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HowTo: iPhone Startup Splash Screen

Chris — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:50:55 +0000

Applications are that access the internet / network upon startup are becoming more and more common. With that in mind, have you ever developed an iPhone app that needs to parse some XML data upon startup? Do you know what happens when your app is launched and it has to sit and wait while data [...]

Tutorial: Unity iPhone – Getting Started – Tutorial 1

Chris — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:29:29 +0000

In my attempt to develop my first iPhone game, I thought I might use a game engine that will make the process as simple as possible. I started searching the internet for available iPhone game engines and stumbled upon Unity 3D. The games you can produce with Unity seem to look awesome. I started the [...]

HowTo: Install iPhone SDK 2.0 – 3.1 for XCode 3.2

Chris — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:36:29 +0000

So… you’ve installed the latest SDK and XCode from Apple’s developer site only to find out that the only base SDK’s you are left to develop with are 3.2 and 4.0. What about if you have an iPhone 2G as your only development device? The iPhone 2G only goes up to iOS 3.1.3 and if [...]

iPhone vs. iPod Touch vs. iPad

Chris — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:52:28 +0000

When Apple introduced the iPhone and the iPod Touch it changed the way we use the mobile phone and listen to music. When Apple introduced the iPad we were given another great device for listening to music and browsing the web as well as keeping us entertained with the thousands of applications that are available [...]

Friday Fun: Awesome 3-D Building Projections

Justin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:50:04 +0000

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10 Reasons To Have Internet Explorer.

Justin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:11:18 +0000

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Use it to download Safari, Firefox, and or Chrome. Ok so the title was slightly misleading. Once you’ve covered those 10 steps using internet explorer, get rid of it. Sorry I have to be so harsh about it, but Internet Explorer is an old dog, and [...]

Apple Admits There Is A Problem

Justin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:44:45 +0000

After countless complaints of the iPhone4′s dropped calls and antenna problems, here’s what Apple has to say about it. On a more serious note, Apple has announced that they are doing something about it. They just released an iPhone software update (4.0.1), also they will be giving free iPhone cases to anyone who bought an [...]

PHP Basics : Variables

Justin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:46:18 +0000

Variables in PHP, just like any programming language, are used for storing values, such as text strings, numbers, or an array of values. Once you have declared, a variable, it can be used over and over again throughout your script. Variables in PHP must be declared with a ‘$’ symbol. So a variable named test [...]

PHP Basics : Introduction To PHP

Justin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:11:12 +0000

Before we doing any coding, let’s talk about what PHP is. PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely used scripting language that is designed for web development and can be embedded directly into HTML. What makes PHP so different from client-side languages like Javascript and HTML is that PHP code is executed on the server, and [...]

How To : Make Blu-ray Covers In Photoshop

Justin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:27:25 +0000

Now I’m sure everyone has been having fun making their own DVD covers, with the help of a tutorial we added a while back, but now Blu-rays have taken over, and DVD’s are slowly becoming something your grandparents just found out about. So what am I doing about it? Creating this NEW tutorial that will show you [...]