How to Build Killer Apps for 4G/LTE Networks

Every once in a while a new technology changes the game. Some benefit from it while other fail to adapt. Long Term Evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GPP_Long_Term_Evolution), or LTE for short, is on surface just yet another fast wireless standard bringing us faster mobile networking. But just like the freeway was much more than just a faster road, LTE actually has a chance to change the rules for app developers and create new possibilities.

In this talk, you will learn what LTE is. We will explore it from application developer's point of view. By the end of the talk, you should be able to identify the opportunities for new applications as well as how to take advantage of new capabilities in your existing apps.

We will talk about why you'd care about 4G, how to leverage it in your apps, how to manage for mixed networks, how to speed things up, how to use sessions effectively, and how to future-proof your apps.

As always, food, drinks, and giveaways will be provided by our sponsors.

Note that this event is taking place at Square (110 5th St @ Mission) thanks to our new host, Bob Lee!

About Marko Gargenta

Marko founded Marakana (http://marakana.com/) back in 2001 to help underprivileged youth, minorities, and inner-city kids learn web technologies and get ahead in life. So Marakana emerged with goal of helping people get better at what they do professionally, focused on open source software training. Marko is also the author of Learning Android (http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920010883) book published by O'Reilly Media. This book is based on Android Bootcamp and incorporates best learning practices for new developers to start creating applications for this exciting open source mobile platform. More about Marko. (http://marakana.com/expert/marko_gargenta,2.html)

About Alex Gaber

Alex Gaber, Alcatel-Lucent Technical Evangelist, Application Enablement Platform. Alex brings a wealth of technical expertise in cross-platform mobile app development, web development, API enabled platforms, and software development tools. His focus at Alcatel Lucent is to promote the adoption of APIs of Service Providers who utilize 2G,3G and 4G LTE technologies globally, and assist the developer community with best practices for application integration. Alex was most recently with Rhomobile, a leading cross platform framework for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 applications. Prior to that he was with Mashery, one of the earliest entrants in the Cloud and API Management infrastructure industry. He has also held an executive role at TechExcel, a leader in software development tools (SDLC / ALM), where he managed major development process transformations at clients such as Motorola and John Deere. Earlier, Alex was a Strategy Consultant with Keystone Strategy, working with Harvard Business School professors to advise Microsoft on their developer ecosystem strategy.