Author Archives: Gibson

I found a security flaw in Apple’s App Store submission system

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Gibson

After being an Apple iPhone developer for over 2 years. I thought that I have seen my share of weird happenings with XCode, App Store policies etc. But this latest incident takes the cake. I was doing an app submission … Continue reading →

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I hope XCode 4.0 goes gold real soon

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Gibson

Ok, XCode 3.0 is really sucky when I compare it to the awesome iPhone and I guess Steve Jobs must not be a programmer, else he would make their development tool much easier and less buggy to use. Today, I … Continue reading →

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The Zynga-fication of games

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Gibson

Seems like there has been quite a lot of hooha about Zynga for the past few month, ranging from the Scamville debacle to Zynga’s outrageous growth to getting booed at during GDC. One reason I hear about why Zynga is … Continue reading →

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Windows Mobile 6.x submission system needs a lot of polish

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Gibson

It has been more than 1 month since my last post. How time flies and I really should post more regularly. Anyway, I have been tied up with Windows Mobile 6.x game development, hence the busy schedule. After developing my … Continue reading →

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Why Apple’s App Store doesn’t suck and yours does

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Gibson

Now that Apple has reaped a lot of cash and mindshare with their App Store. Every telco and mobile related company is rolling out their own version. But most are doomed to fail. To know why and how not to … Continue reading →

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I was wrong about Apple

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Gibson

With the much awaited announcement of the iPhone 4G at WWDC The phone was revealed to have a lot of other features such as a gyroscope, front facing camera(which other phones already have for years) and the 4x resolution of … Continue reading →

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Quick post

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Gibson

It’s been a while since my last post and I realize that I post more on Twitter than on my blog. So now you can find more of my posts on Twitter than on my blog as Twitter allows for … Continue reading →

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So ya wanna be a mobile developer?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Gibson

So ya wanna be a mobile developer? After hearing all the rags to riches stories of developers making it rich from iPhone apps and with smart phones being so ubiquitous. Ya think that ya could be the next one to … Continue reading →

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Failed to upload iPhoneAppName

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Gibson

While fiddling with some code in XCode a few minutes ago, I then decided to run it on my new device to see how it works. So I loaded the provisioning profile etc into my brand new iPhone and modified … Continue reading →

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You want to reduce piracy?

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Gibson

You want to reduce piracy? Then make it easier for people to get access to your digital goods instead of wrapping it with useless DRM that requires the customer to jump through hoops. If you make it real simple for … Continue reading →

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