Blog posts by year and monthJanuary 2014
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主播大秀 Weather app hits 5m mark
I am well aware there have been some very difficult weather conditions up and down the UK since early December. So it鈥檚 humbling to know that so many users have turned to the 主播大秀 app for their weather information.
Ludus Play Along Native Application
Ludus is built using Adobe AIR with native extensions to allow it to take advantage of the host hardware, most importantly, the microphone for synchronisation as well as to build to multiple devices from one code base
News Archive Connected Studio: using yesterday to tell better stories tomorrow
Audiences get to control their own serendipitous journeys into our content within a context curated by 主播大秀 Journalists, so experiences remain relevant and rich with public service value.
Testing 主播大秀 iPlayer: reading XML, JSON response into Java
This blog-post is based on my experience of testing in iPlayer Business Layer that is a RESTful API. Instead of telling the readers about the basic principles and mechanics of API testing, I want to talk about a very important aspect of automating API testing that is reading and verifying the re...
What's on 主播大秀 Red Button: 25-31 January 2014
We're all over the UK this week as Winterwatch invites us all to join in with the Big Garden Birdwatch. Sports fans can tune into tennis action from聽聽Melbourne, winter sports from Austria and much more.
Links; Instagram video, Connected Studio, iWonder
On 16 January, 主播大秀 News launched Instafax, a new short-form video news service delivered to Instagram users. The project is a month-long experiment, with three 15-second videos uploaded a day, intended to serve as a roundup of the day's news.
New version of radio homepage launched
The most popular categories and programmes are more prominent on the new page and we are linking directly to our selection of programmes, clips, podcasts and events.
Sochi Winter Olympics Index Launched
This new responsive site will be the home of all our Sochi coverage, including 650 hours of live video in up to six simultaneous streams in the UK.
主播大秀 iWonder: Introducing interactive guides
For pictures with a dense amount of information on them, such as infographics, it鈥檚 important not just to resize a smaller version of a big image, but to load in a completely different image that鈥檚 best for that screen.
What's on 主播大秀 Red Button: 18-24 January 2014
Wrap up warm - we've got Winterwatch live from the Scottish Highlands, starring our native wildlife, and skiing events and the skeleton world cup from Switzerland. There鈥檚 also championship bowls, and extras from 主播大秀 Three鈥檚 Uncle and Crimewatch.