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Senseotech Apps

Robbie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:42:43 +0000

With the announcement of the iPhone SDK and iTunes’ Application store, an opportunity has arisen, one which we at Senseotech Media think would be a great help to those wanting to develop iPhone apps without the $99 fee required. We’re not sure on the legal requirements and we’re not even sure if we’re going to get accepted, but we’re thinking of an application clearinghouse. We pay the $99 for access to the store and debugging kit, then find good developers who want to create awesome iPhone apps but don’t have the ability to pay the fee. We’re open to free or for-fee apps, with the percentages being something close to 30% Apple, 65% developer, 5% us or even lower; we’re not in this to make money, we’re in it to get awesome iPhone apps out there in people’s hands and phones. What we need now are developers/apps who are interested in this; we’ve submitted an application to Apple for developer status, and we need some apps now. Either comment here, or email us at Senseotech if you’re an aspiring iPhone developer.

Bendy update

Robbie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:05:43 +0000

Got the Macbook Pro back moments ago and, no surprise, its still bent as hell. Talked to an Apple Specialist who fed us the line of “It’s supposed to bend like that.” Setting up another repair, but not much is expected from this one either. Pics of the newly “repaired” machine follow:
.Mac Gallery

Bendy Macbook Pro?

Robbie — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:45:19 +0000

Here at Senseotech HQ, we’ve developed a sort of problem. First it was a cracking Macbook that took 3 trips to a repair depot, a call to top-tier Apple support, and a new Macbook delivered the day of the rev-up to get resolved. Now its a bendy Macbook Pro, rarely used and transported away from the coffee table so few times you could count it on one hand. We called AppleCare support, and in between pushing the Extended AppleCare on us, the operator told us it may be due to closing it improperly. This sounds kind of familiar…Seems its a common way to explain away this defect. So, we aren’t expecting much, but we’ll keep you apprised of the situation, starting with some pics we took before we shipped ‘er off:
The Gallery

Thinner Leopard can’t sign?

Robbie — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:19:29 +0000

A post on The Switcher’s Blog has appeared concerning Leopard’s new code-signing for applications and the consequences that using slimming apps, such as XSlimmer. According to the post, these utilities break the code signing of applications, thereby breaking their link with the keychain and other security measures. While Safari was used in the post, according to Apple, all applications shipped with the OS are signed, so any app should exhibit the same failure in signing. After slimming my entire Apps folder to one language and architecture (Intel and English), I checked several Apple-supplied applications:

Textedit: Passes as “valid on disk”
Dictonary: Passes as “valid on disk”
Photo Booth: Passes
Mail: Passes as “valid on disk”
iSync: Passes

The issue at hand only appears to occur in Safari, which leads me to believe its not an issue between Code Signing and slimming, and instead an issue with Safari and the way in which it stores is helper apps, making it fail the code check.

UPDATE:I’ve done some tests, and found two other Apple apps that fail after being slimmed. Quicktime Player and iTunes fail after being slimmed, mentioning an error with helper apps contained within them. We’re now pretty confident this is not a slimming issue, and in fact an issue with Apple’s own aplications not following the Dev guidelines on where these helpers belong in order to make code-signing work properly. Chalk it up to another Leopard bug, I guess?

iPhowned!!

Robbie — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:36:13 +0000

This is the first post to Senseotech from a new Apple iPhone! This should be the first of many new updates to Senseotech

Feedback Please

admin — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:55:35 +0000

I know we havent been posting any this year, but there is more to come as soon as life gets a little less hectic. There are about 4 stories in the works as you are reading this. But as soon as we get back on track, WE WANT COMMENTS…..please. Hope to hear your opinions and remember you can email us about stories you wish to see on our site or learn more about. Thank You from the admin.

Mac Gaming in 2007

Amanda — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:04:06 +0000

It would seem that the switch to Intel could have hindered Mac gaming even more than years past, but it seems to actually have helped kept it alive moreso. Even as the number of Mac users grow, games for Macs are not being bought in big numbers. Games released are usually chosen by the by the sells on PC. One Aspyr Media release this year will be the fist person shooter Prey, they will also be Star Wars - Empire at War. Also, World of Warcraft II- The Burning Crusade, and expansion pack to WOW will ship out for Macs and PCs alike in mid- January. Unique games for macs such as Uplink and Darwinia from Ambrosia Software. Darwinia, puts players in a role of desroying rampant computer viruses before they destroy residents of the world. Hopefully Mac gamers around the world will start to have their hungers fed through time to come, especially with the growing number of Mac owners. For more information visit:

http://www.macworld.com/2006/12/firstlooks/gamesfl/index.php?lsrc=mwtoprss

We’re still alive, and we’re still working

admin — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:20:53 +0000

Its been multiple months since the last entry was made, but October will be a month of renewal and actual posts. I have at least two stories lined up to drop this week, and hopefully many before Halloween. So please bear with us, and if you see a story you’d like us to report on, don’t hesitate to email it to stories@senseotech.com.