Tag: Developers

Apple Eats Its Own And Developers Should Love It

Apple giveth, Apple taketh away. That’s the reality when you play in someone else’s sandbox. During the WWDC keynote earlier today, you could almost hear...
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Connectivity, Not Skeuomorphism, Is iOS’s Real Problem

Much digital ink has been spilled, servers burned out discussing what is wrong with iOS. Of course such a discussion ignores the fact that iOS...
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WWDC Registration Opens. Updated: …Annnnnd Closed.

Registration for Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, known better as WWDC, has opened. The event will be held in San Francisco this June 11-15 and...
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Dad pleads with app developers to change their crappy ways

Apps aimed at children are big business on the App Store. Trust me, I’ve purchased a couple already and my daughter is only 3 months...
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Want to make a living on the App Store? You have to sell an app per minute.

There are hundreds of thousands of applications on the App Store, the majority of which come in around the $0.99 price point. At such a...
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Ngmoco reportedly lays off 30 employees, including 2 senior leaders

Former iOS game giant, Ngmoco, seems to be in one of the darker corners of limbo lately. In the past they brought us some really...
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Apple notifies iOS developers to submit Retina screenshots, end of 3GS sales?

Today Apple sent out a notification to iPhone developers, informing them to begin submitting Retina resolution screenshots of 960×480 pixels with future app submissions and...
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New Lion 10.7.3 beta seeds to developers

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 is on the way! If you’re a registered Mac Developer on Apple’s development site, you can now download the latest...
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Piezo from Rogue Amoeba, a charmingly simple audio recorder

When I first heard a new audio recorder had hit the App Store, I immediately rolled my elitist eyes and thought to myself, who cares?...
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Google set to destroy its Maps API by forgetting how Google makes money

I never understood why the hell Google would want to limit requests to any of their APIs.  I’m now even more confused that Google is...
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Auto Ingest Tool serves up all your iTunes Connect sales reports automagically

Apple shot out an email last night to all developers just before 10 pm announcing its new Sales and Trends Auto Ingest Tool. The Java...
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Apple depreciates UDID usage in iOS5

And now for some news that only developers will be pissed about. It appears that Apple has depreciated the code that almost every iOS app...
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Apple pushes Lion GM to devs

It looks like the rumors of Mac OS X Lion being closer to release are true. Boy Genius Report is reporting Apple has given developers...
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Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS released

The Windows Azure Toolkit for iOS was released this week, which allows developers to access Windows Azure cloud storage from within iOS applications. Over time...
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Apple announces a Resolution Center for developers

Apple has unveiled a new section to iTunes Connect to ease the resolution of issues when a submitted application is rejected by Apple’s App Review...
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Mac OS X app codes available

Apple has added a new feature for their Mac developers that is already available for iOS developers: App Store codes. Apple has informed developers that...
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Dear developers: Why not support both iPhone and iPad?

I am not a programmer, and I don’t have a computer science background beyond taking a Programming 101 class years ago. I understand that making...
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From free to paid

The app store is a great place for your iPhone/iPod Touch needs. Be it for games, utilities or entertainment the app store has every thing...
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