App Development - Hodgeblot

Never too old to computer

What an inspiring story from Yi Shu Ng on Mashable about an 81 year old woman making an iOS app. Masako Wakamiya is making the news for an app she created to show people the correct way to place their traditional doll displays ahead of Hinamatsuri, or Girl's Day, in

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Daring Fireball: Why There's No Sketch for the iPad

Daring Fireball: Why There's No Sketch for the iPadFantastic insight here from Gruber on one key blocker to iPad adoption. I would like to point out that it's developer freedom that's the real issue here. On iPad you have to go through the App Store to get apps, which is

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Fewer than 0.01 percent of mobile apps will be financially successful by 2018, predicts Gartner

Fewer than 0.01 percent of mobile apps will be financially successful by 2018, predicts GartnerThis seems expected, and not disturbing at all to me. 1.) Apps can be useful to a company or developers without making money (from generating buzz to more) and 2) free with in-app purchases is