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I'm developing an iOS app that displays store locations on a map using Apple Maps (MapKit). I've limit the number of icons that can be displayed on the map to 100, but there's still huge performance issues and the app is very laggy even on modern iPhone models. What's the best practice when displaying a large number of icons on a map, should the icons be in PNG format with a small resolution (~10kb) or should the icons be vector (SVG) for best performance? Should I use the MapKit framework for iOS 17 or the UIKit approach?

Summary Apple to determine which app subscriptions are ripoffs Quotes My thoughts When one of the masters of ripping of people determine that your app may be a rip-off, I need some WD-40 for my gears right now Sources

Hi sorry to bother you guys I am trying to set up a website with the gpt 3 ai model and I had purchased a very nice template from a develper but it was a "you troubleshoot it after I finish the foundations for you" kinda thing and so i was wondering if anyone knows where i can go to find developers to tweek the code for me and possibly turn it into a docker container for me so that i may run it on my home server for work use. Any and all advice on a platform where I can pay a few different developers to help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

I have a team of developers working on a game and I am looking for a platform that allows me to assign tasks to people and have them say they are working on it, then check it off when it's done. I realize i could just use a google doc, but I feel like there is a platform specifically built for this.

Note that this is not officially stated by Youtube, but reported by users and proven on youtube site itself. Youtube probably somewhere around apple keynote event updated their URL system, now working in JSON. This broke all apps from youtube-dl through 3rd party youtube clients to youtube video and music download/ripping sites (those that actually just passed the webm link to video file on google) and now uses some authentication methods (based on my IP, timeout and other things being in the URL) The most notable mentions are as said youtube-dl, whose hotfix has as of writing this already been published, but no tested version - bugs expected - NewPipe (3rd party youtube client I am personally using! and onlinevideoconverter.com/ytmp3.cc and others. It is predicted that this update was intentional on breaking the download sites, instead of just better security for direct video files. From: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/2615

Github has reportedly been acquired by Microsoft according to this article. Remember this is comes months after Microsoft became a platinum member of The Linux Foundation. Why is Microsoft so keen on the open source community?

Wow, really, there was / is no free apps on the Apple store! In Android that is the best way to drive a great product and show how passionate a developer you are... “Today, we are asking Apple to commit to allowing free trials for all apps in the App Stores” continues Developer Union in the article from Gadgets360. Link: Gadgets360

If anybody wants to know, Discord is hiring developers who want to work in erlang/elixir, reactjs, python, and/or C++. https://discordapp.com/company This showed up when Discord app started up. Check them out.

Original Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/what-new-things-should-you-expect-in-gta-v-pc/1100-6426472/ Gamespot managed to get an interview with some major roles at Rockstar North about GTA V PC and asked some questions which we all want to know, such as Why the long wait, what changes have been made and what new features have been added. Most of the questions and answers are about the visuals of the game, but one stood out to me the most. Rockstars response in my option are very vague to this question. Does that mean a yes or a no? I'm thinking its unfortunately a no, but i have been wrong in the past, lets hope i am here again. My thoughts? This article is worth the read as it doesn't really give away anything of the game which we weren't already aware off, so there was no spoilers. But i probably found it interesting since I am anticipating the games release next week. Your thoughts? Please leave them down below!

Does anyone know what the name of the song is that plays when you visit a LTT forum developer's profile? Also, would anyone know why this song plays? Is this some kind of joke I don't get, or is it just a little easter egg, just cause? Link to a developer's profile: http://linustechtips.com/main/user/2043-cat/

Awesome News is Awesome... Autodesk today announced it’s making its suite of of apps free for students and teachers worldwide. According to Autodesk, the new access should allow more than 680 million people from over 800,000 schools and 188 countries have access to the software at no cost. As of today the design-minded outfit is offering its wares, AutoCAD and Fusion 360, for education use worldwide. This is the follow up to the announcement of free software for academic institutions in the United States earlier this year as part of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, Autodesk has gradually expanded free access to its leading design software to academic institutions across Asia Pacific and Europe. the access is meant for educational purposes only no commercial usage allowed. Autodesk is the leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software , Now it's also helping schools move to the cloud by providing academic institutions with its full suite of next generation cloud-based design products, cloud services such as the A360 collaboration platform, as well as maintenance subscription for free. To access the free software you need to request free educational access to Autodesk through their site : http://www.autodesk.com/education. News Link: http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/01/autodesk-software-free-education/ Pretty swell news since the company decided to now open up the software up for worldwide acees for free, Post Your thoughts on this down beloooooooooooww

Of course we are all on the ongoing quest to find the best developer ever, I want/need/like YOUR opinion. Who has revolutionized gaming the most from your perspective. You may submit a person of a entire company, what ever you like. Valve, Rockstar or even EA Have your pick. My favorite person in gaming is Gabe Newell, I mean. just look at his glorious beard His inability to count to 3 has not stopped him from creating one of the most glorious companies on this planet, Valve. Is it Half-Life 2 ¾ that seals the deal? not for me, i just love thinking with portals.. and killing zombies. (They should develop a bridge between portal and left4dead really) And anyone who argues Steam is not the best thing out there, ask youself. Is Origin, Desura of Uplay really that good?

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/07/16/lead-simcity-developers-leave-maxis-to-form-indie-studio/

These days some high-end cards can sometimes even struggle playing the latest games all maxed out. For example Metro 2033 or the original Crysis, and even GTA IV. Why has it taken YEARS after the launch of the game when graphics cards can finally at least run it at a constant 60FPS all maxed out. Why not play a game the way it's meant to be played? ( Nvidia :P )

F**k AAA games.. Let's all make indies! Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/20/obsidians-ceo-says-aaa-games-are-not-relevant-to-most-developers/

I was playing Serious Sam 3 with my nephew. It recognizes multiple Keyboard & Mouse inputs, meaning we can each play with our own Keyboard and Mouse. Right before this, we were trying to play Resident Evil 6. Which only allows you to play with 1 keyboard/mouse and the other player has to use a controller. WTH. Seriously. Serious Sam 3 can get this right, but RE6 can't? Tried playing Left 4 Dead 2. Same thing. WTF Valve? Although I know it's a feature that isn't directly in the game (you have to use the console to get it to activate), you could've at least made it simple enough to use multiple input devices. Tried playing Archon: Classic. Same thing. Tried playing Portal 2. Same thing. Again, wtf Valve? I mean, I get it. Local Co-op isn't in many games on the PC, but I figure if a game can have it, the devs could put forth the effort for multiple keyboards & mice since it's obviously possible. I'm really surprised by that in fact. It's possible. That's epic. And Serious Sam 3 has it, but no other game I've tried does. Also, if anyone has any good local co-op games to suggest, I'd love to hear them.

Lol'd. Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/13/thievery-at-e3-vlambeer-developers-backpack-full-of-games-stol/

More detailed Information about each feature below the Original Post Apple took the wraps off iOS 8 during today’s WWDC keynote. The latest OS release brings a host of new features and improvements, headed by the ability to closely interact with the freshly announced OS X Yosemite. iOS 8 includes interactive notifications. Users can now perform additional actions right from the notification itself. For instance, Apple demoed quick reply for text messages. A notification comes is in, and with a tap you can start replying. Works with third party apps too Favorite contact will now appear in the multitasking screen which will then ask you yo to call, text, mail or FaceTime Another feature which allows iOS 8 to interact with OS X Yosemite is dubbed Handoff. An expansion of AirDrop, the functionality allows iOS 8 devices to share a multitude of tasks and data with OS X Yosemite, including phone calls messages, files, etc. The newly announced iCloud Drive will be also available on iOS 8. It will be neatly integrated into the OS. iCloud Drive allows you to sync your app files across all your devices. iCloud Drive is actually the closest to a unified file storage iOS has ever gotten. You start App X, you open up the iCloud Drive panel and from there you open a file, which is originally stored with App Y. Once you are done manipulating it, the file is stored back to its original location under App Y so you always know where to find the latest version. We are yet to hear about the availability details. Apple brought the often-requested widgets to iOS with the latest release. They will not be located on the homescreen. Instead, you will be able to find them and interact with them in the Notification center. The keyboard in iOS 8 has been changed as well. It predicts more efficiently the words a user is about to input. Even more importantly, iOS 8 finally brings the ability to install third-party keyboards. This means that the likes of SwiftKey and Swype will soon make their way to iPhones and iPads around the world. As expected, iOS 8 features a HealthKit suite which gathers all data collected from the device’s tracking apps. Apple has teamed up with a number of partners on the health suite including Nike and the Mayo clinic. Apple iMessage has seen a number of improvements in iOS. The suite is now an even more credible competitor to the likes of WhatsApp with the addition of the ability to directly send audio and video messages from within the app. The native email client has also been improved in iOS 8. It allows users to discard unimportant messages via a simple swiping gesture. Also you can read other messages while composing new messages Spotlight has been overhauled as well. It now allows users to search for uninstalled apps, songs from the iTunes store, as well as a whole lot more of useful content. It can also directly open links to wikipedia Family Sharing: The feature allows family members who use the same credit card to also share a variety of other information, including iTunes purchases, photos and photo streams, location, reminders, calendars, and more. If your kid buys an app from the app store a permission request will be asked from the parent and a message detailing the apps will be sent to the parents iPhone/iPad Siri can now identify songs and 22 new languages have been added. Also siri can be summoned by 'Hey Siri" in cars while charging Enterprise features have also been greatly improved in iOS 8. They include beefed up security, new productivity features, as well as better data and device management tools. The camera app also has a new time lapse mode (Updated-1) Apple briefly flashed the slide pictured above and in it listed a bunch of new features that it didn’t talk about in length or at all during its keynote. Some of them include Tips app Panorama on iPad, WiFi calling, FaceTime call waiting, Rich text editing in Notes, iBooks app now comes pre installed accessibility improvements like multi-devices support for MFi hearing aids the ability to exist Guided Access mode using TouchID. Camera timer Emergency Medical Card ​Separate focus and exposure for Camera Travel Time notifications Auto-night Mode for iBooks RSS in shared Links DuckDuckGo is supported is Safari iCloud Drive for storing your files on the cloud and accessing them from your iOS and OS X devices Shortcut to frequently contacted people in multitasking interface Improved enterprise features App bundles with discounted prices Video preview for apps in App Store Braille keyboard for direct 6-dot braille input Private browsing per tab in Safari Individual app passcode Sends last known location to iCloud before running out of battery Won't require WiFi to connect to Apple TV iPhones can be used as controllers for iPads and Macs Location-based apps shortcuts will be on the lower left hand corner in the lock screen (for example, in starbucks your phone will show starbucks app on the lower left in lock screen for easy access) Advancement in Audio technology in iOS 8 Support for headphones and earphones connected with lightning cable for much better audio clarity (48 kHz digital audio input) ​iOS 8 is available for developers today and it will release in fall. Its going to be available for iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPad mini 1, iPod touch 5th gen and up For Developers: Touch ID, home kit (serves as a central kit for home automation), health kit (a health hub from other devices), camera API (for manual control), CloudKit are available for 3rd party app integration New programming language in Xcode called Swift which is way more easier than Objective-C Also the Swift code can be written with Objective C and C codes A new API called metal along with scene kit and sprite kit than enhances the graphics and Apple is working with Epic Games, Crytek, EA, etc for better games. Also Tim Sweeny came on stage demonstrating Metal's abilities Extensions API can let 3rd Party apps become available like an option within other apps TestFlight beta testing for open beta testing apps with the masses Detailed Information of some of the New Features: Extensions: In iOS 8, apps can place an extension in the share sheet, that will allow you to share, say, a web page to any app that supports this functionality, whereas previously you’d be limited to the few built-in apps along with Twitter and Facebook. Or apps can provide specific functionality in other apps, such as the Bing Translate action Apple demonstrated during the keynote in Safari. What this also does is let you, say, open a photo in the Photos app and then choose to edit it in a separate, third party app, such as VSCOcam. Unlike on Android, you won’t actually be leaving the app on iOS 8 and instead VSCOcam will load within the Photos app till you finish the editing work and then the UI will change to the stock Photos app UI. Same basic idea as on Android but with a better implementation. Developers can make their apps show up in Photos app for editing purposes and this also works for apps of other kinds. Then there are widgets. Although Apple didn’t adopt the Android way of placing widgets on the home screen, you can get the same basic functionality from widgets in the Notification Center. Apps can have a widget of their own, which will show up in the widgets list and you can select the ones you want to appear in the Notification Center. During the conference Craig showed how he bid for a guitar in ebay through notification center Keyboard: The keyboard in iOS 8 is hugely improved and now shows suggestions as you type. The suggestions are context aware and thus provide relevant suggestions depending upon what you are typing and to whom you're typing. If its a co worker it will suggest decent words but if its a friend, words like awesome, epic, etc will appear. It learns from your usage and improves the suggestions to match the context and your typing style. However, if you think it’s still not good enough, you can now install third-party keyboards. Apple showed Swype during the keynote but I’m sure other keyboards such as SwiftKey will eventually make their way to the App Store. Apple by default prevents the keyboards from connecting to the internet to prevent your keystrokes from being sent out of the device but you can choose to give the keyboard access to the internet if you want. Continuity: One advantage of making your own smartphones, tablets and computers with your own custom software means that you can do things that few others can. One such feature is Continuity, which makes moving between your various Apple devices seamless. One of the things you can do with iOS 8 on your iPhone and iPad (and OS X Yosemite on your Mac) is start working on a document or a message on one of your device and then pick up right where you left on others. The devices constantly stay in sync with what you are doing and let’s say you’re working on a document in Pages on the iPhone and feel like finishing it off on the iPad, you’ll see an icon on the iPad’s lock screen for Pages and when you swipe it upwards, it will directly launch the app and present it in the exact same state you left it on the iPhone. This works with other things, too, such as emails and web pages. Another spectacular addition is being able to make calls and send messages from your Mac or iPad when your iPhone is around. Let’s say you have a Mac and your iPhone is lying around somewhere and you get a call. Instead of picking up the iPhone, you get the notification to pick up the call directly on your Mac. Similarly, you can also make calls. This also works with SMS. Want to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot on your iPhone for your iPad or Mac? You don’t have to do any actual setting up. Your iPhone will automatically appear in your Wi-Fi list on your Mac or iPad and you just click on it and the device will automatically do everything and connect to the phone. Family Sharing: Family Sharing allows you to create a group of six people with different Apple accounts. Once you create a group, you can have all of them using one credit card. You can then share content such as music, movies, books, apps and games purchased using that card with other members of that group. If you have kids, you can prevent them from purchasing using your card. When they try to buy something, they get a message to ask you and you get a notification asking you for permission. Only with your permission can others purchase using your card, if you set it as such. Other than the content purchased on the group, you can also share photos on your device between the account so all the family members can have all the photos. You can also have a group calendar that everyone in the group can access and add to. Lastly, you can also share location within the group so you can see where the other group members are all the time. This is going to be great for people who all have Apple devices in the house. Metal: For someone who plays a lot of games on the iPad, this is something that I find particularly exciting. Every time you run a 3D game on your device, it runs through a layer of OpenGL API to access the device hardware. Metal gets rid of this layer and gives the games more direct access to the CPU and GPU. This is similar to how AMD’s Mantle works on the desktop side. What this means is that games programmed for Metal will run much faster and you can have much better graphics with the same hardware than you could before with OpenGL, 10x as fast according to Apple. Apple is already working with the top game developers and game engines to make games using Metal. Hopefully, more games will use Metal in the future. This does mean additional work for developers, as they can no longer make a game for OpenGL and have it work across platforms but it does have considerable benefits in terms of performance. If it were any other platform I’d have been skeptical about its success but it’s Apple and developers have been more than willing to go out of their way to make things work well on its platforms, especially iOS. Healthkit and Homekit: Currently, there are many companies making health focused devices, such as the Nike FuelBand, the Jawbone Up and the FitBit. These devices usually have their own apps, which scatters your data across the phone. What Healthkit does is provide device manufactures a place to collate all their data so it’s easier for the user to find all of it in one place. It also works with medical services that can track your health and contact a doctor if necessary for you. Homekit is similar, but works with home automation devices. Things such as lights and thermostats that can now be controlled by your phone but use separate apps can now plug into this one app making it easier to control all the devices in your house from one place. Messaging: Apple has made considerable improvements to the Messages app in iOS. Those who used the iMessages service could previously make groups for multiple people to chat in one place but the execution left a lot to be desired. The latest update brings along some much needed features, such as the ability to mute a group, leave the group, remove a person from the group or share your location with your friends in the group. Along with that, you can now also send voice and video messages to your friends. Press and hold the microphone button above the keyboard and speak your message. You can do this for video too. Lastly, Messages now syncs your SMS messages along with your iMessages to your iPad or your Mac, so the conversation maintains its structure and continuity across devices. Improved Notifications: Now, when you get a notification from someone while you’re in another app, you can just pull down the toast notification that appear on top and you will get additional options to reply to the message on the spot, without having to switch apps You can also swipe left on certain notifications on the lock screen to get additional options. Lastly, if you get a voice message, just hold the phone to your ear even if it’s locked and it plays for you without having to press a button. Improved Photos app There is now a new Photos app on iOS 8. First of all, you get iCloud Library, which syncs your photos across all your iOS devices. Even if you make an edit to your photo, the changes are synced across immediately. You can also store photos in your iCloud account and they appear on your phone along with the ones stored locally. There is a new search tool that lets you find photos by just typing and as you type it will show photos from a particular date, album and even location where they were taken. Lastly, there is a much improved photo editor built-in, with color and light adjustment, filters and horizon leveling tools. Improved Siri and Spotlight: Siri can now be accessed by saying “Hey, Siri” when it is connected to a charger without having to press a button, which can be convenient when you’re driving. It also now shows you words as you speak them and features improved voice recognition and language support. You can now also purchase iTunes content with Siri. Lastly, you can also find out what song is playing around you using Siri, thanks to the Shazam integration. Spotlight has also been enhanced. Along with showing you local content as you type, it now taps into services such as Wikipedia, and can do Google searches on the fly as you type. It will even suggest apps, movies, music and books from the store that you don’t have on your device. A search for a movie will bring up show times and a search for a restaurant will bring up more info about the place with location. These are all the major features that Apple announced. There will be many more little things that we will come across as we use the OS on a daily basis but what we have above is the real dea Here's a iOS 8 Beta 1 hands-on video: Sources: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/ http://redmondpie.com http://9to5mac.com http://blog.gsmarena.com/best-new-features-ios-8-know/

I think this is ridiculous what Microsoft are doing and I am getting real annoyed by them that they would do this because I want to see games and a fair competition between the giants; not an unfair competition over one company. Microsoft is making some really bad decisions they are making themselves look really bad by doing this and they will be in hot water when its release date. They need to rethink their strategy and make sure they present themselves well at E3 or else they won't come back from this. Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Paying-Third-Party-Publishers-to-Not-Show-PS4-Games-at-E3-2013-Report-359264.shtml YouTuber ReviewTechUSA talking about his thoughts on this article: What do you guys think?