Posts tagged with Earthquakes
New App Engine Pricing may kill Earthquake Alerter
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
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...
Japan Quake Visualized on Earthquake Alert!
I’ve always been fascinated with Earthquakes. This fascination lent itself well once I began writing Android apps. I was able to combine my interests and create Earthquake Alert!, an app that give users a great way to view and explore earthquakes all around the world. As an active user of th...