Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Apple after Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs resignation has created a deep impact on the tech world. All tech giants are shocked about the news as he is the most successful person who brought Apple to the peak. But, will Apple improve in his absence? This is the greatest question in the world of technology. It is quite discouraging for Apple when Steve jobs left but the successors are no less. Who are those supporting hands?

Tim cook
Bob Mansfield
Peter Oppenheimer
Jony Ive
Phil Schiller
Scott Forstall


Tim cook
He was the Chief Operating Officer of Apple Inc since 2005. He is now appointed as the CEO of the most innovative company in the world. He is a relentless leader who works with a lot of dedication. Once when Steve took a health vacation, it was Tim who had to run the day to day operations. Tim is from a small town, a football fanatic. He does have a remarkable vision and Steve has full faith on him shows he is really a very dignified person. Cook joined Apple in 1998, hired by Jobs to tackle Apple's operations.


Bob Mansfield
The Senior Vice President of Macintosh hardware engineering who is in direct touch with the CEO. He joined Apple in the year 1999 and with his team has created a breakthrough of their products like MacBook Air and the all-in-one iMac line. Previously he was a Vice President at Raycer Graphics that apple purchased in 1999. Mansfield earned a BSEE degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 1982.


Jony Ive
An English designer and the Senior Vice President of industrial design at Apple Inc have created a very strong and concrete foundation for himself in the company. H
e designed the products like iMac, titanium and aluminum pwerbook G4, G4 cube, Macbook, Unibody MacBook pro, MacBook air, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He has already created the best designs and for sure will continue and improve on it.

Phil Schiller
Being a product marketing boss of the company he is doing a lot of stuffs. He is the one who hammers out the contract with Google and protects the appications store which is a technically not that easy. He is also a key executive at Apple. He is the well known executive at apple. When Steve was out on the vacation he announced about the iPhone 3GS. He was with Jobs and Forstall to speak at WWDC and will also show his presence on the introduction of iPhone 5 in October.


Peter Oppenheimer
He is the Chief Financial Officer of Apple Inc who has done a fine job for all these years. There are speculations about him getting involved in project deals
of iPad. He takes care of treasury, investor relations, tax, information systems, internal audit and facilities functions. He serves the company's executive committee. Oppenheimer obtained his bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and an M.B.A. from the University of Santa Clara, both with honors.


Scott Forstall
He is the Senior Vice President of the iOS software, the heart of Apple's product. The rival Google wants to compete with apple for which they brought Motorola and Microsoft planning to have a tie up with Nokia as well. So Apple has got a tough competition and now they are more of in need of Forstall. He joined Apple in the year 1997. He has done his Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. He was the only person who accompanied Jobs and represented as a executive and spoke on the stage at the company's worldwide developer conference this year.


Friday, August 26, 2011

Released - iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch [Beta - Developers Only]

Apple at Worldwide Developers Conference has announced the next major release of iOS for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This release, which brings tons of new features is available as of today to developers for testing purposes.

Which devices are supported you may ask? Well, this time, iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPad (1st-gen), iPhone 3GS and the 4th & 3rd-gen iPod touches are all going to be supported. This debunks the rumor which we heard earlier about iPhone 3GS not getting iOS 5.

The new iOS 5 includes over 200 new features, not to forget over 1500 new APIs for developers to take advantage of. There are 10 new key features, including new revamped notifications system called ‘Notification Center’, which according to Apple is going to be the industry’s best implementation. Other features include: Newsstand, Twitter integration, Safari Reader, Reading List, tabbed browsing for iPad, Reminders, Camera updates, Mail updates, built-in dictionary, PC-free (no cables required), OTA software updates, updates to Game Center, iMessage, AirPlay mirroring for iPad.

Just like with any other beta release, this version of iOS is only available to developers who are enrolled in the iPhone Developer Standard or Enterprise Program. If you are a registered developer in either of these two programs, then you can access all the beta bits today by signing into Apple Developer Connection (which is also knows as iOS Dev Center) here.
iOS 5 is slated for public release later this fall, probably in line with the next-gen iPhone 5/4S release.

DevCenter so that developers can go and download the iOS 5 Beta!

Downloads include:
iOS 5 beta (iPad 2 Wi-Fi)
iOS 5 beta (iPad 2 GSM)
iOS 5 beta (iPad 2 CDMA)
iOS 5 beta (iPad)
iOS 5 beta (iPhone 4 GSM)
iOS 5 beta (iPhone 4 CDMA)
iOS 5 beta (iPhone 3GS)
iOS 5 beta (iPod touch 4th generation)
iOS 5 beta (iPod touch 3rd generation)
Xcode 4.2 and iOS SDK 5 beta (Snow Leopard)
Xcode 4.2 and iOS SDK 5 beta (Lion)

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple) resigned

Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple Inc on Wednesday and passed the reins to his right-hand man Tim Cook, saying he could no longer fulfill the duties in a stunning announcement that raised fears his health has deteriorated further.

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

“Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple and guided it to its position as the world’s most innovative and valuable technology company,” said Art Levinson, Chairman of Genentech, on behalf of Apple’s Board. “Steve has made countless contributions to Apple’s success, and he has attracted and inspired Apple’s immensely creative employees and world class executive team. In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Steve will continue to serve Apple with his unique insights, creativity and inspiration.”

But the company’s shares still dived as much as 7 per cent in after-hours trade after the industry icon, who has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17, announced he will be replaced by COO and heir apparent Cook.

“Investors are very comfortable with Tim Cook even though Jobs has been a driver of innovation and clearly an Apple success. Tim has shown Apple can still outperform extremely well when he’s been acting as CEO,” said Cross Research analyst Shannon Cross.

“I don’t know if it’s a health issue. I don’t know if it is a shock. Most likely it was going to happen at some point. Why today versus another day? I don’t know.”

Monday, August 1, 2011

How to add an existing framework in Xcode 4?

How to add an existing framework in Xcode 4

There are lots of changes in new Xcode 4 version and it makes developer bit confused. Find the way to Add an existing Framework.

Follow below mention steps :

1. Click your project in Navigator area

2. Select 'TARGETS' in the next column

3. Click the 'Build Phases'

4. Select 'Link Binary With Libraries'

Here you can see '+' button at the bottom in the area. On click it will show list of frameworks that you can add to your project.