Giles Turnbull has been a professional journalist and writer since 1995, and freelance since 2000. His main areas of interest include computing, Mac OS X, cyberculture, web applications, productivity, low-cost computing, gadgets, digital photography, parenting, environmentalism, science, and the weather. He lives in the beautiful town of Bradford on Avon, England, with his wife and son. He has a web site at http://gilest.org.
There's so many new apps appearing on the App Store, how can anyone keep track of what interests them? Apple's Genius playlist technology, currently restricted to just music, might be one answer. read more
When you mix apps with adverts, you get appverts. They've started to appear on the App Store, but do they deserve space there? And what do developers think of building them anyway? read more
Another week, another app (email client MailWrangler) is banned from the App Store for the reason that it is too close to something Apple installs on the device by default, its mail client. This is madness on Apple’s part. What... read more
Comment on the App Store are getting dumb and dumberer. Does having "FIRST!" posted under your app's entry in the store reflect well on you, your app, and on the Store in general? read more
The Kleiner Perkins iFund, a $100 million bucket of cash set aside specifically to invest in iPhone application development, has so far used up $30 million on five products. read more
Sadly I have only half a post for you today; I was hoping for something much more detailed, in order to spark off some debate. Alas, only half the tale can be told. But perhaps we can have the debate... read more