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Creating an app
About this time last year I had an idea for an iOS app – one that allowed you to browse through the world of coffee. Of course, it isn’t groundbreaking...
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App Guide
Living Earth – World Clock and Weather
While the help menu for Living Earth HD proclaims that it’s not “a replacement for the Google Earth app,” the iPhone and iPad utility from developer...
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News
Apple terminates developer’s license for exposing iOS flaw
Charlie Miller, a security researcher, has had his developer licence terminated by Apple after revealing a flaw that could let rogue apps take control...
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News 3
iPhone 4S, iPad 2 get iOS 5 jailbreak
Two weeks after the release of the iPhone 4S, a member of the iPhone Dev-Team has discovered a ‘very preliminary’ jailbreak for iOS 5...
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News 3
Hate the new Facebook? Change it
If there is one thing Facebook users love to, it’s to complain about design changes on the social network. Over the years the site has undergone...
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App Guide
Lion Tweaks
As impressive as many of the features of Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) may be, the new OS is not without its flaws. And for some people, many of those flaws...
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1Password debuts Lion-only version
Toronto-based Agile Bits has released version 3.9 of 1Password, its popular identity management app for OS X. While the new release includes several...
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News
App developers donate to Japan relief
The multiple disasters afflicting Japan – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear – have created an outpouring of charity around the world. As...
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Create a killer app for iOS
People imagine that it’s pretty easy to create a bestselling app like Angry Birds. On the surface, Angry Birds looks childish. Describing it is...
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News
iPad multitasking gestures axed in iOS 4.3
Apple has released an updated beta build of iOS 4.3 that, while not containing much in terms of news-worthy features, includes a notice that previously-reported-on...
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Blogs
Why I’m sticking with the Mac
Three years ago, I had never even held a touchscreen computer. Today I carry one everywhere I go. Apple changed the mobile phone industry with the...
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Developing for the iPhone and Android: The pros and cons
Smartphones and their apps are the new way of the world, and developers are lured by their increasing popularity. But with two major platforms —...
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News
My Frame back in the picture (and in the App Store)
In a partial win for developers over the weekend, Groundhog Software’s My Frame has been accepted back into the App Store. You may remember that...
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Blogs
10 reasons to love developing for the App Store
Amidst recent controversy regarding Apple’s approach to what is and isn’t allowed in its tightly-guarded App Store, there are still thousands...
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News
Synotes for iPhone – what Apple’s Notes app should have looked like
I started using Synotes (App Store link) on my iPhone last week, after finding out that the Australian team behind it, Syncode, were all 16 years...
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Melbourne’s Firemint wins four Pocket Gamer Awards
Melbourne-based Firemint has been honoured with four awards from handheld gaming website Pocket Gamer at a ceremony held at the annual Game Developers...





