Best of the Week (Nov 7): Mobile Zone

Make sure you didn't miss anything with this list of the Best of the Week in theMobile Zone(November 07 - November 14). Here they are, in order of popularity:

1.Why Does Silicon Valley Hate Android?

• With Android making up 85% of the worldwide device market, why is it that Silicon Valley-ites continue to dislike developing for the OS?

2.Microsoft Wants You Back

• Microsoft may not be as trendy and hip as Apple (see: Urban Dictionary’s definition of a “hipster”), but its three reveals this past week might be about to change all that.

3.Microsoft is Set to Release Its Latest Lumia Phone This Week

• Microsoft's latest Lumia phone is set for a full reveal November 11.

4.Adding Real World Context to Mobile Apps with Beacons

• There are affordable ways to leverage the power of beacons as a promotional tool, even for smaller businesses. Introducing Estimotes! For the purposes of this tutorial, I’m going to demonstrate how to create a more ‘civic hack’ type of project, an app for a public library.

5.Getting Started with Windows Phone 8 Development

• So, you got tools to getting started with Windows Phone 8 Development, but don’t know how to do it? How do I design my UI? In this post I will try to answer to these questions.