Apr. 27, 2009
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News Coverage
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O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhoneDevelopers Create Unofficial Find My iPhone API
The iPhone is correctly credited with bringing location services to the consumer. It started at launch with Google Maps. It kicked into hyper-drive with the launch of the App Store (there are now over 2800 location-enabled apps - via Skyhook). Howeve
Posted: Jul. 16, 2009 12:10 PM
News Providers are Embracing the iPhone
To mark another iPhone milestone (1.5 billion app downloads in a year), I checked our iTunes app store data warehouse. I was expecting the Books category to continue to register the fastest-growth but was instead greeted by an explosion in News (and
Posted: Jul. 16, 2009 12:09 PM
Apple has secretly released a Tablet Computer: It's called iPod touch
It seems that Apple is poised to launch its Tablet Computing entry later this year for a (rumored) price ranging between $500-800; wedging it from a pricing relativity perspective at about a grand less than a MacBook Air with solid state memory. Bu
Posted: Jul. 15, 2009 12:12 PM
O'Reilly Books Example updated: Show a different image for each book
I got some great feedback on my first screencast - thank you! A few of you asked: how can you show a different view for each of the rows in the table view, instead of just showing the same view for each row? I can think of a couple of ways to do this
Posted: Jul. 14, 2009 11:41 AM
Embarrassment of Riches: Managing a Mountain of iPhone Apps - Josh Clark Shares His Tips for Organizing Your iPhone
Guest blogger Josh Clark, the author of Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders, offers his tips for managing a mountain of iPhone apps. "A healthy collection of iPhone apps calls for an equally healthy hygiene regimen for your i
Posted: Jul. 8, 2009 04:40 PM
Keep Your iPhone Shipshape - New Book Excerpts Teach You How to Set Up, Maintain, and Troubleshoot Your iPhone
If you're considering purchasing an iPhone, planning on developing applications for one, or if you prefer troubleshooting and maintaining your iPhone (rather than taking it to the Apple Store for a tuneup), you'll want to check out the new book excer
Posted: Jul. 8, 2009 03:40 PM
Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia - How to Cram the Wikipedia onto an 8GB iPhone
Think about Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general survey of human knowledge we have at the moment. Now imagine squeezing it down to fit comfortably on an 8GB iPhone. Sound daunting? Well, that's just what Patrick Collison's iPhon
Posted: Jul. 2, 2009 04:10 AM
Take Your iPhone to the Next Level--Best iPhone Apps Is Here - The essential guide for discriminating downloaders
Josh Clark, author of O'Reilly's Best iPhone Apps: The Essential Guide for Discriminating Downloaders says he waited three decades until the iPhone finally arrived in 2007. "Apple's fabulous device is the only thing that's ever resembled my childhood
Posted: Jun. 30, 2009 03:44 PM
Tab bars and Navigation bars together
The TableView is a common way to display data on an iPhone. Combining a tab bar with a table view and navigation bar isn't very difficult, but it took me forever to figure out how to do it properly. In my screencast, learn how to avoid common beginn
Posted: Jun. 25, 2009 06:47 PM
Apple, the Boomer Tablet and the Matrix
I have written here, here and here about Apple’s inevitable assault on the Tablet market. What I hadn’t factored until recently is how symbiotic such a device would be for Baby Boomers. Why Baby Boomers? Well, for the same two reasons tha
Posted: Jun. 25, 2009 06:46 PM
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