Gitting going with git: creating your first repository

Ars walks through the steps to building a simple github respository.

November 21, 2008 - 06:04PM CT - by Erica Sadun

App Store Lessons: Design for Contact

Today's App Store lesson is that adding a contact button directly into your app will vastly increase both bug reports and feature requests.

November 21, 2008 - 02:01PM CT - by Erica Sadun

How does iPhone 2.2 affect your phone? Jailbreakers hold off

Jailbroken iPhone users should delay updating to firmware 2.2 until updated tools are released by the iPhone dev team. Here, Ars goes over how the update affects your phone.

November 21, 2008 - 11:50AM CT - by Erica Sadun

In a fit of irony, iPhone pirating app gets pirated

iPhone Pirating app gets pirated. Plaintive pirate pleads with pirates post plundering: "Don't pirate pirating programs please."

November 21, 2008 - 11:19AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Yahoo introduces "Glue" visual search

Yahoo Glue combines search results into a single visual page. Ars takes a quick peek at this new service.

November 20, 2008 - 02:01PM CT - by Erica Sadun

Ars investigates: Does Google Mobile use private APIs?

People are calling foul on Apple and Google due to the use of private iPhone APIs in Google Mobile. Ars took a look and found that the answer to what's really going on is somewhat complex. Read on to find out what we discovered.

November 19, 2008 - 11:13PM CT - by Erica Sadun

App Store Lessons: Expect Delays after approval

"Ready for Sale" doesn't mean that your application appears in App Store right away. Expect to wait a bit before it goes live. Here's what you can do in the mean time.

November 19, 2008 - 04:35PM CT - by Erica Sadun

Google copyright deal moves forward

In a settlement announced today, Google will pay $125 million to authors and publishers affected by its Google Print service.

November 19, 2008 - 06:15AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Blogger says G1 multitouch capable

Can G1 hackers access the G1's multitouch capabilities? One blogger says yes and provides how-to and log proofs of concept

November 18, 2008 - 11:39AM CT - by Erica Sadun

G1 Hack Watch: Garage Door Opener

Ars learns that an Android hacker has turned his G1 into a next-generation Garage Door opener.

November 17, 2008 - 03:19PM CT - by Erica Sadun

iPhone Dev Team: Don't upgrade to 2.2 yet

The iPhone dev team says that jailbroken iPhone users shouldn't be too quick to upgrade to the next firmware release, whenever that may be.

November 17, 2008 - 10:00AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Open Radar: using social networking to squash Apple bugs

This weekend Open Radar introduced open source bug tracking for Apple software. Ars looks at this new site.

November 16, 2008 - 05:16PM CT - by Erica Sadun

PhoneFusion previews visual voicemail for Android

PhoneFusion will introduce visual voicemail for Android towards the end of this year.

November 14, 2008 - 04:16PM CT - by Erica Sadun

Apple adds new iPhone SDK samples

Apple has added six new iPhone developer samples to its reference library. Ars takes a look at each one, all of which add value to Apple's already-rich sample code suite.

November 14, 2008 - 11:15AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Hands-on with Things for Mac and iPhone

Cultured Code's Things offers flexible task management with iPhone integration. How does it stand up when Ars goes hands on? We liked it, although the Mac software could use some work.

November 13, 2008 - 02:22PM CT - by Erica Sadun

Analysis: iPhone "exploit" much ado about nothing

Ars investigates the recent iPhone "Default.png" controversy and concludes that there's little to worry about.

November 13, 2008 - 11:43AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Apple tablet patent offers hope, inevitable disappointment

A newly-published patent filing for versatile docking solutions has people's hopes up once again for an Apple tablet, but it's not as exciting as one might think.

November 13, 2008 - 11:22AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Tweaking your Time Machine strategies

Time Machine offers easy plug-and-backup goodness. Here are some tips you may want to investigate for augmenting your own backup strategies.

November 13, 2008 - 09:34AM CT - by Erica Sadun

Unlocked G1 phones still upgrade-compatible

Ars finds that unlocking your G1 won't prevent you from receiving updates from Google.

November 11, 2008 - 01:34PM CT - by Erica Sadun

Developer creates App Store game... on Windows

Think you can only develop for the iPhone on a Mac? Ars chats with an independent developer who has made public a free OS X/Windows hybrid framework that allows Windows developers to build iPhone applications in Visual Studio.

November 11, 2008 - 09:17AM CT - by Erica Sadun