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		<title>iphone signal testing with code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Closest cell tower 1 Km, iPhone 3G, Wi-fi mode, iOS 4.0, Orange network. With device held gently by edges: signal avg 90 (outdoors, line of sight to cell tower, same altitude) signal avg 8O (indoors, line of sight to cell tower, same altitude) signal avg 60 (indoors, no line of sight to cell tower, same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/07/07/iphone-signal-testing-with-code/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=iphone-signal-testing-with-code</link>
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		<title>how to make your iOS device read stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a little handy tip to make your device speak textual content with almost acceptable computer voice: Go to Settings &#62; General &#62; Accessibility &#62; Triple-click home to &#8220;Toggle VoiceOver&#8221; or &#8220;Ask&#8221; if you want to get a dialog asking wether to turn it On/Off (remember that tapping is done by double-tapping when voiceover [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/07/06/how-to-make-your-ios-device-read-stuff/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=how-to-make-your-ios-device-read-stuff</link>
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		<title>enforcing iAd implementations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a significant issue with the iAd implementation at the moment, the ads themselves are not cached on the operating system, and that has two major implications: 1 &#8211; ads can be disabled by the user by just turning off the network connection 2 &#8211; the user has incentive to disable ads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/07/04/enforcing-iad-implementations/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=enforcing-iad-implementations</link>
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		<title>Safari-like Reader for any browser including Mobile Safari</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all like the new feature in Safari 5, Reader, well maybe except the advertisers, it is so pristine as anything we would expect from Apple but as it turns out it is actually based on the work of NYC based design house arc90, namely Readability which is acknowledged by Apple in file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Acknowledgments.html If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/06/16/safari-like-reader-for-any-browser-including-mobile-safari/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=safari-like-reader-for-any-browser-including-mobile-safari</link>
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		<title>adapting web interfaces to the iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided to write this on the heels on the impending iPad launch, but is is just as valid for the iPhone as well, maybe just a bit less obvious. The core difference from a user interface designer&#8217;s point of view between interaction with content on a desktop and a iPhone/iPad can be summed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/04/01/adapting-web-interfaces-to-the-ipad/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=adapting-web-interfaces-to-the-ipad</link>
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		<title>Seesmic before the iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exactly 2 years ago Seesmic purchased Twhirl and shifted from a video conversation platform to a twitter client, i will continue to make a brief overview of the process as it provides a extremely interesting and relevant case. I started following Seesmic when it was still a video site, behind it is Loic Lemeur a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/03/31/seesmic-before-the-ipad/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=seesmic-before-the-ipad</link>
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		<title>iPad, the &#8220;Truly&#8221; Personal Computer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The media is awash with reviews about the iPad being underwhelming, limited and so forth but mostly missing the point save for a few notable exceptions (1, 2, 3). I am going to state in no equivocal manner that the iPad is the biggest thing since the PC was introduced by IBM in 1981 and for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2010/01/31/ipad-the-truly-personal-computer/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=ipad-the-truly-personal-computer</link>
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		<title>what the sparkle doc&#8217;s won&#8217;t tell you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sparkle is the updates framework for cocoa that &#8220;just works&#8221; , yea ok it does , however the documentation for it is a bit lacking on some very important aspects that i discovered over time : 1 &#8211; the preferences for your application must have SUAutomaticallyUpdate TRUE for autoupdates to happen , just setting SUEnableAutomaticChecks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2009/12/13/what-the-sparkle-docs-wont-tell-you/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=what-the-sparkle-docs-wont-tell-you</link>
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		<title>magic mouse three finger taps dashboard and expose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peering into the settings for the magic mouse i have found out what looks like support for 3 finger tap gestures for Dashboard and/or Expose control , namely : &#8220;Dashboard&#8221; &#8211; three fingers tap &#8220;Exposé All Windows&#8221; - three fingers tap to expose all window &#8220;Exposé Application Windows&#8221; - three fingers tap to expose app window &#8220;Exposé Desktop&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2009/10/28/magic-mouse-three-finger-taps-dashboard-and-expose/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=magic-mouse-three-finger-taps-dashboard-and-expose</link>
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		<title>netbeans jarsigner woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok so this is about the dreaded jarsigner error : unable to sign jar: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid entry compressed size 99% of the time what that means is your jar is already signed However jarsigner has no way to remove signatures from a jar , but you can do that manually since a jar file is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.vladalexa.com/2009/10/28/netbeans-jarsigner-woes/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=netbeans-jarsigner-woes</link>
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