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  • How to set up Gmail push on your iPhone

    Today, Google announced that Google Sync has added support for Gmail, meaning that if you have a Gmail account, you can now get your mail pushed to your iPhone. All you need to begin with is an iPhone (with iPhone OS 3.0+) and a Gmail account. Basically, all you’re going to do is add a new email account in Settings with Microsoft Exchange. Okay, follow along now…

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iPhone Developer Intervention Week 5: Interface Builder

by Josh Holat on Apr 26, 2009 at 09:21 PM

If you’re like me, you absolutely love coding the back end to apps, but you have very little design sense. To me, the fun lies in solving the problem, not necessarily in making a great interface (although I do know that it is just as important as the back end).… Continue Reading »

iPhone Developer Intervention Week 4: Life after a release (plus free promo codes!)

by Josh Holat on Apr 16, 2009 at 06:12 AM

This week I am going to talk about what it is like after you get your apps out there and into the world. This is truly where the real fun begins. First, there is the initial excitement of people out there enjoying something you have spent many hours on. It… Continue Reading »

iPhone Developer Intervention Week 3: Using your resources wisely

by Josh Holat on Apr 12, 2009 at 09:42 AM

This week I will be discussing some resources where you can find information if you want to get started or need help with developing for the iPhone. There are many places that can be found for this type of thing, and Apple provides developers with a plentiful amount of resources… Continue Reading »

iPhone Developer Intervention Week 2: Twitter and Facebook APIs

by Josh Holat on Apr 7, 2009 at 01:29 PM

This week I wanted to talk about some of the Twitter and Facebook APIs available for the iPhone SDK.  API stands for application programming interface, and it allows developers outside of the company to access certain functions and data that Twitter and Facebook make available.  For example, developers can access… Continue Reading »

App Store Development Part 2: Provisioning and Ad Hoc

by Josh Holat on Mar 24, 2009 at 09:42 AM

A while back I wrote about my initial experience with the iPhone SDK and developing on that platform. It’s been a while since then, and I’ve learned a lot. In that time, I had finished my first app, and it came time for me to get some beta testers to… Continue Reading »

How to post a photo to Twitter

by Bill Stiteler on Mar 2, 2009 at 10:15 AM

Since Twitter sprang from the idea of sending text updates from a cell phone, why not also post pictures? While there are several ways (and services) to do this, the two easiest I’ve found are TwitPic and Skitch, both currently free, and can be used from a browser or cell… Continue Reading »

App Store Development Part 1: The iPhone SDK and XCode

by Josh Holat on Mar 1, 2009 at 09:05 PM

I am currently in the process of developing my own application for the iTunes App Store. Well, I guess you could say I am finished and waiting with eager anticipation for Apple to accept it. However, while that’s going on over in Cupertino, I though I’d share some of my… Continue Reading »

The why and how on Growl (with video)

by Jake Gaecke on Jan 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM

Say what!?  You haven’t heard of Growl?  And you call yourself a Mac user.  Don’t worry, I’ve got the why and how on Growl.  Before you know it, you’ll have the feature that Apple left out running on your machine. Growl is a centralized notification system for OS X.  It… Continue Reading »

How to sync iCal and Google Calendar

by Jake Gaecke on Dec 4, 2008 at 06:53 PM

Google added support for CalDAV back in July.  But now they’ve improved that feature, which means syncing between iCal and Google Calendars is easier than ever. Find out how after the break. Continue Reading »

How to share an internet connection with your Mac

by Jake Gaecke on Dec 2, 2008 at 03:08 PM

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to share a wired internet connection from your Mac to other computers or devices wirelessly. Let’s say you want to browse the internet over WiFi with your iPhone at home, but you don’t want to buy a wireless router yet. Or maybe you have… Continue Reading »

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