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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.
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Property Manager: buildings, tenants and work orders in an early iPhone app
Being Properties’ historical app organized property records, expenses and maintenance jobs around individual buildings and units.
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Bank of Mom: a family ledger for money, time and agreed rewards
The original Bank of Mom tracked virtual family accounts, including allowances measured in money or minutes.
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Creating an iPhone game: the questions behind a 2009 warning
Revisit an early App Store essay about the gap between an appealing game idea and a sustainable release.
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Shortcovers on iPhone: how the early ebook service became Kobo
The connection between Shortcovers and Kobo, and what it means when you find an old ebook purchase or app recommendation.
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Quickword: Word-document editing and file transfer on the early iPhone
Quickword concentrated Quickoffice’s mobile workflow around Word documents, email and wireless file access.
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Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite: Word, Excel and file transfer on early iPhone
The original Quickoffice suite combined document and spreadsheet editing with several routes for moving files.
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iPlay’n Learn: turn a small-screen activity into a shared conversation
The Parents-branded early learning app offers a starting point for choosing one simple activity and connecting it to the world around a…
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Fromage for iPhone: build a cheese notebook you will actually use
Steve Welch’s cheese reference combines discovery with personal notes; the most useful entry is one you can recognize again.
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iSpyCams: public views and personal cameras in one early iPhone app
The historical iSpyCams combined a public-camera directory with tools for viewing compatible personal cameras.