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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PayPal – Pay, Send, Save: iPhone Guide to Wallet, Transfers, and Rewards
A practical look at PayPal’s iPhone app for payments, transfers, package tracking, rewards, and account management.
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Munily: a community management app for residents, guards, and admins
Munily is a Winter 2022 YC app for community access, communication, and building management.
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Capital One Shopping: Save Now for iPhone
Free iPhone shopping tool that checks coupons, compares prices, and tracks rewards, with Safari support and iOS 16.6 or later.
Latest perspectives
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Fling Pong: a space-themed game from the 2010 archive
Identify the planetary table-tennis concept documented by this short app review.
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Mobiola WebCamera, where are you? Read the release record before downloading
The difference between an anticipated app, its recorded release, and a version that is supported for your own setup.
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Physics Gamebox: two cannon puzzles from the browser-game era
Ragdoll Cannon and Roly-Poly Cannon brought their chain reactions to early iPhone gaming in one collection.
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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.