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Hot on the tails of the recent unearthing of the despicable banning of meta platforms like Adobe Flash in the Apple App Store, it looks like there might be a loophole to getting apps through. According to the video above, in the upcoming Adobe Flash CS5, there is a way to export Flash to HTML5 canvas. If this is possible for the entirety of a Flash application, it could ...

Earlier today, John Gruber broke the news that using meta frameworks like Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone compiler and others like MonoTouch will be disallowed for apps that want to get through the App Store process: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed ...

This bug happens quite often and is very hard to pin down. It usually manifests itself as some piece of functionality in your app not working until you open the Firebug console window. If you're using console.log anywhere in your code-base, this error occurs since the Firebug console window isn't defined unless it is open and usable. Luckily, the fix is quite easy. Just surround your console.log() with a ...

There was an interesting article in the Guardian recently highlighting a study that claims that users mostly ignore "real-time" search results in Google. If you're not familiar with the real time results, it's those search results from twitter, facebook, etc. right at the very top before the web results. The article goes on to say that it might be due to the fact that not much information is contained ...

Caution: Semi-long rant, but a valuable message at the end. I've had my fair share of troubles with poorly implemented online systems (I'm looking at you Citibank), but my experience today with Comcast takes the cake. This is an example of how digitizing traditional processes with state-of-the-art online payment systems might reduce costs for large corporations, but if not implemented correctly can backfire by deteriorating the brand image. After ...

Quantum of Solace opened this weekend, and as any self-respecting die-hard Bond fan would, I had to go watch the opening show. Lines were long, seats were suboptimal, but thankfully, the movie wasn't a disappointment. There's no denying that Quantum of Solace is stellar. It helps further the new direction that the Bond franchise is moving in. It's a thrill-ride (yes, it's cliche) for the die-hard Bond fan as ...

At my day job at Yahoo! Research, I get to interview my fair share of engineers. Almost always, the candidates seem to fall into one of two types - the specialists and the generalists. The specialists are those who come from a strong background of fundamentals. Over years, they have honed and assimilated the details of their language or technology of choice. The generalists are the hungry scavengers. ...

Imagine if the attempts by startups in the genome space like 23andMe were to succeed at cataloging everyone's DNA. Would this piece of DNA become the ultimate representation of who and what you are? What would be the effects of having all the things that make you uniquely human be reduced to a string of characters? It's interesting to wonder if there would exist social networks around your DNA. ...

Wordpress 2.5 finally launched after a few delays, and it hasn't disappointed. I was glad to see them concentrating on revamping the Dashboard and the general Admin area. Wordpress has proven itself to be a solid extensible platform, but their admin area lacked in usability and flexibility. The upgrade process was a snap thanks to this guide.

There's plenty of news and opinion about what will ultimately happen with the Yahoo buyout deal. What with news of talent exodus, golden parachutes, lack of formal rejection letters, and proxy battles. But stepping aside from the mainstream opinion clouds, let's look at some of the other pervasive and completely tangential what-if scenarios: Apple buys Yahoo! - As some have discussed here, Yahoo! provides Apple with a huge entry ...