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CUPERTINO, California—May 13, 2009—Apple® will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. A team of Apple executives, led by Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the keynote. WWDC will offer in-depth sessions on both iPhone™ OS 3.0, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, and Mac OS® X Snow Leopard™, an even more powerful and refined version of the world’s best desktop operating system and the foundation for future Mac® innovation.

“Last June, we gave developers an early look at the powerful new technologies that form the underpinnings of Mac OS X Snow Leopard,” said Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “At WWDC, we will be giving our developers a final Developer Preview release so they can see the incredible progress we’ve made on Snow Leopard and work with us as we move toward its final release.”

Snow Leopard and Mac technical sessions will showcase hundreds of refinements to the operating system and dive deep into its new technologies including a 64-bit architecture, QuickTime® X, next-generation multicore and GPU processor support, and amazing new accessibility technologies. iPhone OS 3.0 technical sessions will cover introductory and advanced concepts to help developers get the most out of the iPhone OS 3.0 SDK and over 1,000 new APIs available for iPhone OS 3.0.

WWDC also offers attendees the unique opportunity to work side-by-side with Apple engineers to solve code-level issues, gain insight into development techniques and get expert advice on interface design.

Other activities at Apple’s WWDC 2009 include:

• more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers on a wide range of technology-specific topics for developing, deploying and integrating iPhone OS 3.0 and Mac OS X technologies;
• over 1,000 Apple engineers presenting the latest in Apple technologies and providing one-to-one direction in hands-on labs; and
• the opportunity to connect with thousands of fellow iPhone and Mac developers from around the world.

Apple has sent out emails to iPhone developers announcing that all apps must now be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0.

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is the premier technical event for developers and IT professionals innovating with Apple platforms. Over 1,000 Apple engineers will be at Moscone West to present the latest Apple technologies and provide you with code-level guidance. You’ll learn how to harness the power of iPhone OS, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard in the most efficient and sophisticated way possible – saving you time and accelerating your development. Bring your MacBook and your imagination, and prepare to make your ideas happen.

WWDC 2009 is scheduled for June 8-12 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

Technical Sessions

At the heart of the WWDC experience are the technical sessions presented by Apple engineers. Choose from a wide range of topics on developing, deploying, and integrating iPhone OS and Mac OS X technologies. Sessions cover introductory and advanced concepts so you can gain a solid foundation if you are new to iPhone and Mac development, or dive deep if you are already familiar with Apple technologies.

Hands-on Labs

Work side-by-side with the Apple engineers at the hands-on labs. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to solve code-level issues that will fast track your development. Apple’s Human Interface designers are available for one-to-one consultations on the visual design and usability of your iPhone or Mac OS X application. The labs are also a great place to talk through your concepts and get answers to the topics important to you.

Connect With Your Peers

WWDC brings together the best and the brightest developers and IT professionals in the Apple community. Take advantage of this unique setting to meet your peers using iPhone OS and Mac OS X. Strike up a conversation and get inspired by how they are developing with, deploying, and integrating Apple technologies. You’re sure to hear about new ideas and methods that you can incorporate into your own environment.

Special Events

Special evening events at WWDC offer you time to unwind, relax, and mingle with other attendees. You also find special lunchtime sessions throughout the week where guest speakers present real-world examples of how they use Apple technologies in their industries.

For more information, visit http://developer.apple.com/wwdc.

March 17, 2009 – Spiderweb Software, Inc. announced today the sales figures for one of their more successful games, the Indie fantasy role-playing game Geneforge 4: Rebellion. There is a lot of excitement about casual gaming and Indie game development these days, but there’s also very little public information about how many games actually get sold or the sort of income one can reasonably expect in this line of work. The sales figures for Geneforge 4 give a rare view into the potential earnings of a company that is supporting several full-time employees but not taking over the world.

The figures were released by Spiderweb Software president Jeff Vogel on his blog, The Bottom Feeder. They can be read at jeff-vogel.blogspot.com

In future weeks, the blog will break down the sales by platform, discuss price issues for Independent games, and give well-meant advice to aspiring young developers. Comments, questions, and mean-spirited mockery of the quality of graphics in Spiderweb Software games are all equally welcomed.

Spiderweb Software, Inc., an independent game-design company based in Seattle, WA, is fanatically dedicated to creating fun, exciting fantasy role-playing games for Windows and Macintosh. Past titles include the award-winning Geneforge and Avernum series. More information on the company is available at www.spiderwebsoftware.com

AppViz helps iPhone developers download and visualize their application sales. Avoid the hassle of manual daily downloads. Instead, download your data from the web with the click of a button. Spend your time building applications, not building spreadsheets.

AppViz is available from Ideaswarm for $20 with a free 30-day trial.

Until now, it was difficult for iPhone developers to give free promotional or review copies of their applications, requiring an Ad-hoc copy to be built especially for the device it was to run on. Thankfully Apple listened to developers and came up with a much easier way.
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Apple has sent the following email to iPhone developers:

Dear iPhone Developer,

iTunes Connect, the tool you use to manage your applications and access your reports, will be unavailable from December 24 through December 27, 2008.
Access to iTunes Connect is scheduled to resume on Sunday, December 28.
Best regards,

iPhone Developer Program

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From http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/

We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software.

We put the NDA in place because the iPhone OS includes many Apple inventions and innovations that we would like to protect, so that others don’t steal our work. It has happened before. While we have filed for hundreds of patents on iPhone technology, the NDA added yet another level of protection. We put it in place as one more way to help protect the iPhone from being ripped off by others.

However, the NDA has created too much of a burden on developers, authors and others interested in helping further the iPhone’s success, so we are dropping it for released software. Developers will receive a new agreement without an NDA covering released software within a week or so. Please note that unreleased software and features will remain under NDA until they are released.

Osterville, MA., July 1, 2008– Savant Systems LLC, with a visionary approach to control and home automation that emphasizes reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform, announced its new Savant Open Developer Alliance program. The program was previewed and available to developers who attended Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Now for the first time, all Mac OS X developers can apply to join the alliance and create applicable Automator Actions that integrate with the Savant home automation and control platform based on Mac OS X.

“Savant Systems has ignited a revolution in the high-end home automation and A/V industry by creating its own platform with serious computing power, based on Mac OS X, that allows dealers to maintain and evolve their customers’ systems,” explained Jim Carroll, president of Savant Systems. “Now Mac OS X developers can get involved. The Savant Open Developer Alliance program lets member developers apply their legendary creativity to home automation and share in the profits.”

Any Mac OS X developer can apply to join the alliance and contribute actions to integrate with Savant’s graphical programming environment, called RacePoint Blueprint. Savant’s unique configuration software, within RacePoint Blueprint, leverages several standard Mac OS X technologies, such as Quartz Composer and Automator, to control commercial and home automation systems. Developers can create controls to interact with devices, such as flat panel displays, DVD players, AV receivers, set-top boxes, Apple TV projectors, lighting, window treatments, and other equipment commonly deployed in any high-tech living space.

“Savant’s revolutionary systems have been under development since 2005 and we started shipping products to dealers this year,” Carroll continued. “The response has been tremendous and we have a list of requested Automator Actions just waiting to be created. Whether it’s a fun iTunes integration or something more serious involving security, Savant is looking for partners to share in the development as well as the resulting revenues.”

Savant Systems’ platform drives its ROSIE controllers and integrates with innovative user technologies including 5-, 7-, 9-, and 12-inch in-wall touchpanels, a 13.3-inch wireless touchpanel, and the ROSIE Coffee Table Touchpanel Controller, along with Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch. Developers interested in joining the Savant Open Developer Alliance can apply online at http://www.savantav.com/lib/docs/OpenDeveloperAlliance.pdf.

[B]About Savant:[/B] Savant was founded by a core group of technology pioneers with hundreds of years of combined real-world experience in peripheral applications such as programmable systems, digital signal processing, telephony, switching systems, video processing, and home electronics integration. The Savant Team is committed to redefining the Home Control Systems industry with a visionary solution to home automation that emphasizes reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform. The Savant product suite is distinguished by an unparalleled blend of cutting-edge technology and advanced next-generation graphics.