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Private iPhone APIs in XCode for Dummies
Today I had to use a private API while spiking a feature for an iPhone app I'm working on and I ran into a couple of gotchas along the way. There doesn't seem to be a simple step-by-step guide for using private iPhone APIs in XCode, so here's goes:
First off, you're going to need the [...]
Yahoo! Pipes could flow to exciting new places with web hooks
Sucking from the pipe...
Yahoo! Pipes, the excellent visual data mashup creator, has an unfortunate blockage problem. Specifically, it can pull in data from numerous sources, but the flow stops at the end of the pipe, waiting to be sucked out and consumed instead of automatically flowing out to its final destination.
When you create a Yahoo! [...]
Yahoo! update on Pipes for Flash Developers
Tom -- who, incidentally, also happens to be a speaker at the <head> web conference and the man behind the <head> San Francisco hub at Yahoo!'s Sunnyvale campus -- just alerted me that the lovely folks over at Yahoo! Pipes have posted a blog entry detailing How to find your Pipe ID after customizing your [...]
Yahoo! GeoPlanet API makes backwards-incompatible change, keeps it secret?
I just noticed that the Yahoo! GeoPlanet API made an API change to its JSON API that breaks existing apps. (I noticed because it broke the sign-up process for the new Singularity teaser site.)
Googling around, I couldn't find any announcements from Yahoo! about this. I don't know if there's a notification feed somewhere that I'm [...]
SWX Contest entries published!
The 19 20 22 entries that we received for the SWX Contest have now been published on the SWX Contest page for public viewing.
Due to the manageable number of entries, we're going to forego the first round of public voting (although you are welcome to leave comments on the entries) and allow our outstanding [...]
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