Creating iPhone Apps Far From the Bay Area

The biggest concentration of developers for Apple’s iPhone is in Northern California, as a story in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco Bay Area section points out. But the ubiquity of the Internet makes it possible for a software developer anywhere in the world to make apps.

No Recession for iPhone Game Apps

If anyone had doubts about the viability of a business that is purely focused on making videogame applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch, venture capitalists aren’t among them. Ngmoco, known for iPhone games like puzzle-adventure game Rolando and word game WordFu, said on Monday that it raised $10 million in a new round of financing led by Norwest Venture Partners.