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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Elevate Pay: a USD banking app for freelancers and remote workers
Elevate Pay offers non-U.S. residents a U.S.-style USD account for receiving, sending, and holding money.
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Apple is pushing foldable-iPhone apps from day one with a new App Store badge
Apple is spotlighting foldable-friendly apps for iPhone Duo and adding a new App Store badge for optimized titles.
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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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IQ Boost: separate a memory game from a claim about intelligence
A careful look at the early dual n-back app and why progress inside a puzzle is not a clinical assessment.
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Save Benjis: comparing online prices from a store aisle
Sol Robots’ Save Benjis used the iPhone to connect in-store shopping with online prices and reviews. Here is the context behind the…
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iCalc Auto Loan Calculator: an early iPhone tool for comparing inputs
Powapps’ iCalc began with an auto-loan calculator. Revisit its original purpose and distinguish a calculated payment from an actual financing offer.
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BigTipper by PureBlend: splitting a restaurant bill on iPhone
Revisit the original BigTipper calculator and the small interface choices that make a shared bill easier to check.
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Bubbles on iPhone: a simple touchscreen toy with a long history
Jesse Grosjean’s Bubbles turns drawing and popping into a small, direct interaction; here is how to read its history and current listing.
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Remember The Milk on the early iPhone: a task list away from the desk
The June 2008 page covered Remember The Milk’s iPhone web interface. Its lists, tags and notes showed how an existing task service…
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Payless Car Rental’s iPhone portal: booking from early mobile Safari
A historical guide to Payless’s mobile rental portal and the details that make a small-screen booking easier to verify.
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iActu: when an iPhone news app lived in the browser
The early iActu web-app idea and the qualities that still make a small-screen news reader useful.
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BellHop.com on iPhone: an early mobile lodging search
Identify BellHop.com LLC’s original lodging search and the difference between finding a room and confirming a reservation.