetooth functionality on my Galaxy Note II. Specifically, I was encountering force close errors (“Bluetooth share has stopped”) while testing out the iBeacons with the FLUX Android app that our team was developing. After doing some
Hackathon This Weekend at Wearable World Invents the Connected Traveler
This weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in “Wearable Worlds Invents the Connected Traveler” two-day hackathon event, fully sponsored by American Airlines. It was an amazing event, as there were many groups of developers creating unique, exciting travel-related applications. There were a lot of sponsors like GoGo, Pebble, IBM,
Go There Now Updated to 1.03
Good morning everyone! I just posted the 1.03 update for Go There Now on the Google Play store. This update adds the ability to set customized labels for the navigation shortcuts that are created by Go There Now. The latest update to Go There Now can be found on the
Hack Allows Defiant Windows XP Users to Receive Updates Until 2019
If you’re still on Windows XP (gasp) and are fretting over Microsoft’s discontinued support of XP, there is now a way for XP users to receive official MS security updates. All it involves is modifying the registry to make your system appear as a Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 system, which
Cid’s Aerial Tours Updated to 1.02
The latest update (1.02) for Cid’s Aerial Tours has been published onto Google Play! CAT now has Japanese and Korean language support; Cid is multi-lingual! The worlds of Final Fantasy IV can now be viewed with Japanese and Korean location labels. Here is the full list of changes in 1.02.
Dragon Geo: 1.02 Update Released!
I just posted an update (1.02) for DRAGON GEO on the Google Play Store! There are some rather large changes with this version, as it features many new maps, including the Dragon Warrior VII map that King Zenith from Dragon’s Den recently made. Here are the changes with the new
Announcing GO THERE NOW for Android!
And now for something a little different. Today, I’m launching a simple Android called GO THERE NOW, which can create customized homescreen shortcuts that launches Google Maps in Navigation Mode immediately. Ever since the introduction of the new UI found in Google Maps, there have been many complaints about the
Back in the Bay Area
After a month-long long stay in Minnesota and a long four day roadtrip across the country, I am now back in the Bay Area! The big news is that I’m now here in California permanently! After seeing all the excitement in the mobile tech sector here in the Bay Area
Launch of CAT: Cid’s Aerial Tours
Today marks the launch of CAT, also known as Cid’s Aerial Tours! CAT is an interactive map guide app for the Google Android platform, akin to Google Maps but for viewing world maps from Squaresoft’s classic 16-BIT RPG, Final Fantasy IV (aka Final Fantasy II for the U.S.). Like Dragon
Sakurai Reveals All About Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS: Slated for Release in Summer/Winter 2014
Today, Nintendo has unveiled a large amount of information on the status of Super Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS, in a 39 minute video documentatary. According to Sakurai, the 3DS version will be released in Summer 2014 release, while the Wii U version will come out in Winter 2014.
End of an Era: Farewell XP!
After nearly thirteen years, the curtains have fallen on Windows XP, as XP has reached EOL (“End of Life”) status. After today, Microsoft will no longer be providing any updates or support for Windows XP to the general public. Unfortunately, even after extending XP’s lifecycle a few years, there are
Android Studio: Disabling AAPT PNG Optimization with Gradle
For those that are developing Android apps and are using a lot of pre-optimized PNG images, you want to update to the latest Android SDK Build Tools 19.0.3: 0.9.2 Aapt-based PNG processor is now default again while we investigate some issues with the old one. flavorGroups have been renamed
Microsoft Offering $100 to Switch from Windows XP
If you’re still using Windows XP, you may want to take notice, as Microsoft is offering $100 USD to switch. The only catch? The $100 credit must be used to purchase a new Windows 8.1 PC/laptop. The only catch is that you have to upgrade to a new Windows 8