5 posts and columns on iPhone App Store

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App Watch: Exploiting the iPhone Lock Screen

in News on December 14, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

Most iPhone app developers work with Apple to get their products in the iPhone App Store, submitting software for the company’s approval. But a community of maverick developers sidesteps that process to target iPhones that have been modified–or “jailbroken”–so they can download any program even if it is unauthorized.

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Apple Kicks Out Chinese App Developer

in News on December 10, 2009 at 2:48 pm PT

With more than 100,000 apps in Apple’s iPhone App Store, developers have come up with many creative ways to stand out. But the experience of a prolific Chinese app company called Molinker offers a cautionary tale. An Apple spokeswoman says it removed Molinker from the App Store “for falsifying product reviews and violating the terms of the iPhone Developer Agreement.” Efforts to reach Molinker for comment were unsuccessful.

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Apple Truthiness Flowchart

in News on September 21, 2009 at 11:43 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

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The Trucker Hats of iPhone Apps

in News on May 8, 2009 at 8:52 am PT

A classical piano player in Christchurch, New Zealand decided to see how quickly he could make an app for Apple’s iPhone. Reuben Bijl, 22 years old, took 30 minutes and came up with a pointless one called “Sound Grenade.”