Mapping Wars

Google is holding an invitation-only event next week in San Francisco, where it says it will show off the “next dimension” of its Maps product. The event comes a week ahead of when Apple is expected to replace Google as the mapping provider in iOS at its annual developers conference, which starts June 11. Also …

On the App Store removal of AirPlay apps

The author of AirFloat on its App Store removal: I realized that this would never make it to the App Store. Even though it would be 100% within the App Store Guidelines – given this was a reimplementation – Apple posible wouldn’t approve it due to the usage of the AirPort Express’ private key. But …

Please Steal These webOS Features

When Apple introduced the first iPad in 2010, I bought one immediately. I didn’t know what I’d use it for, but I was sure that I would find some use for it. I never did. I played around with it, wrote some code for it, but eventually stopped using it. So when I bought a …

Siri Proxy: Using Siri to control your thermostat

Siri Proxy is a proxy server for Apple’s Siri “assistant.” The idea is to allow for the creation of custom handlers for different actions. This can allow developers to easily add functionality to Siri. Here’s a demonstration that I wrote: It allows me to control my thermostat when I am at home. Doesn’t require a …