9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future
The New York Times
4 min read · From 2018 · The technology inside Amazon’s new convenience store, opening Monday in downtown Seattle, enables a shopping experience like no other — including no checkout lines.
medium.com
How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store
medium.com
9 min read · From 2017 · It’s far easier than you think. No luck or perseverance necessary.
Aeon+Psyche
Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer
Aeon+Psyche
~18 min read · From 2016 · Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
Stratechery
Apple, Epic, and the App Store
Stratechery
~11 min read · 2020-08-17 · The App Store is not one thing: it is installation, payments, and customer management; the further Apple gets from iOS, the worse its actions are for users and developers.
TechCrunch
Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store
TechCrunch
7 min read · From 2016 · If Facebook announces the “Messenger Bot Store” at F8, as many predict, it would be arguably the most consequential event for the tech industry since Apple announced the App Store and iPhone…
The New York Times
How Apple Stacked the App Store With Its Own Products
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2019 · A New York Times analysis of six years of search results found Apple dominated the top results for many popular search terms.
The Business of Fashion
H&M Tests New Store Concept
The Business of Fashion
5 min read · From 2018 · At a spruced-up pilot store in Stockholm, the chain is testing new concepts that mark a break with its past, and partly echo some tactics already deployed by rivals to attract shoppers.
Khoi Vinh
Illustration in the App Store
Khoi Vinh
6 min read · From 2018 · Apple’s dramatically redesigned App Store got a decent amount of attention when it debuted last year with iOS 11, but its unique success as a hybrid of product design and editorial design has gone …
9to5Mac.com
10 years of the App Store: The design evolution of the earliest apps
9to5Mac.com
~13 min read · From 2018 · One of the most significant design opportunities in recent history was announced with a simple blog post on Apple’s website. “Let me just say it: We want native third-party applications on the iPho…
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TED Talks
6 relationship resolutions to make this year
TED Talks
6 min read · 2021-12-22 · Making small changes in our connections with people — whether it’s our nearest and dearest or strangers at the store — can yield big results. Here are some to try, from relationsh…
Fast Company
Locket, the #1 app in Apple’s App Store, uses a trick hiding in plain sight
Fast Company
3 min read · Jan 13th · The photo sharing app isn’t just a viral sensation. It figured out how to use widgets the right way.
The Verge
Apple says App Store developers have earned more than $260 billion
The Verge
1 min read · Jan 10th · It also reported more than 745 million paid subscriptions.
WIRED
The Tamagotchi Was Tiny, but Its Impact Was Huge
WIRED
2 min read · 2021-11-23 · It’s been 25 years since the little device first hit store shelves, but its simple brilliance lives on in today’s most popular games.
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The Verge
Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st
The Verge
5 min read · 2020-11-18 · A substantial change to Apple’s longstanding App Store cut.
OneZero
The End of App Stores Is Rapidly Approaching
OneZero
7 min read · From 2019 · Progressive web apps may soon free you from Google Play and the iOS App Store
TechCrunch
Amazon is now selling its cashierless store technology to other retailers
TechCrunch
3 min read · 2020-03-09 · Amazon on Monday announced it will now offer its cashierless store technology, called “Just Walk Out,” to other retailers. The technology uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision…
apple.com
Apple announces App Store Small Business Program
apple.com
1 min read · 2020-11-18 · New developer program accelerates innovation and helps small businesses and independent developers propel their businesses forward on the App Store.
The Verge
Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store
The Verge
6 min read · 2020-08-13 · Apple says Epic is violating its App Store guidelines.
youdownloadtheappanditdoesntwork.com
You Download the App and it Doesn't Work
youdownloadtheappanditdoesntwork.com
2020-06-19 · Examples of capriciousness in App Store policymaking.
WIRED UK
apple.com
The App Store turns 10
apple.com
~15 min read · From 2018 · When Apple introduced the App Store on July 10, 2008 with 500 apps, it ignited a cultural, social and economic phenomenon.
The New York Times
Opinion | Is It Finally Hammer Time for Apple and Its App Store?
The New York Times
6 min read · 2020-06-19 · The outcome of the company’s latest scuffle could have a lasting impact on the power dynamic between Big Tech and the rest of us.
