on 14 September 2010
Apple has published, for the first time, the guidelines according to which it approves or rejects apps submitted to be made available to users of its iOS devices (the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch). continue
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on 9 September 2010
In a development absolutely nobody had predicted (counter-examples welcome in the comments, but I’ll believe it when I see it), Apple has reversed its decision to ban apps based on Flash from the iOS App Store. continue
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on 2 September 2010
Apple’s annual iPod event was held at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, one of the company’s regular venues, and livecast to press gatherings in locations including London, where my fellow hacks reported a less than stampede-like turnout. read the full report
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on 7 July 2010
Apple has dubbed the iPhone 4’s new higher-resolution screen Retina Display. So what exactly does that mean, and are Steve Jobs’ claims of “smooth and continuous graphics” – in other words, no visible pixels – technically justified? continue
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on 7 June 2010
Today, Steve Jobs will announce the new iPhone. Despite sterling efforts, nobody has been able to reveal any substantial information about it, because Apple is highly secretive about new products. Yet the Telegraph’s Consumer Technology Editor, Matt Warman, managed to publish a piece before the weekend advising consumers of the 4G’s key weaknesses. How did he do it? continue
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on 23 April 2010
It’s only software – but for creative types, every upgrade to Adobe’s professional bundle can be a life-changing experience. continue
on 11 April 2010
So Apple has finally done it: having prevented Flash Player from coming to the iPhone (and iPod touch and iPad), it’s now, with the revised clause 3.3.1 of the iPhone developer agreement, closed the door to Adobe’s constructive and innocuous workaround of allowing Flash developers to convert their projects to iPhone/iPad apps. continue
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on 3 April 2010
Blogging in response to somebody else’s blog is not usually my style, but Cory Doctorow’s anti-iPad rant on BoingBoing is so well written and so wrong that it’s impossible to ignore. continue
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on 26 March 2010
Bill Clinton told his election team, ‘It’s the economy, stupid,’ but the relationship between prosperity and political attitudes is far from being a no-brainer. continue
on 3 February 2010
I watched the launch of the iPad (or iSlatelet, as I’d taken to calling it in the hope that someone would have explained to Steve why iPad was an even less sensible name for a consumer electronics product than Wii) with considerable scepticism, but on reflection, so many aspects of this thing are near enough right. continue
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