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Tag: iphone

The App Store and the Centralized Distribution Model for Mobile Software

Apple's 2008 App Store combined discovery, payment, approval, updates and wireless installation into one distribution system, rapidly making centralized mobile software marketplaces a dominant platform model.

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Multi-Touch, the iPhone, and the Shift from Pointing at Interfaces to Touching Them

The iPhone's 2007 multi-touch interface made fingers, gestures and sensors the default control system for a mass-market pocket computer, reshaping expectations for mobile software.

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