Do you like coding? Not just mildly like it, but really, really like it? If you do and you’re able to head to Sydney University this weekend, you could take part in a 24-hour coding frenzy. More »
9 to 5 Mac reports that Apple has included facial recognition software and APIs into iOS 5. While Apple doesn’t plan on making an app of their own, developers can jump on it and turn out Kinect-ish apps after tinkering with it.
Ebook sharing site Lendle has lost access to Amazon’s ebook APIs, effectively shutting them down. Lendle took advantage of the Kindle book lending feature, connecting random users who wanted to swap books digitally. More »
Twitter’s decided they’ve got the gold standard in applications, and are essentially telling aspiring devs to eff off: “Developers ask us if they should build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstreamTwitter consumer client experience. The answer is no.” More »
If you find you send a lot of SMS messages asking “Where are you?” you might want to check out Kooee, an Aussie-made app built around making the act of sharing location information as easy as possible. More »
In a move that has been left totally unexplained, Apple has ditched its jailbreak detection API that it introduced to iOS about six months ago. The utility was mostly of service to enterprise specialists who wanted to make sure their networks weren’t being compromised by jailbroken iPhones, which can pose security risks. More »
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AirPlay arrived this week, perhaps not quite as ass-kickingly as we had hoped. Here’s a clip of Air Video, the excellent stream-any-video-you-want-to-your-iPad app rigged up to beam video to an Apple TV. Basically, this is how AirPlay should work. More »
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Whoa! My head is spinning after watching this video demo of a TweetDeck beta release which uses Twitters new user stream API. It lets you watch people replying, retweeting or favouriting tweets in real time. Amazing. More »
