While iMovie is already available for iPhone 4 and a new iPad will be presented early next year, Apple is preparing iOS 4.2 to support a full content creation suite a la iLife by adding Core Midi support. The iPad is a great content consumption device, the next iPad focus will be social interaction (FaceTime… →
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The OS X “Mac App Store” and Apple’s Plans for World Domination
Yesterday’s announcement that Apple will open an OS X “App Store” in 90 days is a total game changer. Consumers will be the obvious winners. App developers also stand to benefit, despite Apple’s hefty 30% cut of revenue. What looks like another smart move by Apple to leverage its dominance in the smart device, mobile… →
iOS 4 adoption rate: how many iPhones are running iOS 4 vs OS 3? Numbers and percentages exposed!
On July 22nd Chitika advertising network published a report revealing that Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 4, was already accounting for 50% of all iPhone web traffic only one month after being officially released. But what’s the status today?
Top 10 Most Popular iPhone Word Games
According to 148Apps, “the word game genre suffers from a deluge of clones, and like all of the App Store, finding the best apps can be hard”. That’s why they built a top 6 at the end of last year to recommend the best apps that existed back then. That’s why when we decided to… →
iPhone & iPad Apps on Apple TV? Dreaming of a less conservative Jobs
Steve Jobs is doing that all over again. He’s releasing a new cool product without unleashing its full potential, in a proven strategy of adding obviously missing features to a product with a follow up update — if the product sells well enough. He did it with the iPhone, the iPod Touch and the iPad… →
WebGL talk at Ruby|Web conference
We had an awesome Ruby|Web conference at Snowbird ski resort outside Salt Lake City last week. I was able to share some of my thoughts on WebGL and also connect it with ruby event machine. I have slides available and I also replicated the content on my github account. I know now that the websockets… →
iPod Touch 4th Generation, iPad revision and new mysterious iDevice coming in autumn
A lot and a little at the same time is known about the next generation iPod Touch. Rumors are everywhere already, but we really don’t know for sure any of its specs. The new iTouch will likely rely on the A4 CPU, feature a camera and a front-facing camera, gyroscope and a higher resolution display…. →
How to install QuickTime Player 7 on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard without the DVD
If you found this post, you need some feature that used to be available in QuickTime Player 7 PRO and you can’t find it anymore on your hard disk after a clean install of Snow Leopard. That’s because Apple decided QuicktTime Player X didn’t need all the extra features… Too bad that means you can’t… →
Copy of an NSObject subclass
NSObject class does not support copying so it has to be implemented in its subclass. If a class MyClass is an NSObject subclass, it needs to implement NSCopying protocol and its copyWithZone method in order for its instance to be copied. The MyClass variables are defined below…
Android iPad knockoffs… pass
We have a tablet running android that we use for testing software development. While it is an interesting device, I expected it to be easier to use. This tablet is labeled “iRobot”, a name I thought was reserved for vacuums. The tablet is not very responsive but I expected that. The battery doesn’t last as… →
Press Release: Popular Prayer App Update Adds New Features and iPad Support
The Ministry of Divine Office, a non-profit group that offers the “Liturgy of the Hours” collection of Roman Catholic prayers online and via the iPhone and iPod Touch, in partnership with Surgeworks, Inc. has released the latest version of its “Prayer” app with two new features and iPad compatibility. Prayer is available on the App… →
How to video: Jailbreak & Unlock your iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G running iOS 4 and 4.0.1 in 10 minutes or less
A hacker who uses the handle “comex,” a member of the iPhone Dev Team, released the new jailbreak system through a website, jailbreakme.com. Users can visit the site from their iPhone browser to execute the jailbreaking process: no connection to a Mac or a PC is required, everything happens in a few minutes and he… →
Would you like to beta test our next iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch game?
Are you an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch user? Would like to play an active role in iPhone games and app creation? Are you a passionate, U.S. based “iUser” that purchases a few apps from the App Store every month? Surgeworks is in the final stages of development of a new exciting word game named… →
Jailbreak & Unlock your iPhone: now legal in the US
On July 26 the US government announced new rules that make it officially legal for iPhone owners to “jailbreak” their device and run unauthorized third-party applications. Unlocking a smartphone for use on a different carrier then you got it with has been legal in the US (thanks to a DCMA exception) as well as in… →
iTunes and Xcode 3.2.3 do not recognize iPhone on Mac OS X 10.6
Before wasting too much time messing with cables and blaming USB ports (like I did), check on Apple’s Software Update if the iPhone SDK Compatibility Update 1.0 is there for you to install. The solution to your problem is just a handful of kilobytes and one restart away :)