As promised here is a really easy to use PHP class for accessing Kumulos on the web. This can be really handy for a host of things, such as simply displaying leaderboards on a website or creating a cloud bases SaaS service with mobile and desktop access. You can download the PHP class here To… Continue Reading

So why are we all moving to the cloud? It’s simple really. We expect to be able to access our data from numerous devices. Not just Mac or PC, but a plethora of new computers that come in a variety of weird and wonderful guises. Tablets, smart phones and purpose built devices. Our customers want… Continue Reading

The geeks are busy just now fixing bugs before we go into phase two of the beta programme. We’re going to be making some improvements to the interface design and integrating a bunch of new features based on your feedback. You can expect to see Beta #2 up and running in March. Here’s the plan:… Continue Reading

Great news, we’ve been testing the kumulos libraries with OSX, and are now looking for public beta testers to use the library (linked below) for OSX applications. This couldn’t come at a better time, with the OSX app store taking off in the wild, more and more developers are seeing the value in building OSX… Continue Reading

Not Just for iPhone A lot of people are asking how to access Kumulos API methods from outside an iOS and OSX app, so today’s blog is about doing exactly that. This is really easy to do from any system that supports HTTP POST requests and JSON – you can access Kumulos APIs from C#,… Continue Reading

These are sweet times in the world of mobile computing. The whole industry is changing before our eyes as mobile apps shift gradually (for now) toward the cloud. Development for iOS and OSX is evolving. It’s moving to the cloud. Amidst this transition, the core foundation for mobile apps is the database itself – the… Continue Reading

Some may have noticed that as of the last week in November 2010, there was an outage in the iOS API compilation system, this caused some API methods to fail with a server 500 error. The cause of this was a deployment error – somehow the bug had crept into our code tree and as… Continue Reading

The Missing Link Let’s take a minute to look at the rise of the internet from a gamers perspective. What it brought was fundamental to the way we play games today. Features like downloadable or user generated content and in-game communities added a dimension to games that simply cannot be achieved by other means. However… Continue Reading

This month brought another high-brow Apple media event, and with it more juicy news for Apple iOS developers. Only this time the news isn’t centred on iOS, its all about OSX. In a nutshell Apple’s much respected and coveted app store distribution model is coming to OSX. As of OSX Lion coming 2011, iMacs, Mac… Continue Reading

Our initial look at the tools available for working with databases and push notifications in iPhone app development showed us that there was nothing currently ready for what we wanted. We were fed up of writing PHP and MySQL code to glue databases into iPhone apps and send push notifications. We thought there should be… Continue Reading