Today marks the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest, four decades since the release of the original game in Japan on May 27, 1986. Known as Dragon Warrior in the United States during its early years, the legendary RPG series helped define the JRPG genre and inspired generations of developers and
At Google I/O 2026, Google announced a major update to Google AI Studio: developers can now generate fully native Android applications directly from a prompt, entirely within the browser. Using AI Studio, creators can build Kotlin-based Android apps powered by Jetpack Compose without needing to install Android Studio or configure
Google announced today that Android development will now be Compose-first, with traditional Android Views officially moving into maintenance mode. While this move is not entirely unexpected, it marks a significant milestone in Android development and signals a continued shift away from the View system, which has been the foundation of
Google just introduced a new Android CLI, a command-line tool designed for agentic AI workflows, allowing developers to build Android apps without relying on Android Studio. With Android CLI, you can quickly create projects, manage SDKs, spin up emulators, and deploy apps, all from the terminal. In internal testing,
Google is rolling out a new Android Developer Verification process that will apply to all developers, including those with legacy Google Play Developer accounts. Starting in April 2026, Android will introduce a new system service that checks whether an app is associated with a verified developer. Enforcement begins in September
My apologies for the long silence here on Y-Corner. The past several years have been busy with life, work, and everything else that tends to pull focus away from personal projects. That’s going to change in 2026. Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be sharing regular updates here, along
Hello folks! It’s 2019, and I’m not dead! It’s been quite some time since the last update on Y-Corner! Since the last post, many things have happened! I recently moved to San Francisco, after living in the Bay Area suburbs for five years. It’s been an adjustment, especially with the
Another year passes by, another chapter has been finished. My journey with Munchery has come to an end today, as I was let go. It has been an incredible experience at Munchery, as I had the opportunity to work with an incredibly talented team and grew significantly as a result.
The Wearable World team and the startup founders for the 2015 class season, over at The Innovation Hangar in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
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
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
Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a great holiday season! Although it’s been quite some time since my last post, I wanted to let everyone know that I didn’t pass away or abandon the blog. Ever since I returned from California in October (great trip BTW), I’ve been quite busy,
Well, I’m off to the Bay Area in California for the next two weeks. It feels strange leaving for another trip so soon, as I only returned from Atlanta last weekend. Anyhow, I’ll continue to be posting from California with interesting tech tips and news. Have a great weekend everyone!
Y-Corner has a new look! In keeping with current web trends, Y-Corner is now web responsive, and is now mobile browser friendly. Y-Corner is using a modified theme from Elegant Themes, a web design company that puts out excellent WordPress-based themes and plugins. As I always appreciate suggestions, let me
Hope everyone in the U.S. had an excellent Thanksgiving holiday weekend! While most of us here in the U.S. had several days off, it appears that some hackers in Russia had a field day with the Y-Corner forums, as the forums were compromised by spam bots. The spam botters took
Recently inspired from this past weekend’s Twin Cities Code Camp 13 event, I will be making several adjustments to this blog site over the course of this season to implement several of the web development concepts that I picked up from Josh Broton‘s two sessions ( & ). The result
Don’t worry, I’m not dead! I apologize for the lack of updates, it’s been a crazy month for me, both in my personal and professional life. With tax season in full, I’ve been working away to get my taxes done. As always, taxes are never fun to do, but the
The Y-Corner: On the Edge of the Network official blog has officially launched! For those visiting Y-Corner for the first time, welcome! The new blog section of Y-Corner will primarily be a tech. blog, focusing on interesting news relating to technology, gadgets, computing, programming, gaming, and other interesting news. From