Xcode 6.3: What’s New In It For iOS Developers?

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              The third beta of Xcode 6.3 was released on March 12. The IDE offers several handy new features, and fixes a fair few issues with its earlier versions too. Let us have a look-see of the main points of interest in the new Xcode version.     About a week back, Apple seeded the third… Read More »

Apple WWDC 2015: 14 Expected Announcements

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              The 2015 edition of Apple World Wide Developer Conference will be held at the Moscone (West) Center, from 8-12 June. In what follows, we have highlighted some likely announcements and other happenings at the widely anticipated event.   Apple’s ‘Spring Forward’ event, held on March 9, provided all the information one needed about the soon-to-release… Read More »

AppBoard Tuesday: Wish To Become A Mobile App Developer?

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              Last Friday, we chanced upon an interesting stat while doing some research work on the web. In 2014, the total number of online queries for Android app development training surged by over 170% (in India), compared to the previous year. There has been a rapid rise in pursuing careers as iOS developers as well (if… Read More »

Eclipse vs Android Studio: Which IDE Is Better For Android Developers?

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              Eclipse has been, for years now, the preferred integrated development environment (IDE) for Android developers. However, it is currently facing serious competition from Google’s very own Android Studio. Let us here pit the two IDEs against each other, and try to identify the better one.   It has been an exciting couple of months for… Read More »

myVUWSA App By Teknowledge

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              When an app…any app…retains its popularity for close to three years, there has got to be something special about it, right? Well, myVUWSA was launched at the stores in March 2012 – and over the years, its popularity among the students of Victoria University of Wellington has spiralled upwards. If a list of the most… Read More »

Swift 1.2 Arrives: 13 New Features

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              The worldwide iOS app development community is all abuzz with Swift 1.2 – which was launched in early-February. We have here highlighted the main features of interest in the new version of the language.   It took Google’s Go programming language well over 5 years since its release (in 2009), to feature among the top-20… Read More »

1Cloud2 App By Teknowledge

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              This project was like a proverbial ‘breath of fresh air’ for us. We were simultaneously working on four separate social networking apps, when the head of ATN Marketing SRL approached us with the concept of 1Cloud2. The idea of making an app that was all about cloud storage and access immediately appealed to us. We… Read More »

AppBoard Tuesday – 11 New Challenges For App Developers In 2015

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              Happy Tuesday, folks – and let’s dive right into yet another edition of AppBoard Tuesday (ABT), your weekly dose of all things related to apps. Today, we will we look at the entire concept of mobile app development from a futuristic perspective. Making successful mobile apps is all about moving with the times, keeping pace… Read More »

Making A WatchKit App: A Step-By-Step Tutorial

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              Making apps for Apple Watch is something on the minds of every dedicated iOS developer across the world. Here is a stagewise, detailed description of how you can create a demo WatchKit application.   Any iOS app developer worth his/her salt would be aware that Xcode 6.3 beta has been released along with Swift 1.2.… Read More »

Talk Nah! App By Teknowledge

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              At Teknowledge, we pride ourselves at being able to handle any type of app development project. Even so, the idea of making yet another social networking app did not really interest us at first. That was, of course, until Rajiv, the concept developer of Talk Nah!, explained the basic functionality he wanted in this app.… Read More »