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It’s that time of year again, when Apple fans all over the world have a hell of a lot to be excited about and swoon over, as Apple yesterday announced a host of new features for their forthcoming iOS and OSX releases. Although these updates won’t be available for some time yet, it’s important for …
The App landscape is changing, your TV will soon have its own App store where you can engage with content in similar ways to your mobile or tablet device. Microsoft has recently announced a unified system whereby code for the Phone, Tablet and PC’s can be re-used and tweaked for individual platforms. This is welcome …
Implementing XSLT in an app seemed like a trivial concept as it is such a mature concept. But alas Apple have ensured we don”t get away that easily – they have left the XSLT libraries out of developer scope! The big tease! There is a short way or a long way – the short way …
N.B. This method is now deprecated as Apple have enforced a rule which requires you to build with SDK 7 now only. Apps built with previous SDKs will be rejected. If you would like us to help you upgrade your app, get in touch. With the evolution of iOS 7 many app developers have been …
PayPal have updated their developer options and introduced an SDK that will allow developers to integrate PayPal checkout and mobile credit card payment mechanisms directly into their apps. At the moment, the current PayPal SDK allows users to make purchases within the app but only with an existing PayPal account. With the new SDK, there …
When you hear the phrase ‘mcommerce’ or ‘mobile commerce’, what does it conjure up for you? A simple app that gives a customer access to a retail outlet at their fingertips? Or something more? At The Distance, we see something much more – the potential for mcommerce is huge. And it’s much more than creating …
Its been no big surprise that Apple”s event was a biggy….in short the 3 top stories were: The new iPad (retina display, and spec. bump all round) New Apple TV (now supporting 1080p and Apps (maybe?) iPhoto for iPad (seriously cool and advanced photo editing)
The importance of user reviews in the success or failure of your iOS application cannot be overstated. Alongside your application name and icon, it’s one of the most prominent pieces of information visible on the App Store. Having a poor average rating can lead to your app being ignored by prospective users and reduces the …
GCD (libdispatch) is a technology that Apple introduced with OS X Snow Leopard and iOS 4.0; we’ve had access to it on iOS for over a year now (and Mac OS X for 2 years!). Most of the marketing we all heard about was better thread efficiency, better use of multiple cores and blah blah …