Developer Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apps have created 466,000 U.S. jobs in four years

by Steven Sande (Feb 7th, 2012)

Apps for mobile devices are a surprisingly robust source of jobs in the United States, according to research from TechNet. Since 2008, apps have created 466,000 American jobs. TechNet estimates that about 155,000 of those tech-related jobs are ...

Atari team rejoins to make mobile titles

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Seamus Blackley is one of the co-creators of Microsoft's original Xbox console, and he put together a really interesting team of old-school Atari game developers recently to make mobile games. Blackley's new company is called Innovative Leisure, ...

MacPractice introduces an iPad app to go with its healthcare software

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2012)

We've mentioned MacPractice a couple of times before -- professional software for the Mac designed to be used by doctors and dentists to do things like track patients' appointments, keep and share health information, and do all the things a ...

The Omni Group's Ken Case talks with TUAW at Macworld iWorld 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 26th, 2012)

One of the most innovative and longstanding software development firms in the Apple ecosystem is The Omni Group. The company originally developed software for Steve Jobs's NeXT in the 1990's, created some of the first OS X software in the 2000s, ...

iOS app Viggle trying to turn second screen TV watching into cold, hard cash

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

I've posted about the "second screen" idea before -- there is a growing trend among iOS and other mobile device users to both watch television or play games, and have their tablets or iPhones open and running apps related to that TV or gaming ...

NimbleBit calls out Zynga clone of Tiny Tower

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

Zynga, which has made its fortune on Farmville, has released an app in Canada (not on the American App Store yet) called Dream Heights, which bears much more than a passing resemblance to Tiny Tower, a terrific and very successful freemium game ...

Atari follows up freemium Breakout Boost with paid Breakout Boost+

by Mike Schramm (Jan 25th, 2012)

A little while back, Atari continued its releases of updated classic games for iOS with Breakout Boost, a freemium version of the classic brickbreaking game that offers updated graphics and a few new mechanics to go with them. This week Atari ...

Avatron retires Air Dictate tool for remote Siri dictation

by Erica Sadun (Jan 23rd, 2012)

Avatron is a company well known for their iOS and Mac utilities. We are particularly fond of their Air Sharing apps and Air Display, among others. They have a reputation for building solid, reliable products. I could sense the dismay in CEO Dave ...

Discount on 360|MacDev and a chance to win a free pass

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 20th, 2012)

Last year's 360|MacDev was filled with good food and great company, plus sessions with some of the best developers in the world. The annual event in Denver is one of the must-attend Mac developer conferences out there if you want to learn from the ...