RunKeeper, an app that helps you keep track of your workouts, and injects a social element into running, is pulling the eject button and leaving the Windows Phone platform, along with Symbian. Of course, one app does not a platform make, and so this isn’t much more than a symbolic blow to Windows Phone. But it does well highlight the issues that Microsoft’s mobile project is currently enduring. According to RunKeeper, Symbian and Windows Phone combined made up a dismal 1.5% of its userbase. And at that low-level of usership, supporting the apps simply didn’t make sense. Even more, RunKeeper claims to have read the tea leaves: “We don’t see [these proportional use ratios] changing any time soon, these platforms simply haven’t kept up with ... Continue reading →

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[We don’t always agree with each other at TechHive. In fact, some times we can’t believe that our colleagues are thinking and saying such ridiculous things. In our Nerd Fight series, two TechHive editors square off on opposite sides of a burning tech topic.] What makes a “real” photograph? Better yet, what makes a “real” photographer? In this day and age of serviceable cell-phone cameras, easy-to-apply filters, and share-anywhere mobile services, lines are blurred, lines are crossed, and lines are drawn in the sand. On one side of that line, many traditional photographers believe that any shooter worth their weight in guano should invest in a DSLR and a few lenses, learn the intricacies of shutter and aperture control, and refrain from slapping a shrink-wrapped ... Continue reading →