Author Archives: Vykthur

About Vykthur

Mobile and Web App Developer and Researcher. Passionate about learning, teaching, and recently - writing.

Getting Heart Rate Data for your Samsung Gear 2 Apps [Sample Code]

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Vykthur

Photo credit : firstpost In recent versions of the tizen wearable sdk (1.0.0b3), a few important features (mainly about sensors) have been added to the Gear SDK. – In the Motion API: GPS type has been added for retrieving user … Continue reading →

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All I learned about Social Science Research Writing, I learned from Blogging.

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Vykthur

 Photo Credit : Theslaeslion By the middle of my first year in a Social Science PhD program (Information Systems), I realized I had  a  handicap in research writing. Coming from a background in computer science, I was literally stumped on two early proposal … Continue reading →

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Google Inbox – A Panoply of UX/Design Wins and Fails.

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Vykthur

Some days ago, I got finally got an invite to try Google’s new email application – inbox! I had heard alot it within social media circles, and most evaluations of the product described inbox as visually appealing. Specifically,the material design paradigm  really … Continue reading →

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Tizen Developer Summit Shanghai 2014 – A Recap

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Vykthur

The Tizen Developer Summit is a regional, technical conference for Tizen developers, App developers, ISVs, Platform designers, Operators, OEMs, Hardware vendors, Software vendors, Open source enthusiasts, Academics and anyone engaged in Tizen. For Tizen, this was an opportunity to connect with … Continue reading →

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Do we learn while we play games ? A Study on Tacit knowledge acquisition during Gameplay

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Vykthur

The short answer is yes! But then, this is not new . What we also find in this study is that we learn stuff uncounsciously … but can’t really tell. This post briefly introduces results of a study I helped conduct … Continue reading →

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How to Test Apps Using the Samsung Remote Testing Lab

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Vykthur

To facilitate testing of apps, Samsung has developed the Remote Testing Lab (RTL) facility in several regions (Poland, UK, US, INDIA, RUSSIA) . These labs contain real devices which allows developers upload and test their apps to ascertain behavior across … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Learning iPhone Game Development with Cocos2D 3.0 by Kirill Muzykov

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Vykthur

Occasionally, very good books come along that meet two important needs of beginner programmers – they are written in an engaging illustrative manner, and they cover the basic background knowledge or theory foundation required to commence larger projects. One such book … Continue reading →

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The Samsung Galaxy Gear S – Compared with the Gear 2

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Vykthur

Samsung is at the LEADING THE EDGE OF INNOVATION ON WEARABLES … especially with smartwatches. In addition to the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo which was released barely a few months ago in April, Samsung has just released the all … Continue reading →

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Getting Started Developing Android Apps with the NODE+ Sensor using Eclipse

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Vykthur

What is the NODE+ Sensor That’s my node+ right there … 🙂 It looks like a very beautifully designed Cylinder with a few sensors in it that can relay readings via Bluetooth LE . Inside the NODE+ device, its  a Lithium Polymer … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Texas Instrument CC2541 SensorTag Combined Sensor

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Vykthur

TI CC2541 SensorTag Components – Board with battery inserted and case Some weeks ago, my inner geek began to itch and I thought it would be cool to examine programmable sensors that could communicate with my mobile phone via bluetooth … Continue reading →

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