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∞'s Small Guide to Backgrounding (part 1: Regular apps)
In normal conditions (*), in iPhone OS 4.0, when Home is pressed, your app will go to the background but will NOT be kept running. It’ll be suspended, then resumed whenever the user gets back to it (whether via the Home screen, a URL being opened, or the new task switcher).
(*) Normal conditions are:
* You’re on iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 3rd gen or (presumably, but not Apple-announced) iPad when 4.x for it hits the scene this Sept.
* Your app is linked against (read: the Base SDK setting is) 4.0 or later.
* You haven’t opted out of backgrounding by adding the UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend key to Info.plist and setting it to boolean YES.
* You haven’t requested any particular background service. (See below.)
My friend Herr Doktor Nico “El Entomólogo” Franz described a new species of beetle (a weevil, actually) and named it after Justice Sonia Sotomayor for her positive messages that deal with education and knowledge of nature.
El nuevo escarabajo es endémico de la Isla de Mona, informó Nico M. Franz, doctor en entomología, quien dirigó el hallazgo.
“Estoy dedicando el nombre científico a la Jueza Sonia Sotomayor para ligarlo a mensajes positivos que tienen que ver con la educación y conocimientos de la naturaleza”, dijo el entomólogo.
(via El Nuevo Día)
Jean “Django” Reinhardt - Wikipedia.
Gypsy jazz (also known as “Gypsy Swing”) is an idiom often said to have been started by guitarist Jean “Django” Reinhardt in the 1930s.
Augmented reality billboard in Amsterdam shows passers-by watch themselves doing nothing while a staged attack occurs. The billboard then offers a few tips on how to not be a coward.
* Act against aggression directed at public service employees.
* Ask others for help and speak out together.
* Call 112 (like 911 but they talk funny).
* Stay with the victim.
* Make photos for the police and file a report.
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E-bikes rolling forward…slowly
…consumers don’t know what to make of them. Biking is still seen primarily as a form of recreation and exercise in the United States, not a mode of transportation. Bicycle infrastructure, such as dedicated lanes, is woefully lacking. Cycling enthusiasts view e-bikes as cheating. Car drivers view them as a downgrade. And the mainstream probably mostly just views them as an oddity.
Coachella 2010 Lineup Gorillaz, Pavement, Muse, Les Claypool, David Guetta, Orbital, De La Soul, Gil Scott-Heron, Thom Yorke????
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- hiBubble: an elegant iPhone bubble blowing simulator.
- Makerpack helps people manage partnerships and compensation across many projects.
- doTERRA.me is for sharing experiences with therapeutic grade essential oils.
- Jivepool organizes your online media so it can be easily shared and published.
- Fuel is for diet and fitness tracking
- Pocket, a social bookmarking service that syncs with del.icio.us
- Surface Units electro-acoustica music
- Babysit for Us manages babysitter and parent connections
- Writecall is a covered call alert and investment training service
- Jivepool prototype
