Typing Genius is probably best known for unlocking emoji emoticons, but the app is actually a pretty good way to practice typing with the touchscreen keyboard of your iPhone or iPod touch.

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I love hearing this about the iPhone: the San Francisco Chronicle has a piece about how Apple's little revolutionary telephone has brought a whole new crop of programmers into the development mix. People who had never before looked at code or considered writing their own applications are getting ideas about how to make better software, picking up Cocoa and Xcode books, and going to town. And strangely, we might actually have fart apps to thank for this -- people aren't just seeing the iPhone as an innovative platform, but they're seeing the App Store as an "anything goes" environment, where even their silly little idea might work.

I don't know if we can pin all the credit for the burgeoning iPhone development scene on fart apps and the impression that even a monkey can make bestselling iPhone software (certainly Apple has set the bar and price for entry pretty low, both with the extremely cheap $100 fee for a developer account as well as the high quality Xcode software that comes on every Mac), but there is definitely something in this little device that's driving people to try and create their own software for it.

Oh, and the money probably helps, too. Still, whether people are taking up iPhone development because they want to make millions or are just looking for another hobby, it's us, app consumers, who will benefit.

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Ora è ufficiale: Apple ha assunto Bob Drebin, ex dirigente ATI e una delle figure più importanti e prestigiose nel campo dei chip per l’accelerazione grafica 3D.

Drebin è ora Senior Director Apple, ma non si conoscono ancora nei dettagli i suoi compiti. Secondo le voci più accreditate, basate anche sui trascorsi di Drebin, egli potrebbe lavorare nel settore hardware e in particolar modo per quanto riguarda l’accelerazione grafica 3D su dispositivi mobili.

Questo potrebbe significare che Apple ha in mente di crearsi in casa il proprio iPhone, senza dover chiedere pezzi hardware a società esterne: mesi fa, infatti, Apple ha acquisito P.A. Semi (CPU per dispositivi mobili) ed ora sembra proprio che avverrà lo stesso anche per i chip grafici, come dimostra anche il fatto che la società di Cupertino è da tempo azionista di maggioranza di Imagination (specializzata proprio in accelerazione grafica).

In questo modo tutto l’hardware dell’iPhone verrebbe prodotto “in casa”, consentendo ad Apple di migliorare l’integrazione tra i vari chip e, magari, abbassare i prezzi.

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