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PineDrama – Short Dramas: What the iPhone app offers
PineDrama offers short drama episodes, subtitles, and browse tools for iPhone users on iOS 15+.
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Remedial Health: iPhone medicine sourcing for pharmacies in Nigeria
Remedial Health’s iPhone app lets pharmacies and medical practices source wholesale medicines, track orders, and manage supply needs.
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Apple’s iPhone Duo app push is already showing up in the App Store
Apple is steering developers toward iPhone Duo screenshots and app updates as the new phone reaches stores.
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Macs and apps: how the App Store idea reached the desktop
A historical look at the Mac App Store launch and the practical differences between choosing phone and desktop software.
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Five iPhone alarm ideas from 2010
Revisit the different approaches in the original alarm-app roundup without treating old promises as current guarantees.
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Plancast and the promise of sharing tomorrow’s plans
A look at the social-planning idea behind Plancast, and why arranging an event differs from posting an update.
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Gyro Draw: sketching by moving the iPhone
Candywriter’s motion-controlled drawing experiment and the difference between an expressive interface and a precision tool.
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Mobiola WebCamera: an early way to turn an iPhone into a computer camera
The SHAPE app’s wireless camera idea remains useful when planning a second angle for calls, demonstrations and desk recordings.
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Mobiola WebCamera: the iPhone as a second camera
Understand the phone-plus-desktop design of Mobiola’s webcam app and the checks that matter for a current camera workflow.
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FaceTime in 2010: evaluating a video-calling launch
The old “FaceTime flop” headline needs context. Apple’s Mac beta expanded the feature, while usefulness depended on more than a launch demo.
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Appy Halloween: turn your iPhone into a useful party companion
A practical Halloween app plan for music, invitations, photographs and games, without depending on an expired seasonal download.
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Google TV vs. Apple TV: revisiting the 2010 living-room debate
The original comparison contrasted a broad television platform with a more focused viewing experience.