New App Engine Pricing may kill Earthquake Alerter

Oct 14, 2011 Android, App Engine, Earthquakes

To send immediate alerts of earthquakes to users of my Android app Earthquake Alert, I use Google App Engine as the processing backend for C2DM (cloud to device messaging). Since this was recommended by the Google Android team, I thought it would be a great option. However that all changed wh...

Earthquake notifications using C2DM and App Engine

Sep 17, 2011 Android, App Engine, C2DM, Earthquakes

In order to enhance my Earthquake Alert! Android app, I wanted to be able to alert any user’s phone when an earthquake occurs anywhere in the world that matches some pre-defined filters. The end result was the Earthquake Alerter add-on app and it uses Google’s C2DM and Google App Engine to a...