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Apple forces bad user experience on Funambol

Posted on 20 June, 2011 by Stef

I installed Funambol on an iOS device to test it and all went well… until I tried to sync the pictures. I was greeted with the request to allow Funambol to access my location, request that I promptly denied. Why … Continue reading →

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How to configure Funambol synchronization on Meego 1.2 tablets

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by Stef

Once you get a new device, the first thing to do is to put it into a usable state by transferring the addressbook and calendar. This is the bare minimum, followed by bookmarks and passwords (Meego people: please, put Firefox … Continue reading →

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Funambol for Android adds support for Eclipse

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by Stef

Finally Funambol team added support for Eclipse development platform. My notes can still be useful to some, though Checkout the project, run ant eclipse-project in the android-client folder and import the project in Eclipse… Detailed instruction inside READE.txt file… The … Continue reading →

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It’s time to change

Posted on 21 August, 2010 by Stef

My adventure with Funambol ended. Since January 2008 I’ve been working with an amazing company managing an amazing community. I’m proud to have helped the company increase its download number about 30% every quarter and also am glad to have … Continue reading →

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Getting Funambol 8.5 on Ubuntu Lucid LTS

Posted on 29 April, 2010 by Stef

I wanted to make sure that newest Ubuntu 10.04 being a Long Time Support one would be capable of running the newest Funambol DS Server version 8.5. I can confirm: not a problem there. I downloaded the 32bit .bin package … Continue reading →

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How To Read Open Document Format ODF documents on Symbian

Posted on 27 April, 2010 by Stef

My previous post on the topic generated quite a discussion about Open Document Format (aka ISO 26300) documents on mobile platforms. My argument was that ODF support on most mobile platforms is still poor compared to the proprietary counterparts. From … Continue reading →

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It’s all about Contacts: who do you know?

Posted on 18 March, 2010 by Stef

When it comes to doing anything, finding a job, an apartment or a used car, what counts most is who you know. In the old times it was the size of your rolodex, now it’s the size of you digital … Continue reading →

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The New Funambol Phone Sniper Program

Posted on 9 March, 2010 by Stef

After revisiting the Funambol Code Sniper, I thought it was time to adjust also the Phone Sniper program. Funambol Phone Sniper is the easiest way to contribute to the community: participants help by testing the compatibility of their device with … Continue reading →

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Eben Moglen’s Freedom in the Cloud Talk

Posted on 18 February, 2010 by Stef

I watched Eben’s speech but now I can quote it too thanks to the transcript done by the friends at Software Freedom Law Center. Talking about the problems of the cloud services, Eben hits Facebook hard with his rhetoric: The … Continue reading →

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Three reasons to follow Mozilla Thunderbird development

Posted on 16 February, 2010 by Stef

Since Mozilla Messaging launched Thunderbird 3 I started using it to see if this new version is better than GNOME Evolution, the email/calendar application I used in the past 4 years. Evolution is a decent email and calendar client and … Continue reading →

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