Tag Archives: iOS

A Possible Reason Siri Is Not In 3rd Party Apps♣
Friday, June 8 9:46 am - blog.teaapp.com

Samuel Iglesias: The second half of Siri integration, Semantics, is the tricky part: something that most iOS developers have never dealt with. Semantics will attempt to capture the various ways a user can ask for something, and, more importantly, the … Continue reading →

Pygmy Reviews #15: iOS Apps

Thursday, June 7 8:11 am

Minimalist Timer (Free) One Line Description: Very simple timer app with a big touch target. There are no shortage of timer applications in the iOS App Store, so picking one from the lot is a challenge. Minimalist Timer has it’s … Continue reading →

Death To Star Reviews

Tuesday, June 5 8:20 am

The idea of reviewing things with some sort of arbitrary number of something is not new. According to the Wall Street Journal the first movie to be rated on the star system was in 1928. This system has bled into … Continue reading →

What It’s Like To Develop For iOS♣
Monday, June 4 10:56 am - macworld.com

Lex Friedman on developing an iOS app: As with push notifications, the In-App Purchases process requires separate test and production servers on Apple’s end. On its own, that makes sense. But Apple requires that you sign out of your main … Continue reading →

Disable YouTube Redirect on iOS♣
Monday, June 4 8:46 am - hints.macworld.com

Mac OS X Tips: To stop iOS from launching the native YouTube app, and force it to use the superior YouTube mobile website, simply disable YouTube under Settings > General > Restrictions. This is awesome. I really despise the crappy … Continue reading →

Tweetbot Just Keeps Upping the Ante♣
Thursday, May 31 9:43 am - macstories.net

Federico Viticci on Tweebot 2.4: Tweetbot has been offering advanced mute filtering options for quite some time now. Version 2.4 now allows you to block specific keywords — not just users or clients — and there’s even support for regular … Continue reading →

Instacast’s Upgrade Makes Some Users Pay Twice♣
Friday, May 25 9:24 am - macgasm.net

Corey Tamus of Macgasm, in response to TUAW: TUAW goes on to explain that Apple doesn’t allow paid upgrades, but what irks us isn’t the question of whether developers should be paid for their hard work; it’s that users are … Continue reading →

Episode #52: Still Evolving

Monday, May 21 7:51 pm

One year anniversary! The first year is closed out with a slight change in format to a less structured style. The conversation starts with talk about app stores and their affects on the prices of updated apps. Developers are making … Continue reading →

Location Aware WiFi Settings♣
Monday, May 21 1:15 pm - macworld.com

Lex Friedman with an iOS 6 wish list: Some iPhone competitors offer a clever feature for conserving battery life: They use geolocation to figure out where you are, automatically enabling and disabling the Wi-Fi antenna when you’re away from a … Continue reading →

Smart Curation is the Next Software Trend♣
Monday, May 21 9:14 am - mashable.com

Emily Price on the Thirst app: The language processing is what helps Thirst really shine. The app, for instance, will be able to tell that a friend is talking about Apple the company, not the Red Delicious they had for … Continue reading →