Microsoft open sources .NET Micro Framework
Microsoft has 3 .Net flavors, the complete stack, the .Net Compact Framework and the .Net Micro Framework for extremely resource-constrained devices. The later is being open sourced under the Apache...
View ArticleIs Web Storage All We Need?
Due to a particular idea of mine I found myself in need of something I don’t believe possible today – to easily share data between desktop and web applications using the browser alone. This raised...
View ArticleUnity3D, MonoTouch and Flash CS5 to be banned from iPhone/iPad’s Ecosystem
Up until now a few solutions existed if you wanted to avoid C/Objective C to code for the iPhone and specially to achieve some code portability/compatibility with other platforms. Examples of those...
View ArticleAnd Apple does it again – Opera Mini iPhone App Approved
Apple just approved the Opera Mini iPhone app, which should be available on iTunes during the next 24 hours. This is excellent news specially taking into account the recent events. In you’ve missed the...
View ArticleThe little evilness of @property
One of the special enhancements Objective C adds to basic C/C++ is the ability to declare and use properties with a simple and straightforward usage. To new comers or even veteran programmers used to...
View ArticleDisabling multitasking on iOS 4 apps
If you’re using the iOS 4 SDK then by default your app will be assumed to support multitasking even though you actually need to add support for it and you might not have done that (e.g. updating an old...
View Articlelibanim: animated textures and images for iPhone/iOS
I recently started a new project called libanim (home page) which aims at providing support for animated file formats on the iOS and perhaps Android at a later stage. The problem doesn’t seem to be...
View ArticleAdding In-App-Purchase Support: Avoid AppId Troubles
So, I’ve decided to add In-App-Purchase support for one of my apps. I’ve researched about the subject a few times but it always seemed quite a bit of code for a lazy-driven project until I found a...
View ArticleSmarter Browser Cache
Designers, Developers, System Administrators and companies spend a lot of time trying to optimize their networks and content delivery systems to achieve optimal performance with the minimum resources...
View ArticleNew server
I’m moving all my sites to a new server. So long GoDaddy and very old server hardware!
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