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askar

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About askar

Infected with the entrepreneurial bug and had spit out Islamgram iOS app, PrayerTi.me iPhone app, Islamic Event Finder, DemoGeek and a few other products...don't know when I would hit GOLD! Your suggestions are more than welcome!

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    Other than Facebook Ads you can try hashtags on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram to reach a few more of those audience.

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    Ask HN: What are some of the best iOS app related podcasts?

    Here are a few I've subscribed to, - App Business Podcast - App Story - Mixergy - Debug - iPhreaks Show - Mobile App Chat - My Appventure - NSBrief - Developing Perspective Would l…

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    Parse has become so unreliable and my users complain a lot about APNS not going through. It's working for some and not working for many in PROD. Hard to figure why it's not working…

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    After a lot of back and forth I went with the late-2013 15" rMBP and I don't regret it for a minute. I know, it's expensive but if you can afford and as someone else said here, aft…

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    Comment #6902699

    If you ask me as a developer of my apps, of course, I'd say all my apps that I developed during 2013 with a special shout-out to my Quotegram iOS app ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/…

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    That's a great advice. I would say, in this day and age, if you are starting to learn then learn it correct. Learn a JS framework like Angular and build your client as purely brows…

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    Fantastic tut on Angular. I wish you wrote on a different blog engine.

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    Comment #6684020

    Sure :) I love Seth and his talks and thought of having him on the first page. Can change it later. Thanks for that tip, any opinion about the app?

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    Comment #6663310

    This day and age people tend to get easily low on their morale for every little reason. I wanted to help them quickly recharge themselves with some great quotes that inspires and b…

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    I clearly get what you meant, been there and toggled panels enough to get away with it. I'm counting on the retina display and higher resolution to get around a portion of this ove…

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    Comment #6615388

    Thanks for the great advice. Eventually that's what I did, maxed out the RAM to 16GB and upgraded the SSD to 256GB and compromised on the 13" screen size. Apple Live Chat person sa…

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    Comment #6615373

    Yes, I do some design work as well and I used to live with a 13" MacBook hooked up to a 24" external monitor and it worked fine for me but wanted to get away from that monitor depe…

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    Ask HN: Which MacBook Pro model is best for iOS app and web development?

    13-inch rMBP is light and very mobile but the 15-inch screen makes it very viable. For some iOS app development and some web development which model of the latest rMBP would fit be…

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    Ask HN: When is the new MacBook Pro coming?

    So disappointed with Apple's ignorance on Retina MacBook Pro on yesterday's event. I hope they release the refreshed Haswell based rMBP soon. Do you have any idea of when we can ex…

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    Comment #5935349

    I think this make sense since I can always bootcamp it when I need to do something on the Windows side. And that brings a good point, the reason I don't bootcamp now on my 2008 Mac…

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    Ask HN: New MacBook Air or Windows laptop?

    Don't wanted to sound silly but I'm confused a little bit and thought of clarifying it with the great HN community. I have a 2008 MacBook Unibody and have upgraded to SSD and bumpe…

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    Comment #5874458

    Had it on my iPhone 4S and the installation was the smoothest so far. Running it on your primary phone could be a bit risky, depends on how you use it. I use Podcasts app a lot and…