In the mobile world, I’m mainly an iOS programmer and I have”some” experience composing Android apps. I also don’t have any development experience with almost any Microsoft platform at all. So for me personally this stage is something entirely different. It’s a brand new language, a different user interface mindset, a new SDK to learn……
Google announced its first deceloper preview of Android O yeaterday, whose build is in very early days and nowhere near completion, but the fact that Google is openly working on the next big version of Android is exciting, nonetheless. As I went through the changes that are currently known to come with Android O, I…
Plex officially launched its bew Plex Cloud media server service, and started rolling out an update to its Android app on the same day. Version 5.6 contains a number of small additions, with the main one adding app shortcuts for the small number of devices that use Android 7.1 Nougat. In addition to that feature,…
Algoriddim has spent the last decade making award-winning, best-selling DJ apps for iOS and Mac. This year, that tradition continues with the launch of Djay Pro for iPhone ($4.99 for a limited time on iTunes). Like Djay 2 for iPhone, Djay Pro features a two-deck turntable interface, Spotify integration, and native support for external MIDI…
These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting a game You Should Play. Most resource-management kingdom-ruling games start you out slow—a tilled field here,…
Live video is everywhere these days, from live Instagram Stories to Facebook Live broadcasts. But now live video on Twitter really will be everywhere, because select partners will be able to broadcast live, interactive 360-degree videos. Twitter’s Periscope app already lets anyone push live video to their Twitter feed. Starting today, “selected partners” will be…
Apple says it’s just playing by the rules… Over the holidays, Apple removed the New York Times mobile apps, both the English-language version and the Chinese-language version, from the App Store in China. The Times originally reported that its apps were removed on December 23, and Apple confirmed it on Thursday, citing a request from Chinese…
Free-to-play games often look appealing, but it’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into. With Freemium Field Test, we’ll take a recent free-to-play iOS game, put it through its paces, and let you know if it’s really worth…
The user reviews in the iOS and Mac App Stores can be a mixed bag. Sometimes, a user provides useful information to help you make a purchasing decision. But often the user reviews are filled with complaints about problems that were encountered while using the software. When a software developer addresses those problems in updated…