Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat

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Having played with the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 KitKat, I’ve found a number of changes to the OS and it’s functionality. I’ve detailed as many changes as I could find here for anyone interested in knowing the differences.

Android, Android 4.4 KitKat, Google Nexus 5

Facebook API: Essential Facebook Page App Code Snippets

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If you’re building Facebook Page Apps, the platform offers a number of useful functions to help you out. This article includes useful functions and code snippets to help you out.

Facebook, Fan Page, JavaScript

Google+ API: Sharing An Interactive Post

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The Google+ API allows you to create interactive posts you can share from your website, which contain a call-to-action button with an image and details from the link you want to share.

Google APIs, Google+, JavaScript

Facebook API: Getting a Long-Lived Access Token

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The latest version of the Facebook PHP SDK makes it easy to get a long-lived access_token, giving you access to the user’s profile for up to 60 days, opposed to 1-2 hours with the regular access_token.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, PHP

Facebook API: Adding a “Likegate” to your Application

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Adding a “likegate” to your application is very easy, and only takes a few lines of code to achieve. If you’re not familiar with a “likegage”, it’s basically a page that users’ who haven’t liked your page see, usually asking them to Like the page before seeing the actual content.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, Fan Page, PHP

Facebook API: Banning Users From Your Application

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If you’re unlucky, you may have a few users who like to spoil the fun for all the other users using your application on Facebook or even Facebook-connected apps. Luckily, the Graph API lets you easily ban or unban users from using your application.

Facebook, Facebook Graph API, PHP

Securing Your Parse.com Database and Using PHP to Override ACL

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After discovering some of the insecurities of using Parse.com to store data, I’ve been researching techniques to use to make applications more secure. Here are just some of my findings to help make your application more secure.

ACL, JavaScript, Parse, PHP, Security

Twitter API: Tracking Tweets using Web Intents

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Following on from my earlier tutorial on Tweet Button Callbacks, I’ve expanded on how you can track tweets on your website or application using Web Intents and the Twitter API. Sample code and working example included.

JavaScript, Tracking, Twitter, Twitter API

WordPress 3.6: Fixing wpdb::escape Deprecation Errors

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WordPress v3.6 was recently released, and as such, not all themes and plugins have been updated to support the new version. If you see an error regarding wpdb::escape, here’s the cause and fix for the issue.

Bug, Deprecation, WordPress

Using the Parse JavaScript SDK? Be Careful!

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If you use the Parse JavaScript SDK on your website or mobile app, be careful as it’s very easy for someone to modify your database or access sensitivity information. Here’s how to do it, and how to avoid it.

Hacking, JavaScript, Parse, Security