I recently posted a blog entry about upgrading your app, if you should support past versions of iOS or Android. So imagine my delight when I saw this post – Majority of Developers working on iOS7 Updates. A study shows that 52% of iOS developers plan on making their apps require iOS7 and drop support […]
Author: Michael Rowe
Security and will Monday see another iOS Beta?
Prior to the security issues on Apple’s site over a week ago, Apple had been on a bi-weekly cadence for iOS and OS X beta releases. Last Monday, (July 22nd) the developer portal was down while Apple rebuilt the site to address the security issues no iOS beta was reported to be released. With less […]
More Progress on Apple Site
Great news, last night the 2nd major round of site updates were deployed by Apple. As you can see the site now lets you get to the developer sites for iOS, Mac, and Safari, along with certificates, and software downloads. Here’s hoping that we are not far from Apple getting back on track for beta […]
Latest Update on Apple Site
Last night Apple sent a note to developers with an update on their site status. A new site has been created to let you know the system status of their efforts to recover from the recent site security breach. Bookmark this page so you know when to start testing iOS7 and xCode 5.
Apple Developer Portal Update
Last Thursday I got a password reset email on my iOS developer account, one that I didn’t request. Given that I didn’t request it, I filed it away for when I had time to call Apple and find out what was going on. Well yesterday I got an email from Apple indicating that someone had […]
Keeping your code new – a dilemma
I’ve written a post on this idea from the perspective of your users, should you upgrade your app to the latest level of an operating system. I’ve even talked about how you learn by keeping up with the latest releases of API’s and interfaces. But what about the down side? Traditionally large IT companies have […]
Evolving your Interface – A good thing?
While catching up on my reading the other day, I found this article over at Infoworld called – Mobile Apps Death Wish. You may call the title a little melodramatic, but it got me to think about my habit of like change and it’s impact on my users. The author of the piece goes on […]
It’s all a matter of public record
I recently had the chance to review a locally developed app called Public Record. This application provides search capabilities for legal documents and court records in the state of North Carolina. There are multiple applications that provide this capability, but I cannot compare the functionality as I have not tried them. As a supporter of […]
Podcasts and patents
A few weeks ago I stared hearing about a patent claim from the mid 1990’s that would change how we all create and consume patents. The podcast community is asking for help and support to invalidate this patent. If you can help out, please follow this link and help! Thanks.