Mac and iPhone developer Karl Kraft has posted a nice take on improving NSLog() at his website. Inspired by a post about disabling NSLog for non-Debug builds,Kraftstarted thinking about how to implement a logging system that not only took Debug builds into account, but that offered better feedback about the circumstances under which the log message was generated.
MONEC Holding Ltd, a Swiss holding company self-described as “a leading innovator for mobile, globally usable communication solutions,” is suing Apple for patent infringement over the company’s marketing of the iPhone as suitable for reading e-books.
For a product whose success determines whether AMD lives or dies, there’s been surprisingly little said about Shanghai of late. Granted, there has been no shortage of semiconductor news,
Consumers in the US are getting ready for the iPhone OS 3.0 launch and the hardware that may come with it, but the iPhone still isn’t available in China. It’s looking like the third iPhone launch may be the charm for China, though, as the iPhone 3G has appeared on China Unicom’s Shanghai branch website.
They may be advertised as speeding deterrents to city councils and safety tools to worried parents, but according to another school of thought, red-light cameras are all about making
Mirroring January’s report, AdMob’s latest metrics data for February of 2009 shows Apple still in a commanding lead over most competitors when it comes to mobile web traffic. The information is gleaned from its 6,000+ “member sites,” which show that both the iPhone and the iPod touch are still the most popular mobile Internet devices.
At a meeting with GameLoft talking about iPhone games, DSi titles, and all things mobile gaming, I spied a Japanese DSi on the table. I had a chance to play some of GameLoft’s DSi games, and I’ll certainly be talking more about that later, but this was also my first chance to play with the Nintendo DSi. I know, I’m late to the game. Here are my impressions.
I’m standing inside Intel’s booth, trying to get the image of the letter “a” to stay in my head. It’s a clear image: black text, lower-case, with heavy seriffs. Apparently, this is the way my mind sees the letter “a” the clearest. On the screen in front of me, after I lock in the image, a rotating block completely disappears. I’m playing with an upcoming headset from Emotiv Systems, and I’m having a very good time.
There is definitely a great divide between those who like the concept behind MacHeist and those who do not. Regardless, the event hands out a plethora of free software, puts a decent bundle up for sale at the end, raises a fair amount of money for charity each year, and—despite how some people feel—doesn’t force a single developer into participating.
Best Buy may be forced to change its price matching policy, or at least be more transparent about its practices. A lawsuit against the company alleging false advertising and deceptive practices has been approved as a class action by a US District Court in New York, giving the plaintiffs more steam in their fight against the big box retailer. Even more interesting, however, is that the process of approving the suit has exposed some of Best Buy’s dirty laundry.
