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Land of the Giants: This Changes Everything

The Vergecast

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The iPhone or the Apstore?

The iphone debute in two thousand seven without an ap store. A year later, steve jobs added one, reluctantly at first. The ap store was flooded with novelties, digital versions of pet rocks. There were aps that let your eye phones make gun noises or act like a virtual zippo lighter. For chris barton, though, the ap store wasn't a way to make a quick buck. It was a way to jump start a real business that actually solved a problem.

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