Apple Releases iOS 6.1.1 Beta To Developers

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Apple today released iOS 6.1.1 beta to developers. The timing is curious with the evasi0n jailbreak seeing widespread acceptance since it's release on Monday. When you couple this with an update to a support article warning users against jailbreaking, one has to wonder if this update will do little … [Read more...]

Apple Makes WWDC 2012 Videos Available For Free To Developers

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Apple today posted videos for all their WWDC 2012 sessions, the very same sessions that just ended last week. If you missed out on the festivities, with tickets selling out  in a record time of 2 hours, then you are in luck. iOS and Mac OS X developers can access them all in the developers portal. … [Read more...]

Apple Sets June 11th Date for Worldwide Developers Conference

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Apple today announced that their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place on June 11th through June 15th. All eyes will be on the Moscone West in San Francisco for news surrounding iOS and Mac OS X. Will we see a preview of iOS 6? Tickets are on sale now at developer.apple.com/wwdc. … [Read more...]

Apple Now Requires iOS Developers Upload Retina Display Screenshots

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Apple has reached out to iOS developers and requested that all new app uploads include retina display screenshots. The Next Web theorizes that Apple might be preparing for the end of the iPhone 3GS. … [Read more...]

Prepo Makes Life A Little Easier for iOS Developers

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Developers love to create apps, but there are some requirements to the app development process which can be a little tedious. In order to submit your app to the App Store, you need to create a number of icons in various sizes. Thanks to a new app called Prepo (Mac App Store link), available for free … [Read more...]

Apple Provides Developers With iTunes Match Update

iTunes Match Update

Earlier tonight, Apple sent an email to developers informing them that all current iTunes match libraries in iCloud will be deleted on October 27th. There is still no release date for the general public, but this move is said to "continue to improve the overall quality and reliability of iTunes … [Read more...]

Apple Releases iOS 5 beta 6

iOS 5 beta 6

Apple today has released iOS 5 beta 6 to developers, which is available either OTA or via the Apple Developer Portal. The update contains bug fixes and improvements, weighing in at 144MB. This is yet another step towards the consumer release of iOS 5, which was promised by the fall. By all accounts, … [Read more...]

Adobe Comments on the Change In Apple’s Dev Agreement

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Adobe has made a blog post commenting on the change to the App Store developers agreement, which allows the use of other languages and programming languages. While happy that apps compiled from Flash Professional CS5 will now work, they offer the reminder that Flash content is still not directly … [Read more...]

iPad Interest High In Developers

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According to analyst group Flurry, there are more new projects being developed for the iPad than there are for Android and Blackberry combined. Flurry keeps track of new projects being started across a number of different OSs. Comparing the metrics for 2009 vs. the last two months, it's clear that … [Read more...]

Developers Can Track App Store Approval Process

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Apple now offers the capability for developers to track the status of their applications as they make their way through the App Store approval process. This is certainly a welcome change for developers. The process consists of 3 stages: Waiting For Review, In Review and Ready for Sale. Of … [Read more...]