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Apple to Devs: ‘Start Developing iPad Apps Today’

With Apple’s confirmation that iPhone SDK 3.2 is now available for those enrolled in its iPhone Developer Program, the company encourages these code-savvy individuals to waste no time, and download the new tools right away. Available free of charge (as usual), SDK 3.2 also contains the iPad simulator, which all...

28 January 2010
08:55 GMT

Updated iPhone Developer Agreement Mentions New iPhone OS

According to those enrolled with Apple for the iPhone Developer Program, an unintended update to the License Agreement was released following Tuesday’s outage with a placeholder referencing a Jan. 27 launch. The altered agreement suggests an updated iPhone OS will be presented around Apple's tablet unveili...

27 January 2010
08:23 GMT

Survey Shows Devs Have High Interest in Apple’s Tablet

Appcelerator has disclosed findings gathered from a poll of application developers about their plans to build software for the impending Apple tablet computer. Some 554 developers offered their point of view on the matter and revealed their plans, interests and preferences surrounding the device, Appcelerator says.Ap...

26 January 2010
10:47 GMT

VLC for Mac Now Has Zero Developers

Over at the VideoLan forum, a post titled “VLC is looking for MacOS X developers” reveals that there are currently “zero” developers handling the Mac version of the popular media player. “As an immediate consequence, the 64-bits releases for MacOS has already been put on hold,” Vid...

12 January 2010
05:51 GMT

Apple Reminds iPhone Devs to Use Keywords

Via its iPhone Dev Center section dedicated to News and Announcements for iPhone Developers, Apple has issued a reminder regarding the use of keywords when submitting an app. According to the Mac maker, Apps that do not have keywords assigned to them are only searchable by title, making it more difficult for the app ...

9 January 2010
05:40 GMT

Apple Encourages iPhone Devs to Push iTunes Links to Customers

Using the News and Announcements section for iPhone devs, Apple has confirmed that developers can provide users of an application with an easy way to access other apps directly from their website or marketing campaigns. Devs can create an iTunes link and have customers check out a single app, or their portfolio&rsquo...

7 January 2010
08:26 GMT

New App Status Indicators for iPhone Devs

Apple has announced, via its iPhone Developer Connection, the addition of new App Status Indicators to help track binaries submitted in iTunes Connect. A developer-centered service, iTunes Connect provides access to tools and resources for the distribution of iPhone and iPod touch applications through the iTunes App ...

5 January 2010
09:13 GMT

Apple Devs Already Handed SDK for Tablet Application Demos (Rumor)

Reportedly scheduled for January 27, a major Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco will witness the introduction of Apple’s long-rumored tablet computer, tipsters say. More recently, according to these people, select programmers have already been equipped with the appropriate devel...

5 January 2010
08:22 GMT

iTunes Connect Adds New App Search Capability

Using the iPhone Dev Center’s section for developer News and Announcements, Apple has confirmed the availability of a new feature in iTunes Connect – application search. The function lists the last ten modified apps and provides information like name, Apple ID and status. The search function also lets dev...

22 December 2009
03:35 GMT

WWDC 2010 Kicks Off on Monday, June 28th (Rumor)

A quick glance over the Moscone Center's summer schedule shows that, between June 28th and July 2nd, Apple is likely to host its Worldwide Developers Conference, an event that attracts la creme de la creme of developers worldwide, as well as all major tech publications and papers. The people at 9to5Mac point out...

21 December 2009
08:02 GMT

Development on VLC for Mac Suspended

VideoLAN is sad to announce that all work on the Mac OS X version of VLC may come to a halt. The open source media playback application is most notable for bridging the gap between official playback solutions developed by Apple and Microsoft, delivering support for a wide range of file formats. The software is being ...

17 December 2009
06:55 GMT

iTunes Connect Gets Additional Language Support

Soon after announcing that iPhone developer news had become available via RSS, Apple issued a new announcement saying that additional language support had been added to iTunes Connect, the service providing access to tools and resources for the distribution of iPhone and iPod touch applications through the App Store....

11 December 2009
03:19 GMT

Developers, Review the App Store Submission Tips

Although most iPhone developers already know pretty much everything they must and mustn’t do when they decide to write an app and submit it to Apple for approval, there’s a place where they can review all aspects regarding the process, detailed by the Mac maker itself. “If your application requires...

10 December 2009
06:19 GMT

Apple Launches News Center (RSS Feed) for iPhone Devs

Apple has informed registered iPhone developers that a new iPhone developer RSS feed is available for them. Located here, the feed contains news and announcements, as well as rapid access to vital documentation, for the entire iPhone developer community. “iPhone Developer News and Announcements Now Available v...

9 December 2009
06:32 GMT

Developer Notices New Changes with the App Store

“Looks like sort by release date in App Store only sorts by original release date now, not update date,” a Twitter update from the developer of PCalc, a scientific calculator for iPhone and iPod touch, reads. “Say hello to page 342 of Utilities...,” his tweet adds. On the desktop side, PCalc ...

3 December 2009
08:15 GMT

Download Google Chrome 4.0.249.22 for Mac OS X

Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, has revealed in a blog post that the Chrome dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.22 for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. Changes have been listed for all platforms, including platform-specific fixes and tweaks. The update comes as Chrome approaches its first official Be...

3 December 2009
03:38 GMT

iPhone App Reviewed, Approved by Steve Jobs Himself

This is the second time in less than a week that a developer reaches out to Steve Jobs himself over a rejected iPhone application. However, unlike the developer of the ‘limited’ Kaching app, Pointy Heads Software has already seen its API-infringing app approved after Apple’s CEO gave it a closer loo...

2 December 2009
05:07 GMT

Craigslist Cuts Off All Access to Yahoo Pipes

The web seems to be converging on several companies, like Facebook and Google, which are becoming more powerful and increasingly unrivaled. Yet, even these companies can't afford to close off everyone else and have a very healthy ecosystem of companies and services developed around them. Still, there a...

2 December 2009
04:10 GMT

iFart Developer Makes Funny Video, Appeals to Steve Jobs Over App Rejection

The developer of one of the best known iPhone applications to ever hit the App Store (iFart) and other seemingly useless apps has created yet another simple iPhone application, called Kaching. Unfortunately for Joel Comm, his app has been rejected for boasting little to no user functionality, according to Apple....

26 November 2009
03:47 GMT

Apple Improves App Store Admission / Rejection Process

Reports say that Apple has added more transparency to the process of reviewing, approving and / or rejecting iPhone applications, by providing developers with a status application. Using the tool, developers will be able to track the progress of their application, see whether it’s waiting to be reviewed, or rea...

12 November 2009
10:03 GMT

Download Google Chrome 4.0.237.0 for Mac OS X

The Google Chrome Dev Channel has been updated to version 4.0.237.0 for all platforms, according to Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, who writes on the related blog. According to the post, this release is focused on feature polish, as well as on improvements to the stability of the browser and exte...

9 November 2009
03:43 GMT

Download New Google Chrome 4.0.229.1 for Mac OS X

The Chrome Dev Channel has been updated with a new version of Chrome for Mac OS X. Orit Mazor, Google Chrome technical program manager, reveals that version 4.0.229.1 is Mac OS X-only and includes a number of UI improvements. Although labeled as a Mac-specific release, the blog update does mention a couple of all-pl...

5 November 2009
06:45 GMT

Apple Posts Xcode 3.2.1 Developer Tools Download

Members of Apple’s Developer Connection were greeted with an Xcode 3.2.1 Developer Tools Download this week, an update that delivers bug fixes in gdb, Interface Builder, Instruments, llvm-gcc and Clang optimizer, and Shark. Xcode is a suite of development tools for Mac OS X, created by Apple. The latest major v...

2 November 2009
05:27 GMT

Tap-Fu Developer on App Store Piracy

Neptune Interactive, the developer of Tap-Fu, has posted its own extensive analysis of the phenomenon known as “App Store piracy,” a subject that has been touched by many lately. Talking from a developer’s perspective, Neptune tries to paint a picture of just how incapable developers are of turning ...

26 October 2009
07:23 GMT

Developers Seeded Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C531

A Brazilian website has posted what appears to be the seed notes for Apple’s latest Snow Leopard developer build. Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C531 fixes the one outstanding issue related to Image Capture mentioned in the previous build (10C527f), as well as half a dozen other problems related to ColorSync, Dock cra...

22 October 2009
03:04 GMT

Apple Invites Devs to iPhone Tech Talk World Tour

Apple has sent out an email to select iPhone developers attaching an invitation to the company’s iPhone development roadshow. The Mac maker promises that its tech gurus will stop by in locations like San Jose, Seattle, New York, Toronto in North America, London, Paris and Hamburg in Europe and Beijing and Tokyo...

20 October 2009
04:24 GMT

iPhone SDK 3.1.2 Available for Download

Alongside the release of iPhone OS 3.1.2 yesterday, iPhone SDK 3.1.2 was also made available for free download via Apple’s Downloads section. For developers, instruments can now profile their application on a device via the WiFi connection, while the iPhone Development grouping now collects crash logs, install ...

9 October 2009
02:44 GMT

iPhone Developers Offered the Chance to Boost App Downloads

A mobile advertising platform recently launched by Mojiva Inc - mOcean Mobile - has recently announced a free mobile ad serving platform for iPhone developers, which aims to be the first and only tool to enable developers to monetize their apps by selling and managing their own mobile ad space. Implicitly, mOcean for...

7 October 2009
10:00 GMT

New iPhone SDK Available from Earthmine

A street-level, 3D mapping company called earthmine has announced its own iPhone SDK, aimed at integrating street-level, 3D data into iPhone applications. The company also introduced the earthmine Server, the second addition to earthmine’s suite, a tool that enables organizations to host and manage the earthmin...

6 October 2009
09:16 GMT

Download Google Chrome 4.0.212.1 for Mac OS X

The Google Chrome Dev Channel has been updated with new developer builds of the company’s web browser, Chrome. Versions 4.0.212.1 for Macintosh and 4.0.213.1 for Windows and Linux deliver mostly fixes, with a few under-the-hood enhancements here and there. Available for all platforms, the latest version of Goo...

25 September 2009
08:17 GMT

iPhone Developer Runs Entirely on ‘Free’ Google Services

A fresh development company going by the name SideHobby, LLC has issued a report confirming it was able to build both its new iPhone game and the company using only the "free" tools and development platforms provided by Google. SideHobby is responsible for a game called gpsAssassins. The title is free to download thr...

21 September 2009
05:09 GMT

Download New Google Chrome 4.0.211.2 for Mac OS X

When it is not busy talking to the FCC, Google also works on its Chrome web browser, which has been updated again, for developers. The Mountain View-based search giant has issued a dev channel update for all supported platforms. Mac-specific tweaks and enhancements are also listed. You can learn more about these chan...

19 September 2009
05:47 GMT

Apple Launches App Store Resource Center

Reports are coming in saying that Apple has decided to provide more support for iPhone developers through the introduction of an App Store Resource Center. In an e-mail sent to registered iPhone developers, Apple confirms that the new site (within the iPhone Dev Center) will be dedicated to assisting devs in various ...

19 September 2009
04:50 GMT

Download iPhone SDK 3.1

Registered iPhone developers can now download the latest version of the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK), 3.1. The release includes the Xcode IDE, iPhone simulator, and a collection of additional tools for developing applications for iPhone and iPod touch.“The iPhone Dev Center provides access to technical...

10 September 2009
12:07 GMT

mPortal Helps Develop Converged Services for Comcast iPhone App

The company enabling mobile user experiences going by the name of mPortal, Inc. has announced in a report that it assisted Comcast in developing Comcast mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch. Reportedly, mPortal was a key part of the end-to-end application development, as the company worked closely with Comcast. User...

2 September 2009
16:51 GMT

Unity 1.5 for iPhone Available - Download Here

Unity Technologies has released Unity 1.5 for iPhone. The update delivers an array of new features allowing developers to optimize their programs for “the hottest handheld gaming platform.” Unity Technologies is the provider of a development platform that enables console-quality games for the Web, the iP...

26 August 2009
07:02 GMT

NimbleKit SDK 1.5.1 Available for iPhone Devs

VolnaTech has released NimbleKit SDK 1.5.1, an update to its software development kit (SDK) for iPhone developers. NimbleKit allows quicker development using just HTML and Javascript. Sample code is also available, while the software is well documented. “NimbleKit is the fastest way to create applications for ...

17 August 2009
08:28 GMT

iPhone Devs Get Queue Times and Priority Emails

A report reveals that Apple has recently added a queue that gives developers with pending app submissions an estimated time frame for when they can expect their app to be approved and listed in iTunes. Moreover, the report says, Apple has also provided new communication means for developers with urgent issues, such a...

3 August 2009
05:59 GMT

Tony Hawk: Ride Will Get a Sequel, Says Developer

Skateboarding games have been around for quite some time, largely due to the involvement of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, who lent his name and likeness to a video game franchise and really took the world by storm. Now the series is trying once again to reinvent itself, through the release of Tony Hawk: Ride, whic...

23 July 2009
02:18 GMT

The 'Casual' Label Shouldn't Be Used in Gaming, Argues Developer

The gaming industry is a large domain that spans many genres and areas. But one criteria that is now present in almost every domain is the classification of games in either casual or hardcore. This is largely due to the flood of Wii-oriented titles that bring experiences that are much simpler, for people who aren...

20 July 2009
02:27 GMT

WWDC '09 Session Videos Available for Download

Apple has announced the availability of session videos from the Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 edition. Interested parties can purchase WWDC '09 session videos and watch Apple engineers deliver in-depth technical information about the technologies that power iPhone OS and Mac OS X, Apple says. The steps r...

17 July 2009
06:48 GMT

Primera Posts SDK for Mac OS X Leopard

Primera Technology, Inc., a company touting itself as the world’s leading manufacturer of CD / DVD and Blu-ray Disc Publishers, has announced its PTBurn Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) for Mac. Called PTBurn for Mac, the SDK is available at no charge to integrators via the company's support section, w...

15 July 2009
09:18 GMT

Snow Leopard Build 10A411 Comes in Different Sizes for Different Devs

Earlier today, Softpedia reported that Apple had seeded developers with new test builds of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.1 software. On the Mac front, Apple offered up a certain “Build 10A411,” which, reportedly, weighs in at close to 750 MB, but also comes in the form of a 730 MB update for some ...

15 July 2009
06:23 GMT

Download iPhone OS 3.1, SDK 3.1 Beta 2

Alongside the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Build 10A411, Apple has reportedly seeded its iPhone developers with new betas of the iPhone OS 3.1 software, as well as the iPhone SDK for OS 3.1 Beta. “With over 1,000 new APIs, iPhone SDK 3.0 provides developers with a range of new possibilities to enhance the function...

15 July 2009
03:47 GMT

Mac OS X 10.6 Build 10A411 Seeded to Developers

Apple has seeded its developer community with a new build of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), handing the 750 MB beta software via the Mac OS X built-in Software Update mechanism. Reportedly, the fresh seed comes just five days after the release of Build 10A402, the most recent Snow Leopard beta build. AppleInsider rep...

15 July 2009
02:59 GMT

Download Silverlight 3.0 for Mac OS X

Microsoft has announced the release of Silverlight 3 for Mac OS X, along with a new version of its Expression design tool. Silverlight 3 is compatible only with Intel-based Macs, and offers better performance, GPU acceleration, desktop tools, and support for higher-quality audio and video. According to the company b...

13 July 2009
04:54 GMT

EachScape Launches Web-Based Drag&Drop Development Platform for iPhone

A company providing mobile application development tools going by the name of EachScape has announced a web-based development platform targeting companies that wish to create mobile applications for smartphones. While support will ultimately be expanded to Google’s Android and RIM platforms, EachScape’s d...

9 July 2009
10:03 GMT

WebObjects Not Coming with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server

Apple is dropping support for its Java-based web application server in Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server, with the release of the new OS in September, sources are telling AppleInsider. People familiar with Apple’s plans claim that WebObjects will disappear entirely in Snow Leopard Server, as Apple hasn’t menti...

8 July 2009
02:59 GMT

iPhone SDK 3.0-Snow Leopard Available - Download Here

Apple has released a new version of the iPhone SDK for developers, aiming to craft OS 3.0-compatible applications using Snow Leopard. According to the Cupertino-based company, iPhone SDK - Snow Leopard for iPhone OS 3.0 is a “developer preview of iPhone SDK for Snow Leopard” and provides support for devel...

18 June 2009
06:54 GMT

New Snow Leopard (10A380) Screens Posted

Following the WWDC '09 keynote address delivered by Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing, the existence of a new developer build of Snow Leopard was reported. The build, labeled 10A380, shows UI enhancements, on top of the newly announced features and changes. MacRumors now reports that Michael Flux...

12 June 2009
06:03 GMT


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