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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.
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iGarageSale: finding nearby sales in an early iPhone map app
The original iGarageSale listing connected searchable local-sale notices with a map and list view.
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Office on the go: the document workflows early iPhone apps tried to solve
A historical look at Quickoffice and Documents To Go, with practical questions for evaluating mobile document work.
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Shazam: the iPhone app that put a name to a song
How Shazam brought music recognition to the early App Store, what audio matching does, and where to find the current official app.
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IM+ 3.3: a 2009 update to the mobile messaging interface
A historical look at the inbox, chat and service changes described for IM+ version 3.3.
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Free Books by Spreadsong: what “free” meant in the original app
Revisit the original Free Books reader, its catalog model and the distinction between an app’s price and the books inside it.
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Internet Radio Box: keep the station as well as the player
The legacy eingrad radio app highlights a useful habit for internet listening: know the broadcaster behind a saved favourite.
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Early iPhone VoIP: iCall, Vopium and Truphone compared in 2009
The historical comparison shows three different approaches to internet calling, pricing and messaging on the early iPhone.
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WifiTrak: finding a usable Wi-Fi connection on an early iPhone
Bitrino’s WifiTrak did more than list nearby networks. Revisit its connection tests, signal details and the reason it disappeared from the App…
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The iPhone story: from a connected handset to an app platform
A concise, sourced look at the two early milestones that explain why iPhone application directories mattered.