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TypeWay iPad Keyboard Adapts To Fit Your Hands Perfectly

7:00PM February 2, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

The limitations of typing on a touchscreen hinder how effective tablets can be as productivity tools. There is hope, though, at least for iPad users. This TypeWay keyboard supposedly makes things easier, by adapting the key layout for each user. More »

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iPad Now Has About 100 Awesome Apps, 99,900 Whatever Apps

2:01AM July 1, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The iPad app store is now showing more than 100,000 apps available. That roughly means about 100 apps that are actually awesome. Which, mind you, it’s about 97 more than everyone else. I don’t give a damn about the rest. [MacStories]

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iOS And Mac App Store Outages Could Be iCloud Related

7:52AM June 3, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Reports of outages in the iOS and Mac App Stores have been occurring all day, leading some to speculate that adjustments for iCloud integration are in place. [MacRumors]

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App Store Is Coming To Mac

5:05AM October 21, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Apps aren’t just for iPods, iPhones and iPads. They’re coming to Mac! Free and paid-for, the icon’s located in the dock. Once downloaded, the app automatically snuggles into your dock. They’re fullscreen too, available in 90 days for Snow Leopard.

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The Trainyard Story, Or How To Make A Smash Hit iPhone App

12:40AM October 21, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

There are people who make some serious bread from the App Store. Matt Rix, the creator of the wildly popular iPhone game Trainyard, is one of them. Here’s how he did it, starting with his sketchbook. More »

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Censorship Stays As iPhone App Development Rules “Relax”

10:35PM September 9, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

In a surprising announcement – after receiving a mountain of criticism - Apple has announced that they “are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create apps” and “publishing app review guidelines”. That’s good. The bad: Arbitrary censorship stays. More »

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Apple’s App Store Dominated By Pay Apps, Google’s By Free Apps

7:00AM August 28, 2010 | Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova - BI

Are iPhone owners more willing to pay for applications than Android owners? Or are Android developers just more interested in giving away their apps? More »

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Apple’s App Store Director Sells Fart Apps On The Side

2:26AM August 19, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Phillip Shoemaker is Apple’s director of applications technology. He’s the man in charge of Apple’s capricious, often-contested App Store approval process. He also has a side business selling fart and urination apps in that very same App Store. More »

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Why The Hell Did Apple Pull Camera+ From The App Store?

12:10AM August 13, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Apple has pulled Camera+ from the App Store. Its only sin: Allow iPhone customers to use the volume button to take photos. But why are they taking away a feature that everyone has been demanding since the JesusPhone was introduced? More »

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Apple Should Enable 24-Hour Trials For All Paid Apps

12:00AM August 7, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Apple has a new App Store category called Try Before You Buy, which features free lite versions of popular paid apps. Nice idea, but not good enough. Apple, we want a full 24-hour trial period on all apps. More »