Browse tag: programming

Browse tag: programming

Apple's Schiller talks App Store, approval process
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller discusses the App Store, its controversy-laden approval process, and what it's doing to improve matters.
Service lets users build own iPhone, RIM, Windows apps
The BuildAnApp online service helps novices create mobile applications for several platforms and submits them to the iPhone App Store.
Runtime Revolution 4.0 offers new Web-authoring option
The latest version of this cross-platform software-creation environment allows developers to deploy apps directly to the Web.
id Software's John Carmack talks iPhone games, Doom
Few names are bigger gaming than John Carmack's. The co-founder of id Software talks to Macworld's Chris Holt about making games for the iPhone and what it took to bring Doom to Apple's mobile platform.
Apple marginally improves App Store approval process
Apple's now giving developers brief status updates on the approval process of their app submissions, but is it too little too late?
Google releases Android 2.0 SDK, spills on features
Google has rolled out support in its SDK for Android 2.0, the latest version of its mobile operating system.
Mac port of ZFS discontinued
The Apple-backed project to port Sun's ZFS filesystem to the Mac has been discontinued, leaving speculation about where OS X will go next.
Apple announces iPhone Tech Talk World Tour 2009
Apple’s iPhone Tech Talk World Tour is scheduled to run from October 29 to December 15 this year and will take place in nine cities across the world.
Developer sells off iPhone apps, gets out of App Store business
New indie outfit BitBQ has purchased iPhone apps FitnessTrack and Emergency Information from developer Second Gear, which is getting out of the iPhone app business.
Appswell's looking for a few good app ideas
With the newly launched Appswell app, users can submit their own ideas for iPhone apps and vote on the ones they like. The developer will pick a winner based on user votes and build the app, with the person who suggested the idea getting $1,000 plus a 10 percent share of the profits.
TapLynx framework helps build iPhone apps without code
A new iPhone framework lets anyone build content-based apps without writing a lick of code.
Name-squatters targeting the App Store
The App Store is becoming a target for name-squatters, thanks to a policy that lets developers register a name without uploading an actual application.
AIR 2.0 will flow to Flip cams, local apps
Adobe has unveiled an update to its AIR runtime environment, due in beta later this year, that gives it greater access to local desktop resources.
Palm to open developer doors to webOS in December
Smartphone maker Palm has soft-launched a program to sell independently developed webOS applications.
Adobe developed iPhone tool without Apple's help
Adobe said it developed its tools that allow Flash developers to create native iPhone apps without help from Apple.
The Macalope Weekly: Who’s the boss?
When it comes to Apple, the Macalope suggests you take two tablet rumors, garnish with a celebrity App Store dust-up, and call him in the morning.
Quicksilver lives again on Snow Leopard
Open-source utility Quicksilver is a jack of all trades; a recent update finally brings it into accord with Snow Leopard.
C4 notes: Developers cool towards iPhone projects
iPhone development seemed to take a back seat to Mac development at this year's annual C4 conference as developers found themselves frustrated with the platform.
Tweetie pricing fuss highlights App Store flaw
A fuss has erupted over the lack of upgrade pricing for the forthcoming Tweetie 2 for iPhone. But to all who are pointing their fingers at the developer, you might want to take stock of the facts first.
Mac News Briefs: PDFpen has new OCR engine
PDFpen 4.5 uses version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine, which should improve accuracy in the PDF editing program. Also updated on Tuesday were Typinator, RealBasic and Real Studio, VideoFlash Converter, and Djay.
GameSalad engine launchs membership plan, iPhone games
Gendai Games announced the launch of GameSalad’s Early Access Program, granting its members the ability to create and publish games to the App Store.
Google releases SDK for latest Android version
Developers can now start working with the next version of Google's mobile operating system Android, which is expected to be available on phones in October.
Novell tool opens iPhone to .Net developers
Novell is releasing a tool that makes it easy for developers to build iPhone applications using .Net.
Smartphones: A Tower of Babel for developers
ould-be mobile developers face a Tower of Babel environment, making it tough to figure out how -- indeed, whether -- to take the plunge into creating apps for the small but enticing mobile market, says Infoworld's Paul Krill.
Apple releases Java update for Leopard
Apple has released a Java update for Mac OS X Leopard that patches a number of security vulnerabilities in the cross-platform technology.
TextWrangler 3.0 overhauls FTP support, improves search
The latest update to Bare Bones Software's free text editor, TextWrangler 3.0, significantly reworks FTP support and improves its search capabilities.
Unity game engine for iPhone offers 3x performance boost
The Unity game engine for the iPhone provides up to a 3x performance improvement and a host of other changes in its new 1.5 release.
Palm opens up third-party webOS apps beta program
Palm has opened up its App Catalog beta e-commerce program to third-party developers interested in submitting their applications for the Palm Pre.
Mac News Briefs: CrumplePop releases ShrinkRay for Final Cut
ShrinkRay -- offered for free for the next week -- uses tilt-shift photographic techniques to make large scenes appear tiny. Also, ProVue released Track Magic Pro, an OS X-based analysis tool for Ruby on Rails applications, while SmileOnMyMac updated PDFpen.
Developers hack out new apps at iPhoneDevCamp
Nearly 600 people descended upon Sunnyvale, Calif., this past weekend for a collaborative iPhone-developer conference that complements WWDC for some and replaces it for others.