iOS 
Apple Internationalization Effort: Preparing Your App [Part 2] – Softpedia
Apple offers promotional badges localized in numerous languages (example pictured above, second image down and to the left). These are used by Mac and iOS developers to promote their software on the web, placing links under them to take users … Continue reading
iOS app success is a lottery: 60% (or more) of developers don’t break even – Ars Technica
Apple encourages practically anyone to try their hand at iOS development. Just $99 per year gives you access to Apple’s developer program, the development tools are a free download, and numerous books line bookstore shelves (both physical and virtual …
Today in Tech: Apple’s iPhone Creams the Competition in Profitability – Minyanville
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Earlier this week, comScore (SCOR) reported that Google’s (GOOG) Android OS has 51% of the total smartphone market in the US, and Apple (AAPL) has 30.7% of the market. Though these numbers clash with numbers of activations …
Apple finally gives OpenStreetMaps credit for iPhoto map data (two months late) – Venturebeat.com
If you’re OpenStreetMaps, vitally. OpenStreetMaps (OSM), essentially a Wikipedia for geography, has caused quite a stir as of late over something seemingly quite innocuous: attribution in Apple’s iOS iPhoto app, which uses OSM data.
Apple now credits OpenStreetMap in iPhoto – Washington Post
Back in March, Apple shifted away from using Google Maps in its iPhoto for iOS map in favor of OpenStreetMap (OSM), the open-source mapping service that relies on the public for edits similarly to Wikipedia. At the time the OpenStreetMap … Continue reading
Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1 discovered, may not be released – mobiputing
When Apple released iOS 5.1 in March, it took almost no time at all for hackers to figure out how to jailbreak older iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad models running the new operating system. But at the time there was … Continue reading
Two months later, Apple acknowledges use of OpenStreetMap in iPhoto – Ars Technica
Apple has finally given a public nod to OpenStreetMap, almost two months after it began using OSM’s mapping data within iPhoto for iOS. The OpenStreetMap team tweeted about the change on Thursday evening, noting that the app, which was updated … Continue reading
Forget Everything Else, iOS 6 Needs iPad & iPhone Game Controllers – Gotta Be Mobile
Forget every iOS 6 feature I said I want from Apple at WWDC 2012, I want native support for game controllers. Case in point, the N.O.V.A. 3 trailer, shown below, which essentially brings Halo to the iPad. My first thought … Continue reading
Apple adds OpenStreetMap attribution to iPhoto for iOS – Apple Insider
An update to the iPhoto application for iOS has added proper attribution to the OpenStreetMap Foundation for mapping data included in the software. When iPhoto for iOS was released in March, the software lacked required attribution to the OpenStreetMap …
This is how Apple can improve text editing in iOS [Video] – 9TO5Mac
Editing text on an iOS device can often be cumbersome. Currently, it requires you to tap twice to select text, drag small blue cursors to highlight a portion, or try to tap in between letters to set the cursor. To … Continue reading
