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∞ Apps create 466,000 jobs in the U.S. since 2008

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:26:46 +0000

How important are apps in this new economy? According to new research from TechNet apps have created 466,000 jobs since 2008. [...]

∞ Stealing vs borrowing

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:33:41 +0000

App Cubby founder, David Barnard:

When you steal an idea and have the time and good taste to make it your own, it grows into something different, hopefully something greater. But as you borrow more and more from other products, there’s less and less of you in the result. Less to be proud of, less to own.

Interesting thoughts from

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∞ RIM: Mac users not wanted

Jim Dalrymple — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:25:27 +0000

BlackBerry App World:

This web page uses ActiveX controls that work only in Microsoft Internet Explorer. To ensure that BlackBerry App World is correctly downloaded to your BlackBerry, this site is not designed to work with any other Internet browsers. If you cannot use Internet Explorer, you may be able to download the software directly to your BlackBerry smartphone.

So there’s this new thing called HTML5…

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∞ ∞ Verbs is iChat for the iPhone

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:26:06 +0000

What a great looking app. This is what I would expect from Apple if they made iChat for the iPhone.

∞ Glassboard: Location vs. privacy

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:38:46 +0000

As a result, we’ve put a location switch on the compose screen for each message or comment, so the user will have full control in its use, message by message. And when you add your location, its not only private to that board, but its specific to that moment in time. Glassboard does not track your position over time, and no one else will have access to this information.

I definitely think Sepia Labs is taking the right approach

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∞ ∞ Glassboard lets you setup private groups using the iPhone

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:22:28 +0000

Social networking is something most of us use to share ideas, media and to chat, but it’s not very private. Now you can setup and manage private groups with a new iOS app called Glassboard.

∞ ∞ PCalc update adds support for external keyboards in iOS

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:29:08 +0000

PCalc is ideal for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations.

The latest update also adds support for external Bluetooth keyboards.

∞ ∞ Microsoft releases OneNote Mobile for iPhone 1.2

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:23:11 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday updated its OneNote Mobile app for iPhone, adding new features and expanding the number of countries where the app is available.

∞ ∞ Eight iPhone apps to get the most from the Women's World Cup

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:17:14 +0000

The FIFA Women’s World Cup final takes place this weekend in Frankfurt, Germany with the United States taking on Japan. I decided to put together some apps to help you get the most from the experience.

∞ ∞ PayPal for iPhone updated

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:24:55 +0000

PayPal on Monday released an update for its iPhone app, making it even easier for users to make transaction from phone.

∞ ∞ Apple's App Store downloads expected to climb 61% in 2011

Jim Dalrymple — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:21:55 +0000

Apple’s iOS App Store has been a huge success for the company and recent analysis suggest that trend will only grow in 2011.

∞ ∞ Sprinkler Times app hits the App Store

Jim Dalrymple — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:13:07 +0000

The Sprinkler Times App makes saving money, water, and plants easy. Outdoor watering accounts for more than 60% of most homeowner’s water use, yet many people are unknowingly overwatering their lawns by more than 50%. Not knowing how to properly set your sprinkler timer is literally like throwing money down the drain. Sprinkler Times can save you hundreds on your water bill every year.

Sometimes I’m just amazed at what we can do from the iPhone.

∞ ∞ Lodsys refiles motion, asks for one month extension

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:53:00 +0000

Earlier today I published and blogged about Lodsys’s motion for an extension of time to answer Apple’s motion to intervene. Lodsys’s motion, as entered yesterday, requested time until including August 27, 2011 — two more months. But Lodsys has now withdrawn the previous motion and put in a new one, which I also published on Scribd and which asks for time until including July 27, 2011 — one more month, not two.

Mueller said he thinks the court will grant the one

∞ ∞ Lodsys asks court for two month delay to answer Apple's motion to intervene

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:12:09 +0000

The week before last, Apple filed a motion to intervene in Lodsys’s lawsuit against seven app developers. I was hoping for Apple’s intervention to be allowed very soon, but we may all have to wait. Lodsys would have had to respond to Apple’s motion by June 27, 2011 (Monday) but just asked the court for additional time — for two months, in fact. Lodsys would like to have time until including August 27, 2011.

If Lodsys is given this delay, the court should also force

∞ ∞ Israel asks Apple to remove app that calls for Palestinian uprising

Jim Dalrymple — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:13:50 +0000

Public Diplomacy Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein has written Apple CEO Steve Jobs and asked that an app be removed from the App Store.

∞ ∞ Meeting Spot app aims to make WWDC easier for meetings

Jim Dalrymple — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:50:46 +0000

There was a new app released yesterday by Selligy called Meeting Spot that is going to help out a lot of people at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference being held next week.

Meeting Spot lets you check out all of the cafes, coffee shops, restaurants and sandwich around Moscone to find the perfect place to have a meeting, lunch or both. I’ve been in this position many times, so the app definitely appeals to me.

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∞ ∞ Apple releases official WWDC app

Jim Dalrymple — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:57:17 +0000

Apple on Thursday released an app for developers of next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Aptly named “WWDC,” the app lets you search the conference schedule, make a reservation at the User Interface, App Review, iTunes Connect, Program Support, or Developer Publications lab, view floor diagrams of Moscone West, and create a custom schedule of the sessions, labs, and events you plan on attending.

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∞ ∞ Elements update adds Markdown footnotes support

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:12:14 +0000

Justin Williams on Wednesday released a new version of Elements, his text editor for iOS, adding many new features and fixing some bugs.

Built for iPhone and iPad, Elements 1.6 adds support for rendering Markdown footnotes in the Markdown preview as well as dictionary lookups via the Terminology app for iOS from Agile Tortoise.

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∞ ∞ Senator Franken asks Apple, Google to require privacy policies for apps

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:44:39 +0000

U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) asked both Apple and Google to require “clear and understandable privacy policies for all of their apps.”

The Senator made the statements in a letter sent to both companies.

“If the companies agree to this request, consumers who purchase apps from Apple or Google’s app stores would have a clearer understanding of what information is being collected about them and with whom it’s being shared,” wrote Franken.

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∞ ∞ The Heist topples Angry Birds as App Store's top selling app

Jim Dalrymple — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:12:27 +0000

A new game from the folks who brought Mac users the MacHeist software bundle has done the unthinkable — it toppled Angry Birds as the top selling app on the App Store.

The developers told The Loop on Wednesday that The Heist sold 25,233 copies in about half a day. That was enough to give them top spot on the App Store, at least for single day sales — they still have a ways to go to beat Angry Birds for cumulative sales, but they are well on their way.

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