anguskidman

Angus Kidman | Lifehacker Editor Angus has been writing professionally about technology since 1994 and breaking it for even longer. He is based in Sydney but spends a frankly unhealthy portion of his life on the road, tracking down the latest stories. In 2011, he won the IT Journo Award For Best Consumer Technology Journalist and Consensus IT Writers Award for Best Technical Writer for his work on Lifehacker; about time too.
  • SoundCloud Reminds Us That APIs Aren’t Forever

    Last week, SoundCloud restricted access to its application programming interface (API) for developers, making it rather more difficult developers to draw on SoundCloud’s audio content in their own apps. While annoying, that’s all-too-common behaviour in the world of APIs.


  • Why It Might Be Worth Developing Smartwatch Apps

    Even with Apple’s relatively successful entry in the market, smartwatches are still perceived as a niche segment. But if you’re a developer, the evidence is mounting that there might eventually be a business case for building apps to run on smartwatches alongside your existing mobile apps.