We recently got featured on our CSR activities and how we introduce it in our working environment. Maybe in the future this sort of thing isn’t even news worthy anymore because CSR activities will become so commonplace that it’s expected behaviour.
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Sugata Mitra: Building a school in the Cloud
This years TED winner is Sugata Mitra discussing his vision for a School in the Cloud. A great presentation on the future of learning.
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iPhone is 6 years old
On January 9th, 2007 Steve Jobs announced what he called a “revolutionary mobile phone” and right he was. Even if the iPhone isn’t the most popular smartphone out there, it led the charge and showed the way to a new mobile future. Happy Birthday iPhone, you’re 6 years old now and you’ve already changed the world.
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Think Blaze
ThinkBlaze is a project we’ve been working on the last few months; it is a research and idea generation organization, a think tank of sorts and it has issued its first work, a study titled “Does the Learning Medium Matter?” It looks at the impact of low-cost tablets on children in elementary school with some considerations about the very serious problem of the Digital Divide.
Mid-Autumn Festival Greetings
A happy mid-autumn festival from everyone at Outblaze! Complete with our own Mooncakes and our Mascot, Cuby from Pretty Pet Salon.
50 Androids march to school for training day
We just started our Pilot charity programme to assess the impact of our donated Android tablets in a children’s learning environment. We will be sharing the results of this study once it is completed.
Happy Birthday Outblaze – 14 Years
Happy Birthday, it’s been an awesome 14 years and here’s to many many more rollercoaster rides!
The Varieties of Android Experience
Responses to Android fragmentation, Animocas many QA devices, and the buzz about a photograph we posted last week. We show how fragmentation can be a good thing.
All the Myriad Androids
Want to know how to make an app successful on Android? Here’s why and how….lots, and lots and lots of testing, check it out!
Friday afternoon photo showing some of the test devices used by Animoca QA.
Being cloned is a compliment?
They say Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I suppose it says something about your presumed success that ones Apps are being cloned and we’ve had our own case of apps being copied identical to our design and mechanic, but the below really takes the cake!
I’ve never heard of this company (Grass Roots Apps) before but they didn’t even bother changing the icon and are still calling it a Pet Salon of sorts. Even in the world of fast cloning and the business realities surrounding it, this is a bit too much. Luckily we own the trademark on our designs and will likely take action but what does this mean for many other app makers that don’t have such legal support?
I suppose we should be flattered for having been so audaciously cloned 
