Android

• How the Nexus One Was Created
  Google has launched a series of videos on its official Nexus One YouTube channel, documenting various details on how one of the world’s best Android phones was created.
• Mozilla Shows Off First Screenshots of Firefox for Android
  Mozilla just announced that it is also making good progress on an Android version of Firefox. According to Firefox developer Vladimir Vukićević, development of Android for Firefox is progressing quickly. While there are no plans for the release of an official alpha version just yet, Vukićević has already managed to compile and install an early version of Firefox for Android.
• PCWorld Apple Bans the Word ‘Android’ From App Store
  What makes them different from Chinese government?

Mobile devices

• Number of Location-Aware Apps Keeps Growing Rapidly – But Very Few are Cross-Platform

Other

• Blogging: Not for the young?
  Blogging is no longer the pastime of the young and has instead risen in popularity among older adults. Younger generation prefers Twitter?
• The War on the Young
  Young people today will most likely become the first generation in US history not to surpass their parents’ living standards.

Science

• Reading cuts stress levels by 68%
  New research by consultancy Mindlab International at the University of Sussex says reading works better and faster than other methods to calm frazzled nerves such as listening to music, going for a walk or settling down with a cup of tea. Even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more than two thirds or 68%
• Science and Engineering Indicators 2010
  Provides a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. Measures how good is general public in scientific terms. Makes an interesting read…
• Surprising Facts about HIV/AIDS in 2010
• Warning, Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous To Your Health
  Just like tobacco manufacturers, mobile phone manufactures and network operators do not want the public to be informed on relationship between number of tumours and heavy mobile phone usage by some business people. So investing some money into hands free for your phone could potentially save your life in addition to convenience.

Software development

• How to Create Bulletproof Backups for MySQL
  Simplify backup process for your MySQL databases
• Toyota’s lesson: Software can be unsafe at any speed
  Security holes in Internet banking is not a worst thing. How about some buggy software running in your car is crashing while you drive at 100 km/h?

Web

• Femtoo: Track Changes on a Website or Part of a Webpage
• Google Earth Adds WWII-Era Maps
• Top 10 Web Widgets
• w3schools: Chrome Has Surpassed Ten Percent Share
  The web developer-focused w3schools releases browser statistics every month. Recently, they published their figures for January. Fueled by the movement of Chrome 4 into a stable version along with the increased media coverage of Chrome OS and Google’s competition with the other tech titans, Chrome has moved past the ten percent share mark, registering a 10.8% share which is up a solid point from December, at 9.8%.