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Lies, outrageous lies and statistics

andrei (06/11/2012 - 11:44)

I can not say that MapPocket is a wild success, but lately we enjoyed a steady grow of revenue. I should confess that watching a trend line of revenue going undisputably up does make you feel a little bit proud.

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Dear Apple, are you sure you thought it through?

andrei (05/02/2012 - 13:15)

If you develop for iOS, you probably read about "frictions" between Apple and DropBox (if not, just Google DropBox API reject).  Even if you are not using DropBox, you may want to pay attention to this.... read more

All your classes belong to Drupal (registry)

andrei (04/13/2012 - 17:34)

Lately I have started to make Drupal programming a little bit less tedious by embracing OO side of PHP.  Almost immidiatelly I start wondering how exactly class autoload works in Drupal. It took me a couple hours to figure out, but now I DO know.

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How to make your website mobile compatible [WordPress edition]

elena (02/24/2012 - 22:48)

There is a number of different approaches in addressing website's mobile compatibility. They differ by amount of development efforts involved and, subsequently, command different price ranges. Below, I am briefly outlining 3 ways of mobile implementations:

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LITE and easy

andrei (02/01/2012 - 21:23)

Amazingly enough, I was not able to find straightforward instructions on how to build both FULL and LITE versions of the same iOS app with XCode 4.x.  It did not took much time to figure out. Still, this blog post may save you some grief.

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Fun with Storyboards

andrei (01/25/2012 - 15:59)

Since I attended Apple's iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour in New York City (which was a  lot of fun), I decided to try to use Storyboards. So far I like it. It does remove a lot of boring coding from iOS app. While playing with Storyboards, I have run into a few situations where I could not figure out "out of the box" solution.... read more

Mobile website vs. Mobile App Explained

elena (10/10/2011 - 21:11)

Since we started offering mobile development I've been hearing two questions: Can you create an app? or Can you create a mobile website? I've noticed that sometimes the terms "mobile app" and "mobile website" have been used as synonyms but, in some cases they get mixed up.

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FACTOR TWO

andrei (06/26/2011 - 17:57)

How you can protect your Drupal account login if you have to access your site from all kind of hostile locations?  Even if you do it over HTTPS, a "bad dude" can look over your shoulder and steal your password.  The only real answer is to employ some sort of a multi-factor authentication and/or an authentication that rely on one-time passwords.... read more

Flickr and Colorbox walk into ... Drupal

andrei (06/26/2011 - 11:53)

This is one of these things that makes you think: how come that it was not done like this from the day one?  I guess either Flickr or Colorbox module could have done it (though it probably makes more sense for Flickr to do it).

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Now you see it, now you don't (or where all my buttons go?)

andrei (06/26/2011 - 10:44)

I am not exactly sure when did it happen, all I know is that when I installed WYSIWYG Module on my D7 Final a few days ago I ended up with toolbar totally bare of any buttons :(.  Quick googling produced the answer (not really the answer, but at least an explanation). 

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