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I am noticing a lot of possible applications of mobile software is limited due to screen glare from the sun. What are ways a software developer or UI designer can mitigate this, and what are the fundamental hardware problems that need to be addresses and who is working on them?
It is a compounded question, but this is a compounded problem!
Insight appreciated
The higher the contrast in your image, the less of a problem it will be. Beyond that, tough cookie.
The fundamental hardware problem is that surfaces which aren't shiny are translucent or otherwise blurry.
You can manipulate the refractive index but there are trade-offs. Cost, propensity to crack/smudge/scratch/tarnish, etc.
Thinking laterally, if you write a scary videogame, people will want to play it in the dark :-)
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This seems to be the only place to get help without going to Silver support. But when you have a problem that does not belong here, are you really left with no recourse?
If yes, this would seem to make GAE unusable, or at least a dangerous gamble, for those that do not have $150 a month to spend on errors that is caused by Google themselves.
If you have specific Feature Requests to make or Defect Reports (for the whole platform, the way I understood it, it will be closed if it is something just related to your own problem).
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I really want to use a certain tech tool, but the guy wants to charge over $100 for it. It's of sufficient motivation to make me write it myself.
Is there anything wrong with cloning his program, functionality and look, everything and open sourcing it, even though it's a blatant copy? I have no plans to rip his code.
I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but I think you could mostly get away with it, as long as you truly make everything yourself and don't violate any trademarks.
Lotus v Borland says you can't copyright the functionality of the user interface. But of course, unless you're prepared to fight expensive lawsuits, this may not actually help you.
Also, another big thing to watch out for is patents. If anything in it is patented, you'll have to license it or go without that functionality.
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i am currently undergoing the branding of a place that is in the outskirts of a major city. the situation at hand is that the place is unknown and not easy to get around, so my associates and i have planned to develop a gps application with specifics eg safari lodges, conference venues of this area and make it possible for people to download it onto their smartphones (nokia,iphone and black berry) and be able to navigate their way around.
the issue is how much would it cost to develop such an application and run it?
need an answer ASAP. thanks a mil.
The answer to this question could be 1000$, but it could be 100.000$ as well. There are so many details to a project like this that must be taken into account that it is almost impossible to answer your question more precisely.
To give an example - consider details like (but not only):
who will supply the necessary content
does the content need to be updated on a regular basis -> CMS
should the app navigate the user around in turn-by-turn style or should it be more like an interactive map
These three details alone would make a huge difference. So, the best thing you can do is contact a company or a freelance developer, brief him precisely on the matter and see how much it'll cost you.
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I seem to recall hearing at some point (I believe it was MIX09) that Microsoft has a licensing model of some sort where a business can consume licenses for up to two years, free of charge, until they reach a point where they are stable position and can pay their licensing at the end of two years. However, I can't find information regarding it online.
I want to say that possibly stackoverflow used this licensing model to kick start their site. Is anyone familiar with this?
In addition to BizSpark (as per #paul) there are also WebSpark and, as of May 2010, the developer MAPS programmes.
Webspark information is here: http://www.microsoft.com/web/websitespark/default.aspx
Details of the Action Pack (MAPS) are currently here: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40132997
I'm fairly certain that in all cases availablility varies by your location - but if you're producing stuff for/with/on Microsoft tools/platforms then they're all worth a look.
You're thinking of BizSpark:
http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/
There is also the Empower program if you're an existing business, not a startup.
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I know this has been discussed a few times on stackoverflow but I wasn't able to find a sufficient answer. For a project, I am seeking the best possible piece of software/api/library that can recognise barcode numbers from the input image. It will be used on mobile phones(iphone, windows mobile, android etc.) so it should be good at catching barcodes from bad angles, blurry images and such bad conditions. Being open source or commercial doesn't matter as long as it does the job well (indeed open source would be better :) )
If you have any experience with this topic, please share with us:)
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Google has an Open Source project for this zxing
I'm familiar enough with it to know if it will do everything you need it to do, but I imagine it would be a really great place for you to start.
see http://sourceforge.net/projects/zbar/