App reviews and ratings provide customers with a valuable tool for providing feedback on their experience with your app, from the things they love about it to the features they would like to see added and the bugs they'd like to see fixed. Potential customers expect that the reviews and ratings they see in the App Store have been earned legitimately and have been given by real customers who have actually used your application.

Paying or soliciting others to falsely inflate or manipulate reviews for your app degrades the accuracy of your ratings and diminishes the overall effectiveness of the reviews and ratings system, which customers and developers depend on.

Generate positive feedback from your customers by building reliable apps. You may even want to consider designing your app to ask users to rate it on the App Store after being used a few times. Keep your ratings genuine and you'll go a long way in keeping your users' confidence and trust.

Read more App Store Submission Tips

App reviews and ratings provide customers with a valuable tool for providing feedback on their experience with your app, from the things they love about it to the features they would like to see added and the bugs they'd like to see fixed. Potential customers expect that the reviews and ratings they see in the App Store have been earned legitimately and have been given by real customers who have actually used your application.

Paying or soliciting others to falsely inflate or manipulate reviews for your app degrades the accuracy of your ratings and diminishes the overall effectiveness of the reviews and ratings system, which customers and developers depend on.

Generate positive feedback from your customers by building reliable apps. You may even want to consider designing your app to ask users to rate it on the App Store after being used a few times. Keep your ratings genuine and you'll go a long way in keeping your users' confidence and trust.

Read more App Store Submission Tips

If your app still appears in the Upload Received state for more than 24 hours after you submit it, there could be an issue with your binary. Contact iTunes Connect Support for assistance by going to the Contact Us section of iTunes Connect. Select Manage Your Applications > Upload Received, then provide the information requested.

If your app still appears in the Upload Received state for more than 24 hours after you submit it, there could be an issue with your binary. Contact iTunes Connect Support for assistance by going to the Contact Us section of iTunes Connect. Select Manage Your Applications > Upload Received, then provide the information requested.

iAd Producer makes it easy for you to design and assemble high-impact, interactive content for iAd. iAd Producer automatically manages the HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript behind your iAd to make creating beautiful, motion-rich iAd content as easy as point and click.

For advanced developers, iAd Producer offers sophisticated JavaScript editing and debugging, along with a powerful extension mechanism that enables them to create and re-use their own page templates and components. Learn more about the features of iAd Producer.

iAd Producer makes it easy for you to design and assemble high-impact, interactive content for iAd. iAd Producer automatically manages the HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript behind your iAd to make creating beautiful, motion-rich iAd content as easy as point and click.

For advanced developers, iAd Producer offers sophisticated JavaScript editing and debugging, along with a powerful extension mechanism that enables them to create and re-use their own page templates and components. Learn more about the features of iAd Producer.

Interesting SMALL seminar-style courses with great professors. A few seats left. Courses meet GEP requirements. Add a section today.

Monitoring Global Environmental Change with NASA Satellite Imagery

Sustainability in American Culture - FYS 101R

Handling Conflict Constructively - FYS 102 M

Issues in Biotechnology - FYS 103C

The Italians - FYS 104C

The DoD-sponsored JASON study group was asked to consider the question of whether there is a ‘science’ to cyber-security or if it is fundamentally empirical. They released an 88-page report last month, Science of Cyber-Security with the following abstract:

“JASON was requested by the DoD to examine the theory and practice of cyber-security, and evaluate whether there are underlying fundamental principles that would make it possible to adopt a more scientific approach, identify what is needed in creating a science of cyber-security, and recommend specific ways in which scientific methods can be applied. Our study identified several sub-?elds of computer science that are specifically relevant and also provides some recommendations on further developing the science of cyber-security.”

The report discusses to general technical approaches to putting cyber-security on a scientific foundation. The first is based on the standard collection of frameworks and tools grounded in logic and mathematics such as cryptography, game theory, model checking and software verification. The second is grounding cyber-security on a model based on an analog to immunology in biological systems.

It concludes with some observations, recommendations and responses to nine questions that were included in their charge. One interesting observation is that cyber-security, unlike the physical sciences, involves adversaries, so its foundation will use many different tools and methods. A recommendation is that the government establish cyber-security research centers in universities and other research organizations with a “long time horizon and periodic reviews of accomplishments”.

Even before the overwhelming response we got for our game against UMCP we have been thinking about having a real StarCraft Tournament for UMBC. Initially it was going to be much smaller and basically only include people that knew friends who knew about the tournament, but we have quickly decided to use this opportunity to build our community and relationships within our school and with other schools. Hence the birth of the Collegiate Masters StarLeague.

The Collegiate Masters StarLeague (CMSL) will be held LIVE at UMBC on Feb 12th 2011. The CMSL will feature cash prizes all the way down to 8th place with a prize pool of $900. The event will run all day long on Saturday so we will be providing free food to everyone that comes! (8AM – 10PM)

We are currently working as hard as we possibly can to get sponsors to ensure that the event is completely free for UMBC students. Current student org sponsors include the Chinese Student Association, the Taiwanese Student Association, the Red Cross Club, and the UMBC Breakdancing club.

We have invited many area schools to come and attend our event and we have even received the support of the Collegiate StarLeague (CSL), which runs the tournament that our StarCraft II team plays in. Interested schools currently include: University of Maryland College Park, John Hopkins University, George Mason University, University of Virginia, University of Delaware, Montgomery College, and the College of William and Mary.

We have completed the majority of the rules but we still need YOUR HELP! Even with the best planning, no event can happen without people spreading the word and showing up to support!

Are you a StarCraft II Player? Do you think you are good enough to take the grand prize away? Not planning on going pro but still have a competitive spirit?Join our event, read the rules and then register at CMStarLeague@gmail.com

See the full rules here and see our facebook event here!

In the next two weeks, you will see copious predictions about the year ahead.  Here’s a cartoon version for your enjoyment and thoughts. What are your predictions for 2011? (Cartoon by KAL)