iOS & Android Development

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments reached 295 million units in the second quarter of 2014. The Android operating system captured a new record of 85 percent global marketshare, mainly at the expense of BlackBerry, Apple iOS and Microsoft Windows Phone. Strategy Analytics

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Here you find the Swift Blog with RSS Feed available. A must read for all Swift Newbies. Apple Swift Blog

Sowohl Apple (14,3 Milliarden) als auch Google (5 Milliarden) haben inzwischen Zahlen zum Umsatz ihrer App-Läden im vergangenen Jahr veröffentlicht. Die Ausgaben für Software im App Store liegen um das Doppelte über denen im Google Play Store. Golem

Nice stats covering App introduced per month per device type Killed and live apps per category App Discovery Challenges User Loyality TechCrunch

ShiftIt is an application for OSX that allows you to quickly manipulate window position and size using keyboard shortcuts. It intends to become a full featured window organizer for OSX. It is a complete rewrite of the original ShiftIt by Aravindkumar Rajendiran which is not longer under development. GitHub

Statistics 2014 PC Market versus Tablet Market versus Mobile Phones in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Shipments by Operating System 2013, 2014 and 2015. TechCrunch

Privacy and Security of our data is something that’s increasingly valuable to us. While we cannot forget Apple is a large corporation with its legal requirements and was indeed part of the companies supplying the Government Agencies with customer data — just like Google, Microsoft, and many others. The latest updates to iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite introduce some very welcomed changes to the way Security and Privacy is dealt with on these platforms and may serve as an inspiration for others. Location Camera Contacts Kids Safari Keychain and Authentication HomeKit HealthKit CloudKit Handoff iTunes Connect Advertising Identifier Wi-Fi MAC Address Notifications Extensions Changes to Settings Privacy Best Practices Luis Abreu