Bnet Australia reports that at the $9.99 price point Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is rocketing up the App Store charts, unlike the $30 or $40 versions for the Nintendo DS or the Sony PSP version. Quel Surprise!
Grand Theft Auto iPhone
January 21st, 2010New York City iPhone programmer job
January 10th, 2010In case anyone’s interested… posted on 2010-01-05
Our New York City client is a full-service agency for the digital age. They are looking for a full time, on-site, salaried Senior iPhone App Developer paying to $130,000 + benefits. Relocation assistance provided if required. US Citizens, Green Card holders, EAD or CAN only please.
The ideal candidate for this position will possess:
* 1+ years of experience with the UIKit framework
* 3+ years Mac development experience using Cocoa/Objective-C
* You should have at least one published iPhone app under your belt and some sort of portfolio or list of app/s to share
* C/C++ experience a plus
* Ability to develop against a variety of web architectures and services (HTTP, SOAP, REST, etc.)
* Knowledge of a scripting language a plus (Ruby, Perl, Python, BASH, etc)
* Experience managing projects in an SVN environmentTO APPLY: The absolute best way to apply for this job would be to not only submit your resume and/or portfolio or samples, but to elaborate on how your experience relates to the job description and submit your salary requirements to beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com
Aussie App Sale
December 15th, 2009Australian iPhone app developers are having an Aussie App Sale through to second of January
Apple’s iTablet expected in March/April 2010
December 12th, 2009According to analyst Yair Reiner, Apple are going for an iTablet launch in late March or April.
NSW Computer Crime Unit expert recommends not using Windows for internet banking
October 8th, 2009Computer expert Detective Inspector Bruce vad der Graaf from the Computer Crime Investigation Unit told NSW MPs to boot Linux off CD or use an iPhone for internet banking rather than using Windows. Interestingly he quotes the iPhone’s single-application-at-a-time as a plus, on the grounds it can’t be running any other dodgy applications at the same time as you’re banking (although I’m sure someone smart enough could probably get around those restrictions using some unofficial APIs…, given that the phone still runs Apple’s tasks at the same time as 3rd party apps).
iPhone Orchestra – MoPho
October 1st, 2009Stanford University have an iPhone orchestra – MoPho from their Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Check them out!
App store hits 2 billionth download.
September 30th, 2009Apple has announced that the 2 billionth application has been downloaded from the App Store.
The second billion only took 5 months. The store has 85,000 apps and 125,000 developers, with more than 50 million iPhones and iPod Touches sold in 77 countries.
Graphs of downloads and Apps on the store:
Number of Applications on Apple's App Store
Number of downloads from Apple's App Store
TomTom Australia iPhone app released for AU$99.99
August 17th, 2009TomTom’s Australian iPhone application has been released for AU$99.99 on the iTunes store.
iPhone Gotchas
August 5th, 2009Some things I’ve realised about the iPhone
- Unlike even a cheap phone, the iPhone does not attempt to resend SMS’s when you are next in service range. This I find particularly annoying.
- If you do anything that requires a reboot (ie firmware upgrade), you’ll then need to unlock the SIM again. I walked around for half the day without my phone able to receive calls.
Steve Jobs’ Liver 2.0
June 21st, 2009The Wall Street Journal has what passes for an article (despite not indicating any sources) that indicates that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago. Tennessee has the shortest waiting list for donor organs and no residency requirement (Sometimes that private jet does come in handy). The Wall Street Journal has previously pressured Apple to (illegally in California at least) reveal confidential medical information about its employees (namely, Steve Jobs). CNBC claims it was confirmed by two sources (but doesn’t say who they are). CNN’s blogs have a picture of the mansion where he may be recovering. And a list of questions about the coverage (Nobody in Tennessee is covering it!). There are also rumours of the iPhone release being moved up to happen before information about the transplant being released.
If he did have the transplant, then we wish Steve all the best for a speedy recovery and hope he won’t meet up with Elvis. If not, well then I’ll be cancelling the WSJ subscription.
