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The whole iPhone 4 antenna circus is just another a example of how selfish, in general, the world’s population has become, at least in the “developed” countries (1st, 2nd, 3rd and otherwise). This post is just my use of the iPhone 4 issue to point out the absurdity I see nearly every day anymore.

June 24th, 2010

FedEx ruins my iPhone 4 day :(

No Comments, Apple, iPhone / iOS, by Lane Roathe.

FedEx shows me why one should never trust them (or actually any delivery service for that matter, see my UPS rant elsewhere!) to deliver your package on time … or even at all!

April 15th, 2010

When it rains it pours!

No Comments, Apple, Development, Objective-C, by Lane Roathe.

After weeks of talks and interviews and waiting I got a great job offer, which I accepted. I then immediately got another three offers, any one of which I would have loved to accept. Talk about pouring when it rains! Find out the details on where I landed and which major Mac OS X application I’m working on.

Our latest title is available on iTunes. It is a 3D shooter with an interesting story, lots of neat weapons and great explosions!

It’s often the case that the apps I am working on are required to download quite a couple, or even…

November 26th, 2009

GolfHub finally out of review

No Comments, Apple, iPhone / iOS, by Lane Roathe.

Well, GolfHub finally got through the review process, took 20 days. In case you are interested, here is a link….

The software included on Panasonic CD’s installs extremely invasive “pop-up” programs that are installed in a manner designed to make them as difficult to remove (uninstall) as possible. That’s virus behavior, not application behavior, shame on you Panasonic!

October 20th, 2009

Fortress Luna on Hot List!

No Comments, Apple, Games, iPhone / iOS, by Lane Roathe.

Fortress Luna today appeared on the App Store “What’s Hot” list, which is pretty exciting stuff for me! While I…

October 7th, 2009

Fortress Luna now available

1 Comment, Apple, Games, iPhone / iOS, by Lane Roathe.

After a slight delay caused by a confusing app store icon, Fortress Luna has been approved and gone live in the iTunes App Store! Buy It Now!

While it might seem that you only need a passing resemblance between the two, if you don’t want your app rejected over a trivial matter, take my advice and make sure there is no way someone can’t tell that the two images refer to the same app!