AT&T Brings FaceTime Over Cellular Support to All Tiered Data Plans

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On January 17, 2013

Once again AT&T has  expanded access to the FaceTime Over Cellular feature to customers on all tiered data plans with a compatible FaceTime device. In the past only users with an LTE device  could use FaceTime over cellular. Now this has been expanded to all users, except for those who are still using the old unlimited data plan. […]

Win Free Copies of new book on PhoneGap.

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On January 16, 2013

Readers would be pleased to know that we have teamed up with Packt Publishing again to organize a Giveaway of their latest book on PhoneGap, PhoneGap Mobile Application Development Cookbook and five lucky winners stand a chance to win copies of their new book as part of our New Year Bonanza! Keep reading to find […]

WiFi + Cellular iPad Mini and Fourth-Generation iPad coming to China

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On January 15, 2013

Apple has just announced that the WiFi + Cellular iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad will be launching in China this Friday. The release in China adds to the over 100 countries where the iPad mini and new iPad are already available. A press release states: Apple today announced the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of iPad® mini […]

Apple App Store surpasses 40 Billion Downloads

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On January 14, 2013

Apple recently revealed that almost 20 billions apps were downloaded in 2012, this brings the total number of App Store downloads to an astounding 40 billion. In December alone a record breaking 2 billion apps were downloaded. The App Store boasts more than 500 million active App Store users who have more than 775,000 apps for iPhone, iPad, […]

Weekly News Roundup – 11 January 2013

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On January 11, 2013

Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!   Google Launches iPhone App Coordinate – Google on Thursday released a new iPhone app called Coordinate. You can download it now from the official Apple App Store, but you should note that the mobile […]

Apple prevents developers from changing iOS App Screenshots in App Store

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On January 10, 2013

Earlier today Apple announced on its developer site that from now on the images submitted along with apps will be locked down once they are approved for the App Store. The reasoning behind this being that currently there are too many scammers submitting apps with basic images for approval to Apple, then switching them out to […]

Tim Cook visits China for second time in less than a year

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On January 9, 2013

Photo Source: Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology It is no secret that Apple is gaining in popularity on the Chinese market, and therefore Tim Cook just visited  China for the second time since replacing Steve Jobs as chief executive in 2011. Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a statement saying that “Cook met […]

The cheat sheet all developers should have

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On January 8, 2013

One of the most important things to remember when designing an app for iOS is to consider what device you are building your app for.  User interface designer Ivo Mynttinen has published an updated version of his handy iOS Design Cheat Sheet, “a collection of useful data about iOS devices and things you have to keep in mind […]

Getting into the Industry: Mobile Engineering

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On January 7, 2013

If you’ve been thinking about moving into the mobile tech industry, but don’t know where to start, consider taking an Engineering degree course – you’ll learn all of the basics to get you started, including a deeper understanding of both software and hardware, giving you a fantastic head start into the world of communications programming […]

Pirated iOS app store Installous shutting down

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This is great news for those of you who are making money from the App Store, Installous, a major portal for pirated paid apps from Apple’s App Store, won’t be around anymore. Earlier development team Hackulous announced the closure of Installous on their official Web site. In the past Installous offered complete access to thousands of paid iOS […]