Apples profit continues to grow
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by Richard Harris
According to Tradingplatforms.com, Apple has seen a remarkable profit of about $100 billion, 73% up from 2020 figures. The site’s financial analyst, Edith Reads, comments, "This is a testament to its innovation and technological advancements throughout this period. To attain these numbers, Apple has employed various strategies such as optimizing its product r...
SKAdNetwork and Private Relay quasi-VPN
Thursday, June 30, 2022 by Nathan Darst
During Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 and 2021, Apple came out with major updates to privacy that impacted mobile marketers for years to come in the iOS space. It’s no surprise everyone was waiting with bated breath to see where Apple would take us with WWDC 2022 announcements around iOS 16. While there were certainly going to be some...
NXP releases their HomeKit SDK for Apple IoT
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 by Richard Harris
NXP Semiconductors announced that its Apple HomeKit Software Development Kit (SDK) offers full support for home automation applications using HomeKit, delivering exceptional performance, advanced security, while supporting all connectivity options, including BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and remote access over iCloud.HomeKit is a framework in iOS that lets accessories connect s...
Tad Johnson Discusses JAMF Software's Focus on Apple Devices
Thursday, May 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
Tad Johnson, marketing campaign manager at JAMF Software, reached out to us to discuss why the company has focused solely on offering solutions for Apple devices and how that strategy has evolved.ADM: Who is JAMF Software and what does the company do?Johnson: Since 2002, JAMF Software has been solely focused on helping organizations succeed with Apple. In fact, we offer...
Corona Labs Acquired by Perk, Releases New OS X and tvOS Updates
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 by Richard Harris
Corona Labs has announced that it has been acquired by Perk, which provides an app monetization platform that offers virtual and real rewards to mobile and web consumers. Corona had previously been acquired by Fuse Labs in fall of 2014. Corona’s 2d app development platform provides the ability to publish games to a number of major platforms including iOS, Android, ...
Apple Announcement Goes As Predicted With iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, New Apple Watch, iOS 8 and Apple Pay
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 by Richard Harris
As most pundits predicted, there were no shocking developments with Apple’s news announcement as the company introduced two new iPhone 6 models, a new smart-watch, dates for the availability of iOS 8 and a new payment system, Apple Pay.We’ll have more coverage of each aspect of this announcement, however here we are providing exerpts from the Apple press announcements f...
Apple Releases iOS 8 Beta 3 Just now!
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Richard Harris
On the heels of a coming announcement from Apple regarding a new iPhone line-up and the official release of iOS 8, they just released Beta 3 into the wild. I've been using Beta 2 for a few weeks with some trouble, and it looks like the latest version of the OS will address many of the bugs we've all been experiencing. Bugs such as projects not building when u...
An Overview of Apple Cloud Kit Framework Recently Announced at WWDC 2014
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Cloud Kit allows developers to leverage iCloud and build apps with the new CloudKit framework. Developers can securely store and retrieve app data, like structured data, in a database or assets directly from iCloud. CloudKit also enables users to anonymously sign in to apps with their iCloud Apple IDs without sharing their personal information.With Cloud Kit, developers...
Apple’s WWDC Brings OS X Yosemite With New Swift for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch and Advances in App Extensions, SpriteKit, SceneKit, Safari, and iCloud
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 by Richard Harris
The announcement of OS X Yosemite brings the new Swift programming language for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch as well as advances in SpriteKit and SceneKit, Safari, iCloud, and more.Some of the highlights include:App ExtensionsWith App Extensions any app can add new functionality to OS X Yosemite, enabling access to app features from almost anywhere. Once a user installs an app...
iOS 8 to Offer App Developers More than 4,000 New APIS, Plus a Host of Other Goodies
Monday, June 2, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Its official, iOS 8 is on its way and the beta version of the operating system is now available for developers to play with. Announced at WWDC, iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, and the new programming language, Swift (available in Xcode 6), were all big news. This article concentrates on iOS 8, which will be available this fall as a free software update for users.iOS 8 lets develo...
Apple Posts iOS 7.1 Update
Monday, March 10, 2014 by Richard Harris
Apple has released iOS 7.1 to the public, which is the first major update to iOS 7 since its September release. The update (which is 269 mb) includes multiple visual enhancements, such as revamped shift and caps locks keys on the keyboard, refined icons for the Phone, FaceTime, and Messages apps, and a redesign for several aspects of the Phone dialer and shutdown screen...
Unity3D: For Beginners and Professionals
Friday, October 11, 2013 by Jeff Sasmor
More than likely you've already
heard of Unity3D; in fact, there's a
good chance you're already a user.
With more than 1.7 million registered
developers, Unity is on its
way to becoming as ubiquitous as
mobile phones. Users range from
hobbyists, students, and Indie
developers like me, all the way up
to big-name game studios and
companies doing simulation ...
Apple Officially Announces The iPhone 5C and 5S Take My Money!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
First we learned about the iTunes festival, wait - there was a festival for iTunes?Next month Apple will officially shop the 700 millionth iOS device!iOS7 is up first, lets talk about what's new and has changed.Soon, we’ll witness an event where virtually overnight people download iOS 7 and get a whole new experience with their device” - CraigSiri is better now, with fe...
Apple limits iWork for iCloud Public Beta Due to Demand
Monday, September 9, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
The recent release to the general public of iWork for iCloud Public Beta has either generated a lot of fans or a lot of complaints as Apple has begun limiting access to the service. The full version is expected to be released sometime this fall, probably with several iterations of beta prior to release. We’ll update you when we hear more....
iOS 7 Beta 6 Download Now Available From Apple Dev Center
Thursday, August 15, 2013 by Richard Harris
iOS 7 beta 6 has been released and is ready for downloading. At only 13 megs it's not a huge update, but Apple has let everyone be privy as to what has been changed for this release by with a complete change log, repeated below.
Notes and Known Issues
The following issues relate to using iOS SDK 7.0 to develop code.
Address Book
Notes
The classes in the Ad...
WWDC 2013 Keynote Highlights
Monday, June 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
Watching the first ever live stream of the WWDC hosted by Apple was a bit like Christmas! It was really almost like being there, and minus some short glitches of frozen video, and going in and out of HD / low res quality I loved sitting in the conference room here, watching the coverage from my office chair, and not being surrounded by thousands of others all tryi...
Apple races to improve iOS Maps
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by Richard Harris
A new report sheds more light on the behind-the-scenes personnel shakeup at Apple in the wake of criticism over the new Maps application that debuted in iOS 6.Since taking over iOS Maps, Apple's Eddy Cue has been "racing to turn around the troubled service," according to a a report published by Bloomberg on Wednesday. It also restated that Richard Williamson, ...
