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Developer of Facebook app for the iPhone is fed up with Apple’s review process, and quits
Joe Hewitt, the Facebook developer behind the popular Facebook app for the iPhone, announced a few days ago that Apple’s frustrating review process for iPhone apps has caused him to cease all iPhone development. In a tweet on the topic, Hewitt noted: Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app […]
Continue reading...Apple rejects caricature app featuring bobblehead politicians
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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In the latest episode of Apple fumbling around the app store rejection process, Apple rejected an app which provided users with detailed information about members of the United States Congress because each politician’s entry was accompanied by a caricature of said politician, each drawn by talented Mad magazine illustrator Tom Richmond. Apple’s reasoning was that […]
Continue reading...Shazam set to limit free iPhone app to 5 songs per month
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Shazam, if you’re unaware, is an ultra-cool iPhone and iPod Touch app that allows users to identify songs simply by holding up their device next to a radio or whatever happens to be playing music. For someone who’s never seen the app before, a first time demonstration is always a fun thing to do, and […]
Continue reading...MacHeist nanoBundle offers 6 Mac apps for free – Download now!
Friday, November 6, 2009
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Christmas has come early for MacHeist fans who tend to enjoy buying bundled software for insanely low prices. For a limited time only, 6 days to be exact, MacHeist is currently offering users 6 solid Mac apps for free. Yeah, that’s right – for free. It’s called the MacHeist nanoBundle and includes the following apps: […]
Continue reading...When app developers lie about their credentials
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Check out this interesting piece over at Ars Technica detailing what hopefully won’t become a growing trend – app developers lying about their credentials, and taking credit for popular apps that they never created. The Ars story details an Indian development firm called Trucid which advertised on the Rentacoder.com website that it was responsible for […]
Continue reading...Gamesalad brings iPhone development to the masses
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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TUAW reports on a a company called Gamesalad which enables users to create iPhone games using a “game creator development tool.” There’s also a $1999 membership service that lets you customize every aspect of your games, and provides you with direct customer support, which is supposed to be for “elite users” (like, we guess, actual […]
Continue reading...Developing for the iPhone v. developing for BlackBerry
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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Toktumi has an interesting article up discussing the disadvantage RIM is faced with as it attempts to position its app world to compete with Apple’s wildly successful iTunes app store. “Having recently developed versions of our popular Line2 app for both the iPhone and Blackberry platforms, I can tell you one major reason for RIM’s […]
Continue reading...Why freelance iPhone development is becoming more popular, and easier to do
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
With well over 85,000 apps and 2 billion downloads, the iTunes App Store holds a commanding lead over every other mobile app store. In many ways, the iTunes App Store has changed the face of gaming, having forced gaming heavyweights such as Sony and Nintendo to re-evaluate their gaming strategy as it pertains to PSP […]
Continue reading...Apple enables in-app purchases for free apps
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Apple sent an email to developers today informing them that free apps will now be allowed to implement support for in-app purchases, a feature which up until now has only been available for paid apps. TechCrunch comments: This will also have a massive impact on free games that thrive on the sales of virtual goods, […]
Continue reading...Shazam gets some increased funding from the iFund, planning to roll out new features
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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The New York Times reportsthat the popular mobile music recognition app Shazam was recently infused with an undisclosed amount of capital from iFund, which if you recall is the venture capital firm that was established with the express goal to invest in unique and compelling iPhone applications. Shazam, which has already been downloaded well over 10 […]
Continue reading...Apple patches up common iPhone jailbreaking exploit
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
MobileCrunch reports: For the past seven months, jailbreaking (opening an iPhone to applications not signed by Apple for installation) has relied on an exploit dubbed “24kPwn”. We’ll skip the technical voodoo for the sake of not putting you straight to sleep, but here’s the important bit: in the latest batch of iPhone 3GS units to […]
Continue reading...Why iTunes really consists of 2 separate app stores – a developers perspective
Monday, October 12, 2009
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Marco Ament recently wrote an interesting piece discussing some of the recent hoopla over the iTunes App Store and its ability, or lack thereof, to provide developers with a sustainable income. Not too long ago, Ged Maheux of Iconfactory wrote that the app store is “broken”, and as an example, he cites the recent experiences […]
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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