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601.
by coob 15y ago
Sure, I've written tools to do this before - for localisation, nonetheless.
602.
by coob 15y ago
I'm not talking about Webkit or streaming over HTTP. I'm talking within the context of true native apps. Blitting a cached PNG will always be faster than CPU based drawing code and I think the app size tradeoff is worth it.
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by coob 15y ago
I love the execution of this app, but I disagree with the underlying idea for most cases. Drawing your UI is never ever going to be as cheap as loading a converted PNG (which Apple's modified pngcrush converts for you). I think a lot of dev
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by coob 15y ago
On in-app purchases: We have an app that is targeted at kids aged 3-5 (I don't work directly on it). It is currently in the top 10 free education apps and regularly holds a spot in the top 5 grossing education apps in the UK (we currently o
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by coob 15y ago
"It's thinner and lighter than an iPhone from everyone who's compared the weight" Apparently these people didn't have a scale, as the iPhone 4S is 140g and the Note is 178g.
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by coob 15y ago
You can render PDFs as UIImages[1], there are categories around that make this easy[2]. However, this is never ever going to be as cheap as loading a converted PNG (which Apple's modified pngcrush converts for you). I think a lot of devs ha
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by coob 15y ago
I have the same issue on Safari 5.2 on OS X 10.7
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by coob 15y ago
Exactly, it will be handled as non-retina apps on the iPhone 4 were handled - text and other system drawn elements will be in finer detail, app provided graphics will be upscaled. This article is infuriating, having a retina display is not
609.
by coob 15y ago
It has 'Genius' for App discovery, which recommends apps based on previous purchases. It's well hidden and not very good.
610.
by coob 15y ago
Idiots will just click it anyway. This doesn't appear if you have the preference to run everything turned on.
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by coob 15y ago
The next time Apple does this style of announcement, I'm inclined to believe that they may release the info themselves half an hour or so before their embargo ends. The first I heard about this, before there were any changes to the Apple si
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by coob 15y ago
As someone who has Gruber's musings on baseball pop up all over his twitter and RSS clients, I'm inclined to disagree.
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by coob 15y ago
MM is a million. mm is a millimetre.
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Xcode 4.4 Release Notes, including new Objective-C features(scribd.com)
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by coob 15y ago
YOu don't need a decent processor or a GPU to encode speech quality audio, at all.
616.
by coob 15y ago
If this were true, then surely chucking a tiny bit of randomness in there would solve the issue.
617.
by coob 15y ago
Except you can't piss on people in public?
618.
by coob 15y ago
Think I found a bug: http://curvio.com/criminal-minds - black jeans 'from $187' http://curvio.com/criminal-minds/season-7/episode-10/the-bit... - has jeans at $25.
619.
by coob 15y ago
> It's about the fact that Steve Jobs told Obama that his products could never be produced in the US because, apparently, his products require horrible working conditions in order to be produced. Except if you read the bio, that's appar
620.
by coob 15y ago
I wasn't talking about the article, but the 'ask for a scientific answer' type service.
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by coob 15y ago
With the later seasons of Lost, Sky One (UK) aired the newest episodes the night after their US premiere, supposedly to cut down on Sky losing viewers to pirating. Anecdotally, it worked.
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by coob 15y ago
If anyone is interested in the sound of this there is something similar over on this subreddit: http://reddit.com/r/askscience
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by coob 15y ago
Hardware performance attracts the games market I'm not sure this entirely true, the two most popular consoles based on ~6/7 year old hardware.
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by coob 15y ago
Advertising company penalises others who sell advertising, news at 11.
625.
by coob 15y ago
Netflix is available in the UK
626.
by coob 15y ago
I don't think this is a good idea it's almost certainly passing off [1] which is illegal. Not to mention confusing. [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_off
627.
by coob 15y ago
Apple tried rental of TV shows. They shuttered it: http://allthingsd.com/20110826/apple-pulls-the-plug-on-tv-re...
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by coob 15y ago
There's no Chrome for ARM (currently). The Android browser and Chrome teams are, as far as I understand, completely separate.
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by coob 15y ago
> It might not have things like a notification LED that blinks when u have a message It does, you can use the camera flash as a notification LED (it's under the Accessibility settings).
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by coob 15y ago
The RIP Act in the UK allows for jail time for refusing to give a key.

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