Nfonix is hiring

Vacancy: Mobile Software Developer

Nfonix is a small but growing mobile app development company based in Cambridge, developing bespoke native iOS and Android apps for clients, along with its own apps and software platforms.

We are looking for a junior software developer to assist with development, maintenance and testing of Android phone and tablet apps. The developer will participate in the entire app lifecycle, from concept development to delivery and post launch support.
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Conference & event app platform

Conference & event app platform

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We’ve been hard at work lately, enhancing our conference & event app platform, which can help events organisers and venues deliver an electronic event programme for visitors and delegates.

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Creating a conference / event app

Creating an app for your conference or event

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Organising a conference, scientific congress, exhibition can be a daunting task – with an immovable deadline and a multitude of suppliers, exhibitors, speakers, venues and delegates to manage, there is often little time to spare for creating a really useful app for your event attendees.

We can help create the perfect app to accompany your event, using the existing assets and data you have, and deliver it to your delegates and attendees in time for the opening day.

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DOG Congress – now also available on Android

DOG Congress – now available for iOS and Android devices

Nfonix is pleased to announce our conference event app is now available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

The latest version of our conference event app for the DOG Congress is available from the App Store and also on Google Play.

The 110th DOG Congress runs from the 20th to the 23rd September 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

Developed for the German Society of Opthalmology, delegates at this year’s event will be able to plan their schedule and make the most of their time thanks to this handy app, now available in both iOS and Android versions.

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DOG Congress 2011

DOG Congress 2011 – iPad and iPhone App available now!

Nfonix is pleased to announce the release of a new conference event app, “DOG Congress 2011”, available from the App Store.

The 109th DOG Congress runs from the 29th September to the 2nd October 2011 in Berlin, Germany.

Developed for the German Society of Opthalmology, delegates at this year’s event will be able to plan their schedule and make the most of their time thanks to this handy app, now available in both iPhone and full screen iPad versions.
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Rossdales Lab Guide

Rossdales Lab Guide

Rossdales Guide to Equine Clinical Pathology – an invaluable resource for all involved in equine practice

Based on the Rossdales booklet ‘Beaufort Cottage Laboratories Guide to Equine Clinical Pathology’, the Rossdales Lab Guide is an interactive app available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, and provides a wealth of useful data and information supplied by the Beaufort Cottage Laboratories team of experienced equine pathologists. The App is free and available in the App Store now!
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Taming the Lion – Mac OS 10.7 first impressions

Taming the Lion – Mac OS 10.7 first impressions

Right, so the latest incarnation of Mac OS X has finally been unleashed. I installed my update yesterday so I thought I’d share my first impressions after a day’s use.

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Apple reports record profits

Apple reports record profits in third quarter – ready to uncage Lion

Apple have just reported a massive increase in profits in their third quarter results – with net profits in excess of $7bn. Sales of iPads are up with a staggering 9.25 million sold in the last three months alone. Given their impressive sales figures recently, to increase profits by 125% is quite an achievement. Reports are also rife that Lion, the latest release of Mac OS X, is about ready to ship and could be released in a matter of days, perhaps even hours.

Fixed: Strange XCode warnings when adding new Obj-C class

Why coffee and iPhone development don’t mix

I’ve been having strange warning messages appear in my project every time I add a new class for quite a while now – I had hoped upgrading to XCode 4 would resolve the problem, but unfortunately it did not.

The error message that occurs is this:

[WARN]warning: no rule to process file '$(PROJECT_DIR)/Project.xcodeproj/ProjectHeader.h' of type sourcecode.objj.h for architecture i386

As it turns out, it actually was nothing to do with XCode itself, rather my choice of coffee…
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Keyboard shortcuts for dialog boxes in Mac OS X

Keyboard shortcuts for dialog boxes in Mac OS X

Since I switched to Mac OS X from Windows over a year ago there have been a few little things that have been bugging me with the UI and keyboard. For example, in Xcode keyword completion was done with the escape key, and I had been used to using CTRL+SPACE with Visual Studio. Apple have now resolved this in Xcode 4, and you can use either keyboard shortcut.

Similarly, in Windows, if you had a dialog box appear you could easily use the keyboard to select your preferred option. With Mac OS X I found I had to use the mouse. I hadn’t realised you can use the keyboard, and you just need to enable the feature.
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