IPHONE APPS / NEWS / DISCOVERY
iPhone apps, news, and accessories.
Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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TikTok Pro – Events: what the iPhone app does and who it’s for
TikTok Pro – Events is a TikTok short-video app with event-themed challenges, sharing, and iPhone requirements.
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Allowance lets iPhone users approve AI purchases with temporary card credentials
An iPhone wallet for AI-agent purchases with one-time credentials, spending controls, and user approval.
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Apple’s iPhone Duo launch adds a new App Store badge for optimized apps
Apple is using iPhone Duo launch day to spotlight “Made for iPhone Duo” apps and push developers toward optimized software.
Latest perspectives
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Survey On The Spot: what immediate customer feedback can tell you
The early mobile-survey concept, with practical questions for collecting useful feedback at a venue or in the field.
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App Store discovery in 2010: looking beyond the top charts
Revisit an early discussion of editorial categories and how people find unfamiliar apps.
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Overheard: mapping social conversation in an early iPhone app
The 2010 listing described a geographic view of social posts, not access to private conversations.
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iTunes Ping: Apple’s 2010 experiment in social music discovery
Following artists and friends inside iTunes was an attempt to make music purchases part of a shared conversation.
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Game Center in 2010: Apple adds a social layer to iPhone games
Achievements, leaderboards and multiplayer discovery became shared platform features rather than separate systems inside every game.
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Apple’s September 2010 event: the iPod touch and a changing app platform
Retina graphics, FaceTime and Game Center made the 2010 iPod touch more than a portable music player.
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Fotopedia Heritage: discovering World Heritage through photographs
Revisit the app’s map, photography and reference-information workflow, with the original project identity preserved.
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Ever Thought About Going to Cuba? Havana Good Time for iPhone
Revisit Havana Good Time, Conner Gorry’s 2010 iPhone city guide, with its original app screen, historical sources and current availability notes.
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StumbleUpon goes mobile: the appeal of finding something unexpected
A retrospective on mobile web discovery, the service’s later closure, and ways to keep useful discoveries from disappearing.