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Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey’s Squirrel Project Revealed A new external attachment for the iPhone which turns it into a credit card point-of-sale device from the founder of Twitter has recently been announced. The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion? A discussion on how prices for iPhone versions of existing applications and games [...]

In App Purchase Now Available for Free Apps Huge news that should make waves in the App Store. iPhone SDK Development Recommended reading. Book available in eBook or paper book formats. Tweetie 2 The popular Twitter client “Tweetie” for the iPhone has been reinvented. Try it today. Ansca Early Adopter Program Latest beta of Corona, [...]

Today is Mobile Orchard’s First Birthday. Flash On The iPhone Roundup: Flash for the iPhone Adobe announced that developers will be able to translate Actionscript into ObjC that can run on the iPhone. Louis Gerbarg provided a detailed dissection of the Flash-generated iPhone ipa files Flash Lands on the iPhone at Wired. Authoring iPhone Apps [...]

The 360iDev Conference was this week: blog and Twitter coverage. 3 Tips That Might Get You Featured In The App Store About iPhone Carrier Settings Updates in iTunes With the recent update from AT&T, iPhone 3G and 3GS owners can now send and receive MMS messages. Read on for information on how to enable it [...]

Google: Apple Totally Rejected Our Google Voice App More details surrounding the rejection of Google’s Voice App from the App Store. News and Announcements for iPhone Developers A new feature from the iPhone Developer Program that brings you regularly updated news and announcements for iPhone development (developer connection account required). App Store Resource Center Another [...]

AT&T Likely To Keep iPhone One analyst firm is predicting AT&T’s exclusive deal as the wireless carrier will be extended beyond 2010. Can The iPhone App Store Have A Community Developer Manager Too? Criticisms on how the App Store is currently being run and how it could be improved. Two From GDC Austin: PlayFirst On [...]

Background Location Finds a Loop(t)hole On The iPhone Loopt strikes a deal with AT&T to provide “always-on location service” for its new iPhone application. App Sales Machine Google App Engine based hosted app sales reporting. Free and OSS. 6 Flickr iPhone Apps That Yahoo Just Killed With the recent release of Yahoo’s official Flickr application [...]

Apple Has Officially Opened Up Chinese Market for the iPhone Apple and China Unicom have struck a three-year deal for the iPhone in China for an estimated 1.2 billion people market. Xcode Tools for Snow Leopard Does Not Include iPhone SDK Tips on getting up to speed with iPhone development after you’ve upgraded to Snow [...]

iPhone: Learning the Ways of GPU from the Driver Code Excellent presentation by Unity Technologies on how to get the most out of the iPhone’s GPU. Apple vs. Google, Who Will Control the iPhone? More details on why Apple rejected the Google Voice application recently. Interview: Space Invaders iPhone’s Ishida Blasts to Infinity A great [...]

Rise Of The New Middle Class Part II Peter Farago: “a year ago, the new darlings of mobile gaming could not have flourished in mobile.” 20 Killer iPhone Game Designs Great collection of iPhone game designs that get attention on the App Store. What Has the iPhone Really Changed? A recent essay on Gamasutra discussing [...]