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Apple updates App Store Connect for iPhone Duo, signaling broader app rollout
Apple’s App Store Connect now supports iPhone Duo, opening the submission path for optimized apps and new App Store badges.
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Zoom Workplace iPhone Guide: Meetings, Chat, Scheduling, and AI
Zoom Workplace combines meetings, chat, phone, docs, and AI tools in one iPhone app.
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Stock Unlock: iPhone stock tracking and analysis from a Winter 2022 YC company
An iPhone app from Winter 2022 YC company Stock Unlock for portfolio tracking, stock scores, and stock research.
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Bumps: the physics puzzle built around planning a bounce
The history and design of Utopian Games’ Bumps, a puzzle about placement, motion and collecting the right keys.
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Just Juggle: the appeal of a one-screen iPhone arcade game
Denki’s Juggle! provides a useful historical example of how a tiny set of rules can support a satisfying mobile game.
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Dragon Dictation vs Vlingo: what a useful voice-input comparison should test
Revisit the 2010 comparison as a practical framework for judging dictation accuracy, corrections, privacy, and workflow.
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Text’nDrive: why reading a message aloud does not remove every distraction
The early email-reading app is a useful reminder to distinguish spoken output, dictation and recorded replies—and to keep messaging out of driving.
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GPSed: turning a journey into a route and photo record
A look at SHAPE’s historical GPSed service, its iPhone trip-recording workflow, and the difference between logging a route and sharing a location.
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ShopListFree vs. GroceryList: simplicity and detail in a 2010 comparison
Revisit two grocery-list approaches and the workflow questions behind the original review.
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Eco-app of the Week: iGreenpeace and Alex the Penguin
Revisit iGreenpeace, the 2010 iPhone app that paired Alex the Penguin’s clapping game with environmental news and ways to get involved.
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Levers: A Balancing Puzzle Where Every Object Changes the Game
Vectorpark’s Levers challenges you to balance hangers, a water bucket and an unusual cast of objects above the waves. Revisit the 2010…
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IM+ for iPad: bringing multiple chat accounts to a bigger screen
Revisit SHAPE’s IM+ on the original iPad, including its 2010 interface update and the difference between historical chat support and today’s services.