Mar 5th
Friday
Tweet in style by sending tweets directly from Feathers, or…
♥ Your tweets are automatically copied to the clipboard when you exit the app (so you can use your regular Twitter client to tweet or send fancy status updates to Facebook or email your friends – you can paste them nearly anywhere!)
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Dec 9th
Wednesday
Apple has offered the ability to purchase iTunes Gift Cards via their Facebook Fan page. Read the whole story »
Nov 19th
Thursday
Cerulean Studios has long been developing its powerful multi-platform IM client for Windows users, and they now offer a $5 app for the iPhone Read the whole story »
Nov 13th
Friday
Bump 1.2 for iPhone adds news features such as Friend Compare, Facebook Integration, and Bump History.
Nov 12th
Thursday
Joe Hewitt, the man at Facebook behind the wildly popular Facebook app for iPhone [App Store] has just announced that he’s left the project. “Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project,” said Hewitt earlier today on Twitter. Over the life of the Facebook app, Joe’s essentially been the only dev working on the app, making this an extremely significant move. He’s moved on to another project a Facebook, although we haven’t heard who Facebook plans to put in his place.
After the announcement, TechCrunch caught up with Hewitt where he said that the move was due to Apple’s approval policies:
[note]My decision to stop iPhone development
has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.
The web is still unrestricted and free, and so I am returning to my roots as a web developer. In the long term, I would like to be able to say that I helped to make the web the best mobile platform available, rather than being part of the transition to a world where every developer
must go through a middleman to get their software in the hands of users.”[/note]
We very much agree with Hewitt and hope that Apple takes note. In the past Mr. Hewitt has voiced his opinions regarding the App Store’s approval process, saying in a blog post that “the review process needs to be eliminated completely.”
We’re hoping to get Mr. Hewitt on the iPhone Alley Podcast to talk further about his feelings as an ex-iPhone app developer so stay tuned for that!
Nov 10th
Tuesday
Tweet on the go with all your favourite TweetDeck features on your iPhone. Read the whole story »
Sep 21st
Monday
Adobe Systems is rolling out services to ease deployment of Flash-based games, media, and apps on various social networks and mobile phones. Read the whole story »
Sep 11th
Friday
It’s been a while since AOL was a major player in the digital realm. But the folks at AOL are impressing some with their newest offering. Read the whole story »
Aug 27th
Thursday
Well the wait is finally over and facebook 3.0 is now available via itunes and appstore for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Although this update lacks push notifications it is a huge improvement over all. Read the whole story »
