Lightning Talk - Deacon - Push Notifications for Android Devices

The Deacon Project [ANDROID+BEACON] Open-Source Push Notifications for Android David Rea, Spencer Herzberg RIT Software Engineering

Push Notifications: What & How Pull Push ● Uses for Push Real-time updates ● Uptime monitoring ● News and finance ● Sports scores ● Package tracking ● Home Security ● Social networks ● Workforce systems SERVER Long-Held Connection RES T EVENT! UES PO REQ NSE MOBILE DEVICE

Deacon: Push for Android OH HAI! OM NOM NOM 2008 2009 2009/2010 ● First, SMS interception: an expensive band-aid ● Then, Commercial options: use 3rd-party server ● Need an open option with dev's own server ● Meteor provides complete FOSS server back-end ● Deacon will provide Android-native Meteor client Android is about openness and choice – Deacon will offer an open choice in push notifications for application developers.

Next Steps / Q&A ● Alpha Release: Scheduled for May 16 ● Beta Release: Scheduled for June 9 ● 1.0 Release: Sometime this summer! Our Goal: Deacon-powered Apps in the Android Market before year-end! http://deacon.daverea.com/

Lightning Talk - Deacon - Push Notifications for Android Devices

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