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Box releases new API, more OneCloud apps

by Mike Schramm (Apr 26th, 2012)

Cloud filesharing service Box has released a brand new version of its API, allowing iOS and Mac developers to make even easier use of Box in their apps. There several new features in the update, including Instant Mode, which lets developers instantly create and use Box accounts on behalf of ...

IndieDevLab offers community space near Moscone if you didn't get a WWDC ticket

by Erica Sadun (Apr 26th, 2012)

WWDC sold out pretty quickly yesterday. So what do you do if you want to be part of the dev scene that week? IndieDevLab to the rescue. Monster Costume devs Kyle Kinkade and Nate True and JailbreakCon's Craig Fox quickly started organizing a way for iOS and OS X developers to gather together ...

Apple to issue 150 student scholarships to attend WWDC 2012

by Dave Caolo (Apr 25th, 2012)

Apple is looking to reward outstanding student developers with a trip to WWDC 2012. Full- or part-time students over the age of 13 may apply. Apple's decision will be based on the following: Technical ability Creativity of ideas expressed in products or projects Prior WWDC ...

WWDC 2012 announced, tickets on sale

by Dave Caolo (Apr 25th, 2012)

Apple has officially announced dates for its Worldwide Developers Conference 2012. It will take place June 11-15 in San Francisco, California. Tickets are on sale now, selling at $1599 for attendees. Apple will put on over 100 sessions for developers, and there will be more than 1,000 Apple ...

Codea-created app arrives on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2012)

I've been slowly wading into App Store development recently, and while I've found Apple to be extremely supportive developers on the Mac, it hasn't released any development tools for iOS ("Xcode for iPad" is one of those mythical creatures that developers will tell you they want only after a ...

What we want to WWD-see for WWDC

by Erica Sadun (Apr 24th, 2012)

Apple's yearly Worldwide Developer's Conference provides three key functions. First, it offers up-to-the-minute tech briefings from Apple engineers. Second, it allows developers access to labs for specific technical issues. Third, it provides an unparalleled networking experience. It's a little ...

Xcode 4.4 and Safari 5.2 seeds pushed to developers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 18th, 2012)

In addition to the third developer's preview of OS X Mountain Lion, developers on Wednesday also received new builds of Xcode 4.4 and Safari 5.2. AppleInsider has release notes for both, with Xcode 4.4 having enhancements for Objective-C language features, improved support for 2011 C++ standard ...

Apple releases third preview build of OS X Mountain Lion for developers

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 18th, 2012)

Apple has pushed the third preview of OS X Mountain Lion to developers. A number of known issues are still present in the preview, including booting issues with FileVault enabled and installing Mountain Lion on a system running OS 10.7.2 or earlier with FireVault turned on could fail. Other ...

Developers chime in on six months of using iCloud in apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 13th, 2012)

It's been six months since Apple released iOS 5 and launched iCloud. During this time, iCloud has grown to over 85 million users and developers are integrating the cloud service into a variety of apps. To find out what developers think about Apple's push into the cloud, you should read this ...

Interview with Inglorious Apps, a webOS to iOS developer switcher

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

Inglorious Apps is well-known in the webOS world for its work on Notes, Voice and Glimpse, a multi-tasking app for the Touchpad that lets you divide up the screen and use several different widgets at the same time. Now that webOS is on the decline, the talented development company has ported ...

Developing my first iPhone game: the inside story

by Mike Schramm (Apr 2nd, 2012)

Editor's Note: From time to time, TUAW does cover commercial apps developed by our staffers, although it is relatively rare for individuals to write about their own projects (with some notable exceptions). In this case, Mike's experience of his app development process -- going from a code-naive ...

How 3rd Party apps might integrate with Siri

by Erica Sadun (Mar 30th, 2012)

Third-party integration into Siri remains at the top of many of our TUAW wish lists. Imagine being able to say "Play something from Queen on Spotify" or even "I want to hear a local police scanner." And Siri replying, "OK, you have two apps that have local police scanners. Do you want ...

Baldur's Gate for iPad will be under $10, include multiplayer

by Mike Schramm (Mar 28th, 2012)

Good news on that new version of Baldur's Gate that was just announced. Not only is it going to be released for under $10, but it'll also include multiplayer of some kind. What kind? Details are still fuzzy, but developer Beamdog says not only would it be crazy to sell it for more than $10, but ...

The one OMGPOP employee who turned down Zynga

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2012)

When Zynga announced that it bought OMGPOP, the developer of the newly minted hit Draw Something, a lot of people shared some frustration. Zynga has earned a reputation as a less-than-popular developer out there, and the fear is that Draw Something, which currently has a relatively simple ...

Telenav offers "Scout for Apps" service to developers (Updated)

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 27th, 2012)

Earlier this year, TeleNav launched a free Scout app and promised an online, HTML5 navigation service. Perhaps those weren't gaining enough momentum, because TeleNav is now offering the service to developers, who can embed TeleNav's turn-by-turn Scout.me services into their apps. Read more about ...