How to prevent the App Store from becoming the crapware dollar store

— blog.wired.com — An iPhone developer appears to have paid people to give his application five-star ratings in an effort to boost sales. A reader calling himself "Techtistic" reported his discovery in the comments section of The Unofficial Apple ... (more) Want to Boost Sales of Your iPhone App? Bribe People

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★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs

— daringfireball.net — Google’s just-released and much-publicized update to their Google Mobile iPhone app features some very clever interaction design for the voice search feature. There is an on-screen button you can tap to initiate a voice search manually, but, as ... (more) ★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs

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