Hacked

As you may have noticed, the website was down for about 24 hours earlier this week. This is because some lovely person decided it would be fun to hack the site. So What Actually Happened? On Tuesday morning I woke up to find the homepage for the Blog, Forums and Gigs website replaced by a … Read more

Protecting from Cyber Attackers

Cyber attackers are constantly looking for new ways to gain access to networks. They target servers that run old and poorly-maintained software on purpose. So it’s quite unlikely that hackers will stop looking for opportunities to break into networks. However, they are finding that certain technologies, like the use of firewalls and intrusion prevention systems … Read more

LeadBolt

LeadBolt is one of the leading mobile advertising networks for Android. They provide a wide range of advertising formats, including banners, interstitials, content lockers, push notifications & home screen icons. In fact, I can’t think of any popular ad format which LeadBolt doesn’t offer! I’ve been using LeadBolt for several months now, on a few of … Read more

Ethics

Here’s my policy on sponsored posts, after consulting with readers in October 2011: I will accept sponsored posts on this blog, whether the advertiser wants to sponsor the entire post, or just pay for a mention in the post. Any post which includes sponsored content will be marked as such, to be easily identifiable. Regardless … Read more

Developer Directory

This directory contains a list of all the Android Developers I could find, along with their websites. If you are an Android Developer, and would like to have your blog added to this list, click here to submit your site.

LeadBolt Introduces App Walls for Better Monetization

I’ve been using LeadBolt (an in-app advertising network) for a few months now, with mixed results. The rich media content unlockers offered by LeadBolt are very effective, especially if you’re developing a game where the interstitial format makes sense (e.g. a blocking advert between levels). However, their banner advertising hasn’t been as effective for me, … Read more

SOPA Blackout Today

January 18th is SOPA Blackout Day. I’ll be participating in this endeavour – anyone visiting the blog today will be presented with a black overlay and a link explaining why the SOPA legislation is so dangerous to the internet as we know it today. For those who aren’t aware, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) is … Read more