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lcResTool and lcMover LiveCode Plugins Released
If you are using the LiveCode development environment, check out the plugins we’ve developed: lcResTool and lcMover. lcResTool helps you size your windows to a variety of common mobile device sizes. There are options for orientation, e.g. landscape vs. portrait, and automatically subtracting the height of the status bar for several devices. In addition there is…
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New Interactives for Museo La Tallera Siqueiros
CB&F has just completed a project in consultation with Museografica SC, to produce iOS based computer interactives for the Museo La Tallera Siqueiros in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The interactives have been deployed on Apple iPads running iOS. They help make available a large library of images and documents on the life of David Alfaro Siqueiros. The interactives are part…
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The Museum of Mayan Culture, Chetumal
Charles Buchwald & Friends are honoured to have been part of the recent renovation and reinvigoration of The Museum of Mayan Culture in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Consulting to Mexico’s premiere museum and exhibit design firm Museografica SC, CB&F programmed 3 computer interactive displays replacing older mechanical interactives, and consulted on the development of a…
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iPhone 5 Design Leaked
Just couldn’t resist this one… For what it’s worth, I predict that within 10 years or less, the handheld computer will be the de facto standard. I’ve seen 1 TB USB drives coming out this year, and Moore’s Law says that smartphones will be 1000 times more powerful than they are now in 10 years.…
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Registered iOS Developer
Just in case you were wondering, Charles Buchwald & Friends is an officially Registered iOS Developer, a member of the Apple Developer Program, the iOS Developer Program, and a full member of Runtime Revolution’s LiveCode Developer Program. CB&F is currently developing iOS apps for commercial distribution, and has just published Easy Rider, the first and…
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$1M Hidden in Your Smartphone or Tablet
Forgotten Treasures, Ltd. has retained Charles Buchwald & Friends to adapt their The World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt books for use on smartphones and tablets. Ebooks are first up, targeted to debut before the end of the year. Following soon afterwards, smartphone and tablet app versions will supply new and exciting ways to participate in this…
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App Stats from Mobile Entertainment
According to Mobile Entertainment: The average paid iPhone app has sold 101,024 copies over a lifetime of 261 days US iPhone users download 60 apps a year 51% of iPhone owners have five or more games installed on their devices says Compete 37% of iPhone owners play games at least every day – puzzle games are…
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Freemium Revenue Model on the Rise in App Store
iOS app developers who are looking to make big bucks on the App Store should consider using the in-app purchase model, according to a recently published study from Distimo. In-app purchases are a huge source of revenue, accounting for a whopping 72 percent of all App Store revenues. That number has increased drastically from July…
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1 in 10 Americans Owns an iPhone
… Of the 234 million Americans age 13 and older, 10.2 percent owned an iPhone during the third quarter, earning Apple the #4 ranking among the nation’s top device manufacturers. It’s the first time the iPhone zoomed past the ten percent milestone in comScore metrics. Apple between the June and September quarter grew its share…
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EuroTrim™ iOS App by CB&F
Charles Buchwald & Friends is working with EuroTrim™ and GA Industries to bring their Trim Kit Finder to the iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices… with a smooth, simple, touch interface making it even quicker and easier to find just the right EuroTrim™ model. Along with the iOS app comes refinements to the branding of…