Free iPhone/iPad Application Development Course Courtesy of Stanford

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On November 15, 2011

There is some great news for anyone interested in learning iOS app development from instructors at Stanford University without actually being a student at the school. Stanford is now offering their course iOS 5 focused iPhone Application Development classes on iTunes U. Throughout this course students will develop several iPhone and iPad apps that help automate tasks in their […]

iOS still tops for developers, Fire is gaining interest

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On November 14, 2011

Recently maker of cross-platform development tools, Appcelerator, and IDC polled 2100 developers to see which platform they preferred. iOS came out on top with 91% saying they were interested in creating apps for the iPhone and 88% interested in iPad app development. The Android OS still trails both iDevices by eight and 20 points. One […]

The first OTA update for iOS5 is here – iOS 5.0.1

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On November 10, 2011

Apple released iOS 5.0.1 through iTunes and then over-the-air shortly after. This is the first public OTA update Apple has done. In the past the fact that you had to use a PC to update your wireless devices was a major gripe among iOS users. While Google has always used wireless updates to keep Android […]

$20k Mobile App Development Contest from Binpress

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On November 8, 2011

Binpress, a source-code discovery service and marketplace, is announcing a mobile development contest with over $20k in cash and prizes for best mobile development components. Binpress has partnered with several big names in mobile app development, including  Amazon AWS, Tropo, Appsfire, Github and others to bring you thousands of dollars in prizes for the best submission of […]

Security chief leaves Apple, US Cellular turns down iPhone and more in this week's mobile news

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On November 4, 2011

Security chief leaves Apple after clumsy investigation of iPhone 4S prototype. Apple is the only mobile phone manufacturer to show positive growth since June. U.S. Cellular says no to iPhone proving they hate money. All the iPhone 5 rumors for the week in one convenient article. Apple goes after iPhone related porn domains. Joe Wilcox […]

Hitting it big on the app store is more of a gamble than gold rush

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On November 3, 2011

Fast Company has a great article on striking it rich on the app store. They bring up a good point about how software failures are no long major news stories like they were 20 – 30 years ago. Many people think just because you get an app on the App Store does not mean you […]

Native Gmail app for iOS devices released by Google, then pulled

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On November 2, 2011

A blog post was made today on the Official Gmail blog that a native app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch was released. The article listed benefits of the new app which included it being faster, more efficient and optimized for touch devices. In addition to that it is also a great reason to […]

Apple pulls Amazon Cloud music player for legal reasons

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On November 1, 2011

As of yesterday the popular Amazon Cloud music player ‘aMusic’ can no longer be found. This app is from the same developer of the popular Google Cloud music player ‘gMusic’, which is still on the App store…for now. The develper said that aMusic will be back, but they are not sure when: There are some […]

iPhone camera comparison, 4S battery woes, and more in this week's mobile news.

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On October 28, 2011

The developers behind Camera+ have posted a comparison of the cameras on each version of the iPhone along with some regular cameras. Lifehacker tells you how to stop your smartphone from constantly tracking where you are. Apple is perplexed by the 4S’s battery usage. The iPhone 4S is available in 29 different countries now, this […]

FACT: iPhone users enjoy better support than their Android brethern

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On October 27, 2011

We recently had an article about how Android is now beating iPhone in terms of app downloads as well as market share. Once thing the iPhone completely destroys Android in is support. Recently Michael Degusta did a little research one how many Android devices were on the current version of the OS. It did not […]