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Apple Seeds iOS 5 Golden Master To Developers

10:35AM October 5, 2011 | Adam Dachis

If you have an Apple iOS developer account, you get the Golden Master (GM) release of iOS 5 today. If you don’t have a developer account, you’ll get this release on October 12. As far as we know, this release doesn’t come with anything special, but rather just fewer bugs. Head on over to the Apple iOS Dev centre to download your copy. More »

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How The Windows Azure DataMarket Can Power Your Cloud Apps

Windows Azure doesn’t just offer a great multi-language platform for building cloud applications. Through the Windows Azure DataMarket, it also gives you access to a wealth of data sets you can use to enhance your applications. Here are some that offer potential for Aussie developers. More »
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Mac OS X Lion Golden Master Seeded To Developers

4:35AM July 2, 2011 | Adam Dachis

Apple promised the release of Lion, the next version of its Mac OS X operating system, sometime this July, but they didn’t even wait a day to get it to developers. The Golden Master (GM) version of Lion just entered the Mac Developer Center this morning and, like most GM releases, is likely the version that will be released to the public. More »

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One Bondi Geek Can Take On The World

James Coenen-Eyre, aka Bondi Geek, is a freelance development hero. With Windows Azure at his back he’s been able to punch like an industry heavyweight – no IT hardware team required. Coenen-Eyre is single handedly building a major Australian music industry website. How many other one-man shows can say the same?

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Viral Ambitions Don’t Have To Cost The Earth

Dean Robertson, Managing Director of Mexia, runs a serious development business, but also has some interesting ideas he’s looking to test on the side. Thanks to Windows Azure, Robertson can build a social trading platform concept and give it its chance to go viral without having to commit tens of thousands in hardware resources.

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TV Hopefuls Put Their Dreams In The Cloud

Steve Orenstein from MyCastingNet can make you a reality TV star. His business is transforming cast recruitment for companies like Channel Seven, making it easier for future stars to get their names in front of the right people. And when a TV show promotes recruitment for a new series, Windows Azure gives Orenstein all the power his site needs to manage the spike in traffic.

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Some Education Revolutions Happen Behind The Scenes

Adrian Brenton, Software Developer at Janison, can find out how smart all of you are with a new generation in web-based school test delivery. Here Brenton tells us how Windows Azure gives the education department the power to run tests for many thousands of students at once without paying for the capacity to do so even when they don’t need it.
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How To Upgrade To iOS 5 Today, Without Any Developer Account

7:08AM June 8, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

One day and iOS 5 has been hacked already. Gizmodo reader and Apple lover Mert Erdir has discovered how to upgrade to iOS 5 without developer accounts, using a simple backdoor. Everyone can do it following these extremely simple instructions: More »

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My Concept Rules: The People’s Choice Winner

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3:00PM June 3, 2011 | Angus Kidman

We told you this morning that James Eling won the main prize in our My Concept Rules contest. Congratulations also to Simon Card, who picked up the People’s Choice award for his Wine Guru concept. Nice one!

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My Concept Rules: We Have A Winner

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8:30AM June 3, 2011 | Angus Kidman

Yesterday, the four finalists in our My Concept Rules contest to develop a great Windows Azure app presented their apps to the judging panel. It was a tough call, but eventually a winner was chosen: Time 2 Roster, presented by James Eling. More »