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This is a post by iOS Tutorial Team member Cesare Rocchi, a UX designer and developer specializing in web and mobile applications. Develop a socket-based iPhone app and server! Develop a socket-based iPhone app and server! Many iOS apps use HTTP to communicate to a web server, because it’s easy, convenient, and well-supported. However, in some cases you might find the need to go a bit lower level than HTTP,  [ Read More ]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The times they are a-changin’. For the first time in history, digital music sales topped the physical sale of music. According to a Nielsen and Billboard report, digital music purchases accounted for 50.3% of music sales in 2011. Digital sales were up 8.4% from the previous year, while physical album sales declined 5%. Lady Gaga took the top spot as 2011′s most streamed artist, according to  [ Read More ]

I recently had a project requirement that needed first person footage from a helmet. I googgled around and found the Go Pro Hero 2 camera. This amazing little camera comes with its own waterproof housing, a Smörgåsbord of mounting and accessories. Here are some photos of it after i unboxed it   The GoPro with its waterproof housing. The GoPro without its housing. The GoPro Lens on the waterproof housing.  [ Read More ]

I have a USB3.0 1TB Seagate FreeAgent Harddrive that i have been using for 6months now. So one day while happily copy files from my harddrive to a kiosk pc, i noticed that all my folders have become ‘Shortcuts’. Double-clicking on the shortcuts brought me to the system folder of Windows/System32. I was infected with MALWARE. So after doing a complete virus scan and removed all the Malware/Spyware and Virus,  [ Read More ]

  Unboxing the beauty The LG Optimus 3D is pretty and so is the box. Sporting bright red hues, the Optimus 3D box screamed out to be opened like a box of chocolates! At 128 mm (5 inches) long and 68 mm (2.67 inches) and 11.9 mm thick, it is not exactly the most pocket-friendly phone but, hey, who’s complaining; the 4.3″ 3D screen overwhelms with sexyness! Weight wise, at  [ Read More ]

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | August 18, 2011, 8:29am PDT Summary: Dilbert creator Scott Adams posts the results of a challenge by Microsoft to try a Windows Phone handset. A few weeks ago Dilbert creator Scott Adams took up a challenge offered by Brandon Watson, Senior Director of Windows Phone Apps – Try a Windows Phone handset, and if Adams didn’t like it, Watson would donate $1,000 to charity. Today Adams has  [ Read More ]

Autism spectrum disorder, which affects millions of children worldwide, can make verbal communication a challenge. With support from a local interest group, Hotsource ESD developed a mobile device software that can enable individuals with autism to communicate more effectively. This app is called Flashables50. Using Images to Communicate The ability to communicate is essential in helping humans form relationships, learn, and participate in society. For many people with autism—a developmental  [ Read More ]

By Dan McKenzie, August 9th, 2011 More than ever, designers are being asked to create experiences for a variety of mobile devices. As tablet adoption increases and we move into the post-PC world, companies will compete for users’ attention with the quality of their experience. Designing successful apps for Android tablets requires not only a great concept that will encourage downloads, usage and retention, but also an experience that Android users will find  [ Read More ]

Are you using a wordpress themes that utilise TimThumb script ? If so, please read the link below. Over the weekend a vulnerability was discovered in the TimThumb image resizing script. On Monday Mark Maunder, the CEO of Feedjit and the one who originally discovered the issue,blogged about his site becoming compromised and how he discovered TimThumb was the weakness that allowed it to happen. Since that blog post the issue has  [ Read More ]