For those who have never dove into building iOS apps, it can be quite a difficult experience when first starting out. Apple has strict rules about what apps can and can't do that can be easily broken. Luckily, Apple is pretty good about giving assistance to new developers.
To help new developers move onto the iOS platform, Apple has posted a stylish guide titled "Start Developing iOS Apps Today", introducing them to what it takes to build an iOS app...
Every college basketball fan's favorite time of the year is coming up, also known as March Madness. For those of you out of the loop, March Madness is the division I tournament for NCAA basketball, where college basketball's best teams duke it out to become the champion.
Like last year, there will be a March Madness app available to watch every game played. March Madness for iOS will be available March 7th, for only $3.99...
Chances are pretty good that you've heard about WinZip at some point in your life. The compression utility, which exists on both Windows and Mac OS, has been around since 1991. Wow.
Now it looks like you'll be able to use WinZip's software while on the go, as WinZip Computing has just released an [extremely limited] iOS version of its popular app...
Ever since the news broke that Path, a popular social network and iOS app, was uploading users' contact lists without asking for their permission, everyone has been waiting to see how Apple would respond.
After all, it is Apple's App Store team that is approving these apps that cull private user data without authorization. And today, the Cupertino company finally broke its week-long silence on the subject...
The recent Path scandal has once again put user privacy at the forefront of mobile news. The social network was caught secretly uploading entire address books from its users' cell phones without their authorization.
This has prompted further research into other App Store apps, and yes even jailbreak ones, to see how many other developers are guilty of these actions. And what folks are finding is, jailbreak apps actually leak much less private data than Apple-approved ones...
After being announced at MacWorld this year, Realmac Software and Impending have just released a new to-do app called 'Clear' on the iTunes App Store. The light-weight app helps you keep track of your life by keeping a simple list of notes.
Some use cases of Clear:
Looking for a significant other that enjoys Apple products as much as you do? Well there's a dating site for that. Aptly-named Cupidtino, it's the first (and only) dating service that matches up Apple fanboys and fangirls.
The site has been around for quite some time, but we figured with today being Valentine's Day, why not mention it? So if you're still looking for that special person, and prefer someone from within the Apple community, you might want to check this out...
Instagram has blown up as one of the most popular iOS apps on the App Store, allowing users to simply share moments in their life through photos.
Tonight, the Instagram app has been updated to version 2.1, which has added three new features...
Over the past two days, we have learned a great deal about the rumored iPad 3. We've learned the device is to sport a similar design to the iPad 2, while at the same time having a Retina display, larger battery, and possibility of a dual-core processor, rather than quad-core. We also learned today that the iPad 3 will most likely be announced the first week of March, and will ship shortly after.
The Next Web is out with a new report saying that Apple is pushing key developers to finishing apps. Apple is pushing these developers to finish, so they can show off their apps either at the iPad 3 announcement or in iPad 3 advertisements, says the report...
We all know developers are hard at work to create our favorite apps. With over 500,000 apps currently on the iTunes App Store alone, there is sure to be a ton of developers that need to create these apps, and make a living in doing so.
According to a new report released today from TechNet, the "App Economy" -- which includes both iOS and Android -- has sparked an impressive 466,000 new jobs in the last four years in the US alone. Obviously being the first to launch a market place for apps, Apple is the leader of this booming app industry...
As noted by MacRumors, Apple has notified its iOS developers that future app updates and submissions are now required to include screenshots that meet Retina resolution specifications.
The requirement applies to both iPhone and iPod touch developers, and it looks like Apple won't be approving apps that don't qualify...
An interesting thread sprouted up in TouchArcade's forums over the weekend entitled the "Biggest FRAUD in the Top 25 Free Ranking." The thread spotlights a recently discovered problem with some app developers using seedy marketing services to move their apps up in the App Store rankings.
Walterkaman, who started the thread, said, "I came across this ad network which guaranteed to get my app into the Top 25 in the App Store for $5000." The service uses bot farms to automatically download their clients' apps to drive up their rankings. And not only does this work, but it works well...