Category: Developer

Apple iPad Mini Event Recap “Cliff Notes”- New Macbook Pro, iPad, and More

Today Apple announced a ton of stuff, from a new line of macs, to a new line of iPads (yes, a line). There’s a lot of material that was covered, and as usual I took thorough notes during the keynote, and as usual I will share those with you so that you don’t have to watch the entire hour and a half long keynote....

TRADEGAME Lab inc- TASC Developer Excellence Award

Today we’d like to award the first ever TASC (The App Store Chronicle) award of Developer Excellence to TRADEGAME Lab inc. It wasn’t until a few days ago that I realized it, but over the past few years I have downloaded six of their nine apps on the app store. I’ve used their Air Tycoon, Hotel Tycoon, and Cruise Tycoon series over the past...

Android? Fragmented?…Nah

400 devices to test 1 Android App I saw this on COM. Animoca, a developer of android applications is forced to test their application on 400+ devices just to make sure it works. With literally hundreds (see list linked) of different android devices, I can see how it might be a challenge to develop an app that works on all of them. There are phones,...

Microsoft Releases Consumer Preview for Windows 8

Yesterday Microsoft released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for the public. A smaller, developer preview was previously available to all to try, and could be set up easily using a free VMware like Virtualbox. From my previous experience using the DP I think the metro interface will be fantastic for tablets. It will be like windows phone OS except that it will feature more...

Q and A: “Can I make an app for free?”

Today on The App Store Chronicle we will cover the most common question asked by budding developers. “Can I make an iphone app for free”. The Answer is yes and no. You can develop an app for free using Xcode, Flash, and several other programs and websites. You can’t legally put it onto an iphone without joining the ios developer program for $99 per...