Avatron retires Air Dictate tool for remote Siri dictation
Avatron is a company well known for their iOS and Mac utilities. We are particularly fond of their Air Sharing apps and Air Display, among others. They have a reputation for building solid, reliable products. I could sense the dismay in CEO Dave Howel...
iOS and Mac developer conferences to check out in 2012
CES and Macworld are hogging the event spotlight right now, but what about events for developers? Last year's WWDC sold out quick, and this year's probably will too, so you may want to plan on alternate conference and training opportunities in 2012. Here's a list.
Google launches style guide for Android developers
LAS VEGAS—Matias Duarte is a man who loves a challenge.
It’s part of why he took his current job at Google, leading the Android operating system team as head of user experience. In a nutshell,...
App developers skirt Apple’s 100-device testing limit
The Wall Street Journal reports that some big iOS developers are having a real issue with Apple's limit on testing devices. According to the App Store rules, developers are restricted to 100 devices for testing via ad-hoc distribution. That may so...
LiveCode launches Game Academy
Starting today, if you want to be a mobile developer, you have a prime opportunity to make it happen. RunRev, makers of LiveCode, are offering Game Academy, an online course in game development. Here's how it works: Over the course of seven weeks ...
Develop Apps For Mobile And Desktop Platforms With LiveCode 5 [Review]
There are many other development tools available besides the free copy of Xcode that comes with every Mac. LiveCode 5 (starts at $99; $49 for upgrades), a development tool running on Mac OS X and other operating systems, from RunRev gets it inspiration...Dev Juice: Stanford updates courses to iOS 5
Stanford's extremely popular series of iPad and iPhone development classes have been updated to iOS 5. Join instructor Paul Hegarty for a series of 9 lectures (to date) that cover basic iOS application design.
Topics in this iTunes U series include...
MacTech 2011 pulls in huge attendance, videos available now
MacTech Conference 2011 was held this week in Los Angeles, California, and since last year, this conference has definitely grown. There were almost twice as many people as last year's event, says MacTech publisher Neil Ticktin, reaching a total of...
App beta testing gets better with new TestFlight SDK
Developers looking to beta test their iOS apps have a number of options for finding and communicating with beta testers, but few are as slick and easy to use as TestFlight. Now, it's even better, thanks to a new SDK which made its official debut Monday.
Screentaker creates iOS app action shots in seconds
If you're creating an app or promoting one for a friend or client, nothing quite makes the software pop like showing off screens on actual iOS devices. A new Mac App Store title lets you create pro-level iPhone and iPad mockups in a matter of seconds.
Dorsey dangles the Apple carrot for Twitter devs
How do you make amends with a development community after taking away some of their tools and rendering at least a few of their products unusable? Try offering them the keys to a much bigger kingdom, for starters: namely, the sizeable pool of iOS device owners.
Spotify opens doors to iOS devs with new API
Subscription streaming music service Spotify launched an API on Wednesday that allows third-party iOS developers to integrate Spotify into their apps. Called libspotify, the new resource should allow for some fairly innovative uses of Spotify services, like game and AR integration.
