Historically, developers independently implemented error handling, observability, and security within each application or microservice to ensure the success of inbound and outbound…
Read MoreSeveral online sites have been reporting that both AT&T (s att) as well as Apple (s aapl) have been canceling both online and in-store orders for both valid and non-sensical reasons.…
Read MoreJust prior to WWDC, registered attendees to the conference were treated to a surprise of gaining access to all of the WWDC 2009 conference videos. Now, in a similar move, Apple has made the WWDC 2010 Conference Videos available for free to the Apple Developer Community.…
Read MoreCan't wait to get your hands on the latest iPhone? Or are you looking to score a $99 iPhone 3GS? AT&T (s att) and Apple (s aapl) have teamed up with Best Buy, Walmart, and even RadioShack to make it all happen just for you...tomorrow.…
Read MoreLooking for directions on how to create a simple map within an application can be challenging. Sometimes the simplest of typos or a missed step in the process can become very frustrating.…
Read MoreApple's billion dollar data center being constructed on a 225 acre site near Highway 321 and Startown Road in Maiden, NC could play host to a number of services. So, what are the likely candidates for what Apple will be doing with this new facility?…
Read MoreManaging an application’s state can sometimes require complex interaction with persistence and messaging with various resources, or it can be as simple as keeping track of a counter from one view to the next.…
Read MoreWhat this fundamentally did was change the dynamics of whose customers were they first. The carrier's or the device manufacture's? The point that Apple was making, was that consumers would choose Apple products before they would choose a cell phone carrier.…
Read MoreDoes one set out to create a computer literate family, or to cultivate a creative family familiar with the modern communication capabilities of today’s age? The distinction is subtle, but the benefits of the latter strongly outweigh the former.…
Read MoreAll too often an iPhone application’s launch sequence is an overlooked detail. The most common approach is to misuse the provided Default.png file as a splash screen. This detailing of an application is more than a little challenging if you want to get it right.…
Read MoreAt home, I fancy myself an amateur photographer with a decent array of prosumer Canon products. I take on average 25K photos annually and spend a good amount of time organizing, printing and getting creative with the image library I have managed to create.…
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