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Web or Mobile?
Recent research shows we use our phones more than the web

Social Media on your phoneI stumbled across an article recently that on first look caused my eyebrows to entangle with my hair. We actually spend more time per day now using smart phones and tablet devices than we do browsing the web! What does this mean? Is the internet doomed? Well, hardly.

On reading the article more carefully, it all started to make more sense. Its not that we are using the web less... we are just using mobile devices more. We spend a whopping 94 minutes a day using mobile apps, *as well as* a fairly massive 72 minutes cruising the web. The latter figure has not changed a lot over the last year or so, but the mobile figure is still growing.

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RPG Toolkit

The next installment in this excellent series, with practical and hands on information about creating your first ever roleplaying game in LiveCode. This article focuses on getting the graphics right.

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AirLaunch

Get your app up and running on your iOS device with a couple of clicks, straight from LiveCode. Fantastic for testing without the hassle.

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The Pomodoro Technique

Enhance your productivity by writing your own time management app, following the popular 25 minute at a time "pomodoro" method. Step by step tutorial with code for you to use.

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