 My name is Christopher Neugabar and I'm an Android specialist working on Azdec Docs in Hobart in Australia. And I'll be presenting at DroidCon India 2013. Now, we as mobile developers don't get a very easy job. We get asked to make apps that are easy to use, fast and responsive. And we have to make them work over networks that are slow, unreliable and expensive to send stuff over. Now, what's worst is that backend developers have been making the same sort of web APIs that they've been making for the last 20 years. For us mobile developers, things can definitely be easier. In my DroidCon India talk, making mobile web services that don't suck, I'll explain some of the most important characteristics of mobile networks and how they're different from the networking of desktop. I'll also give you some ideas for designing APIs that better suit the characteristics of mobile networks. By the end of the talk, you'll be able to work with your backend team to make an API that's less dreadful for mobile developers. I'm really looking forward to meeting all of you in Bangalore very soon.