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	16/07/2010	Targeting iOS4 / SDK 3.2
	This article will help you understand the iOS4 SDK upgrade and what is available to you as a heads up before you download to avoid any shocks.
	Jared Wiltshire

	29/06/2010	Press Release : Croydon Guardian - Community Fix Mobile
	This is a press release about Community Fix Mobile that appeared in the Croydon Guardian on Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
	Martin Belcher

	25/06/2010	Submitting HTTP Requests (iPhone)
	This article will explain how to send a HTTP request and get a HTTP response on iPhone using Objective C. This subject can often be over complicated so I feel it is important that I explain how to use HTTP requests in much simpler terms.
	Jared Wiltshire

	23/06/2010	iPhone = Android Phone = Google Phone
	Everyone knows what an iPhone app is but what is all this Google Phone / Android stuff about?
	Martin Belcher

	18/06/2010	iPhone App Submission (part 2)
	This article will help explain the process of submitting an iPhone application to the Apple app store. This first article will cover off setting up the development environment to be ready to use ad hoc and full deployments and will assume that you are signed up as an iPhone developer.
	Jared Wiltshire

	17/06/2010	3D Website Technology
	With the advent of HTML 5 looming this is a light look at the possibility of a delivery method for search engine indexed 3D websites which is native to the browser.
	Martin Belcher

	08/06/2010	Managing State in an Android Activity
	How to maintain state information when Android activities are closed, rotated or hidden from view.
	Martin Belcher

	07/06/2010	iPhone App Submission (part 1)
	This article will help explain the process of submitting an iPhone application to the Apple app store. This first article will cover off setting up the development environment to be ready to use ad hoc and full deployments and will assume that you are signed up as an iPhone developer.
	Jared Wiltshire

	26/05/2010	Lock Screen Orientation in Android
	This article describes how to force the orientation of an Android view not to change ie disable screen rotation.
	Martin Belcher

	26/05/2010	Programming threaded processes in iPhone
	This article helps explain how to perform background / asyncronous operations on iPhone in Objective-C and explains how it can be used to display an activity indicator to the user while they wait for background operations to complete.
	Jared Wiltshire

	21/05/2010	iPhone Application : Community Fix Mobile v1.00
	Community Fix Mobile is a FREE application created by Eigo Ltd for iPhone devices. Community Fix Mobile gives you the power to report a range of incidents in your local area like vandalism, abandoned cars or fly tipping direct to local authorities who will take action to resolve the issue you have reported.
	Jared Wiltshire

	19/05/2010	Datrabatix ETL and Complex Event Processing
	This article describes what Datrabatix is and two of the forms in which it is currently available for use as a product to Eigo customers.
	Martin Belcher

	18/05/2010	Android Application : Community Fix Mobile v1.0
	Community Fix Mobile is a FREE application created by Eigo Ltd for Android users to send photo and report problems to your local authority; help keep your neighbourhood clean.
	Martin Belcher

	18/05/2010	Implementating a Favourite Icon
	How to setup your site to use a Favourite Icon (favicon). Explaining recommendations for creation of the icon and implementation of the icon on the site.
	Jared Wiltshire

	13/05/2010	Threads and Progress Dialogs in Android Screen Orientation Rotations
	This article describes how to show a progress dialog and keep a thread and progress dialog working across destruction of activities in screen rotations on Android.
	Martin Belcher

	12/05/2010	Deciphering iPhone Crash Logs (Symbolication)
	How to decipher the crash logs returned from Apple products like iPhones, iPads and iPods using the tools available within the iPhone SDK.
	Jared Wiltshire

	07/05/2010	Programming threaded processes in Android
	This article describes one technique for creating and managing processes in new threads in Android apps.
	Martin Belcher

	22/04/2010	Objective-C Objects Memory Management Basics
	Explanation of how to allocate variables into memory and release them and should help you understand the basics of memory management with objects in Objective-C to help you avoid crashes and memory leaks.
	Jared Wiltshire

	16/04/2010	Direct printing RFID tags
	In recent years improvements in technology have allowed circuits (including RFID transponders) to be printed directly to paper, plastic and even corrugated cardboard.
	Martin Belcher

	05/02/2010	Android Application : Merge Contact v1.0
	Merge Contact is a FREE application created by Eigo Ltd for Android devices; for copying the phone number from a Phone contact to a Google contact and optionally delete the Phone contact.
	Martin Belcher

	04/02/2010	iPhone Application Development
	Eigo we have commenced research and development on mobile app development on the iPhone and Android platforms.
	Jared Wiltshire

	29/01/2010	URL Masking
	Article explaining URL masking / server side redirection that is in use on many of the latest websites. Using this approach along with a good SEO strategy can improve your search engine ranking.
	Jared Wiltshire

	12/01/2010	Reset HTC Hero to Factory Settings and Backup SMS
	This article describes how back up your SMS and then factory reset your HTC Hero (also known as HTC G2 Touch) so that you can enter your Google Mail account credentials.
	Martin Belcher

	15/12/2009	Machine Universally Unique Identifier
	This article describes how to uniquely identify a machine on which you application is installed using a Universally Unique Identifier(UUID), in this article we will specifically look at Windows operating systems and use Microsoft's Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs).
	Martin Belcher

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