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Another iPhone developer takes to the streets
Seems that publicizing app store woes is the latest and greatest way to get Apple’s attention, and the latest iPhone developer to throw his hat into the proverbial ring is former Digg developer Joe Stump, whose latest update to his Chess Wars app has been in limbo for 6 weeks now. A couple of months […]
Continue reading...Windows Mobile phones coming on Ocotber 6th, and why it doesn’t even matter
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Microsoft announced to day that its next-gen version of Windows Mobile (6.5) will be hitting phones and stores on October 6th. Will Windows Mobile 6.5 have any discernable effect on the smartphone market? We doubt it. Stephanie Ferguson writes for the Windows Team Blog: Of the people we talked to, 74% listed productivity as the top feature […]
Continue reading...Was iPhone development the reason for the lack of “features” in Snow Leopard?
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
By now you’re all probably aware that the latest OS X release from Apple, Snow Leopard, is quite thin in the “new features” department. Instead, Snow Leopard focuses on a number of under the hood improvements which by all accounts make your Mac run snappier and more efficiently. While it’s obviously a smart move for […]
Continue reading...Apple asks iStat to remove “Free Memory” stat
Friday, August 28, 2009
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iStat, developed by Bjango, is a great Mac app which gives you all sorts of juicy info about your system, but users of the program may have noticed recently that any information pertaining to “Free Memory” is no longer present. As it turns out, Apple specifically asked the developers to remove it. Bjango writes on […]
Continue reading...Design process of “Convert” iPhone app [Video]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Check out this fascinating look into the design process behind the brilliant UI of “Convert”, a sleek unit converter app for the iPhone. The sheer number of different looks and designs the developers experimented with really shows how seriously they took their task. It’s a lot like the old saying – Good timber doesn’t grow […]
Continue reading...Zune HD demo reveals another Microsoft app store in the works
Monday, August 24, 2009
Microsoft is expected to ship the upcoming Zune HD sometime this fall, and to get people excited for it, or at least aware of its existence, product demos of the device were the name of the game this Sunday at a number of select Best Buy locations. A customer walk-through of the Zune HD’s features, […]
Continue reading...Apple’s response to the FCC sheds light on its app review process
Saturday, August 22, 2009
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To the surprise of many, Apple made their response to the FCC available to the public. One of the more interesting tidbits of information relates to how Apple actually decides which apps make it onto iTunes and which ones don’t make the cut. Up until yesterday, that process was shrouded in mystery, and while there’s […]
Continue reading...The hypocrisy of anti-Apple bandwagon jumpers
Monday, August 17, 2009
For whatever reason, it’s recently become chic to hop aboard the Apple bashing bandwagon, and while Apple has its faults just like any other company, Apple seems to be held to an entirely different standard relative to other companies who conduct their business in a similar fashion. But why all the hate?
Continue reading...Microsoft bribing iPhone developers to port apps over to Zune/Windows Mobile?
Friday, August 14, 2009
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A few days ago, Microsoft put up a series of web postings which detail one iPhone developer’s experiences in porting an iPhone app over to the Windows Mobile platform. The underlying goal, of course, was to showcase just how simple and seamless the process is and to convince other developers to see the beauty in […]
Continue reading...University of Washington offers iPhone/Mac developer certificate
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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ArsTechnica reports: The University of Washington’s Professional and Continuing Education program is now offering a professional certification program for iPhone and Mac development. The program, developed in conjunction with the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering, as well as an advisory board chock full of top-notch Mac developers, consists of three classes, through which […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller emails Steven Frank regarding his iPhone boycott
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Steven Frank is a well-known Mac programmer who along with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington created quite a stir a week or so ago when they announced, separately, that they were giving up their iPhone’s as part of a moral protest against Apple’s draconian app store policies. Now comes word that Phil Schiller has reached out […]
Continue reading...iSimulate makes life easier for iPhone developers [Video]
Monday, August 10, 2009
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iSimulate is an app which allows developers to test and use iPhone apps on their iPhones and see the results displayed in real time on their Mac screens. Check out the video below for a better idea of how it works.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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