Tom Colvin

"8" < "9" but "9" > "10"

So this:

Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform We first heard back in November that Google could merge Chrome OS into Android. Now, an executive has publicly confirmed plans for a merger.

Google confirms it's 'combining' Chrome OS and Android into a single platform
www.androidauthority.com/google-combi...

Yes!! Absolutely

I wholeheartedly approve of this use of the tech 🐕🐩🐶🐕‍🦺

Yay, great to finally meet you in person!

Pleased to have met you 😆 And always up for a nerdy conversation

Yes @theguardian.com

Yes indeed!

As dictated by my 3-year-old nephew

I remember when Microsoft was like, nah, we don't really need to support that internet fad

Android apps are now better than iOS apps

Awesome!! Look forward to trying it out

I hope those are namesake cities in completely different hemispheres to the famous ones.

Hugging Face is a dumb name.

The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer In their poor, Communist country, Romania’s computer curious built an underground industry.

Really interesting: The 80s computers banned by Romania's communist regime arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...

Very pleased to say I no longer have to touch RxJava ever again (though I actually dumped it long ago)

Coming soon text

Thanks for the pointer... but it's not quite ready for the likes of me 😐

Wow! That's quite a revelation. I always preferred scripting stuff using cUrl, but some of my developers definitely use Postman. Indeed time to find an alternative.

Announcing Jetpack Navigation 3 Explore Jetpack Navigation 3, a new Compose-first navigation library with increased flexibility so Android developers to build robust experiences.

I tentatively say that Nav3 looks much better than the old Jetpack Navigation library...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/05/anno...

Thanks @androidweekly.bsky.social for including my article on implementing passkeys in Android!
It's here, if you wondered: proandroiddev.com/implementing...

I appreciate that I'm the very last person in the world to notice this - but OMG graphics cards are expensive now!

Photo quality control stickers from the 1990s

Once, before digital photography, photos used to come back with these little advice labels.

It was literally someone's job at the processing lab to LOOK THROUGH ALL YOUR PHOTOS and stick them on.

The lack of privacy of the analogue era is wild!

And a Windows laptop and a Linux laptop and a MacBook and an Android phone and an iPhone and an Android tablet and an iPad and an Android TV ... because KMP 😆

Implementing Passkeys in Android — A Full-Stack Guide The internet would be a much more secure place for its users if passkeys replaced passwords. They are phishing-proof, guess-proof and…

My article on Android + Passkeys just got published! A full in depth tutorial that builds a working back-end and front-end using Jetpack Credential Manager. proandroiddev.com/implementing...

#androiddev #android

“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”

- Carl Sagan

Bit of a jump in followers these last 24h! No idea where you all came from but thank you for wanting to listen to me 😀

Moral: always test in German, where the words are long 🇩🇪

Tag with "Pets: Harmful if eaten"

They'll claw at you if you even try

Non-roaming network symbols

Ahh 😌 home is where there's no R above my network symbols