Third-party apps have started to become the best-in-class in iOS. This is good for third-party developers, users, and in the short-term, Apple. It gives third-parties, like Google, additional exposure and revenue. It provides better apps for users on iOS devices. And it helps sell more iOS devices for Apple. In the long-term, however, it may not work out so well for Apple. More »
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Why Twitter Wanting to Kill All Third Party Twitter Apps Is Ridiculous [Twitter]
Posted in: Today's Chili In a classic case of forgetting where you came from, Twitter is suffocating third party Twitter apps until they die so the only Twitter people know is from Twitter, Inc. itself. This sucks for many reasons—mostly because Twitter apps suck compared to third party apps—but also because of this: the Twitter we know today wouldn’t exist without the help of the third party apps Twitter is trying to kill. For example, did you know tweet wasn’t a word created by Twitter but by third parties? More »