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by yoda_sl 15y ago
It's always the same game of cat & mouse with pirates. Most pirates on iOS are simply using one of the free tool and don't go far beyond that. I have implemented a technique for detecting pirated app and used it now in many apps: since
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by yoda_sl 15y ago
This sounds like iWork.com that was introduced a few years back. Create your documents in Pages on desktop and you can share it online with an almost similar rendering.
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by yoda_sl 15y ago
Like many other folks I am on a Mac, so I have a Time Machine with 1 TB for local backup and I use CrashPlan family plan purchased around XMas when they were offering a really cool discount and got 3 years paid for. I really like CrashPlan
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by yoda_sl 15y ago
I believe that in addition for a good designer the skill set required is to understand the overall user experience. Coming up with a great looking photoshop comps can be achieved by a lot, but creating a consistent user experience is the mo
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I have been doing Objective-C development since 1991 and started with Java around late 95/early 96. I am still using both language almost on daily basis and honestly the GC is not something I really miss on iOS. In fact I like the fact on h
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Interesting time lapse video: SFO to CDG(petapixel.com)
1 points by yoda_sl 16y ago|0 comments
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
One area that raise my interest is with the File API. I wonder if with the 'file' support it will be possible to get Lucene deployed onto GAE.
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AppEngine 1.4.3 released: new file API, concurrent requests & more(googleappengine.blogspot.com)
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
Like Wil I know both since the NeXT/NeXTStep days and what his blog post describe is quite accurate for Bertrand and Craig. He is slightly incorrect on the reasons/timing of Craig leaving Apple since WebObjects Java was just at a really ear
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A new input method for tablet/mobile phone: no keyboard(snapkeys.com)
3 points by yoda_sl 16y ago|1 comments
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I wonder if Netflix folks will follow up with a new blog post explaining what happened. Was the problem with a new code released to production or was it an AWS/infrastructure outside their control.
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
It will be interesting to write a second kind of web app that show analytics break down in different manner: continent, timezone, and even cooler will be to see the correlation with the number of tweets about FF4 split on the same geolocati
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
This is quite a map/page. It reminds me the ApplemApp wall that was installed at WWDC a couple years ago where you were seeing -kind of- real time the downloaded apps from the AppStore, except they were not showing on a world map. Anyway th
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
You can definitely write some pure JS apps on iOS and bypass once for all the AppStore review process but you have to keep in mind that the JS runtime does not have yet access to all the API provided by the OS underneath. Here a a few thing
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
When Apple released iTools / .Mac and so on, even recently with Ping they usually reserve a bunch of name for either marketing pages or of their own usage. Many exec have usually their accounts created way ahead before the services goes liv
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
Folks it was just a marketing page just to show what you could publish with the web app HomePage which was part of the iTools suite. Don't take it seriously ! I know a few folks that used to work in iTools and .Mac and it was well known tha
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
So far the closest I have found and been using with good success is from genieo.com Their app run in background and monitor your browser history from what I am guessing and then extrapolate potential sites, news that could be of interest.
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
Agree with you on "talent, luck"... One thing that definitely help small company or individual developer is to get one big site to cover the app. It's definitely boost the initial launch of the app and can keep the momentum going for a few
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
It's interesting to notice that in the past couple days, this topic about the notification system on iOS re-appear. The most recent if I recall was: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275227 Clearly there is a need for iOS to improve th
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
If the developer implement it the right way, choosing 'no thanks' will stop asking for reviewing. In addition if it's implemented the right way it will ask once in a while rather than every time. I have implemented such request to review i
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I typically use tcpflow or Charles on Mac OS X. They are both useful tools that any back end engineer should know how to use. It helps diagnose any problem your app/code is facing and it's another good way to learn how existing apps interac
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
Sounds a lot like what Twilio is offering with their OpenVBX. I am not sure how much statistics tracking is available with Twilio but you can host the service (I don't recall if they provide some hosting plan). Additionally Twilio OpenVBX
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I believe there is a good chance that Apple will be improving the notification system in iOS since many months ago they hired the UI lead engineer from webOS that apparently came up with the notification system for Palm (now HP) webOS. I ha
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
You are getting initially some good exposure when the app is first released and the app appear on the first page of the AppStore. If you are super lucky your app can feature in the noteworthy section or fully featured. But getting fully fea
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I would rather say that it is more OS X returning back to its roots where NeXTStep/OpenStep use to have such capability when all the rendering was done with the PostScript built in server. These feature disappeared from OS X, so it is more
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
It will be interesting to see if anyone will go for it... Netflix and Redbox did win a long battle.
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Blockbuster: for sale $290M(money.cnn.com)
1 points by yoda_sl 16y ago|2 comments
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I came across this site earlier today: installed their software that run in background (Mac), and so far results provided are quite good. From their online doc and from looking at the HTML generated the results computed is all done locally
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Genieo.com: new way to get a smart home page(genieo.com)
1 points by yoda_sl 16y ago|1 comments
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by yoda_sl 16y ago
I came across that site earlier today : potentially interesting if their data is accurate and you are trying to find a hosting/cloud service nearby where you are.

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