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By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:36:21 +0000

What about basic search, if you are at Amazon and type in a misspelled author or title, Amazon will figure out the correct spelling (does depend on severity), Apple will do a database look up as is and return no results even if you only mistyped one letter. It’d be great if Apple developed a search engine for all the products they offer, they sell so many items today, isn’t it worthwhile to do so?

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:54:56 +0000

I can see the lawsuits coming.

“I bought a bunch of apps specifically recommended by Apple. However, my buddy told showed me better apps for every single one of them. Now I want triple damages.”

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By: Jean-Louis Gassée

Jean-Louis Gassée — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:43:26 +0000

@ David Dwyer: Thanks for sharing your views. In this comments section, please focus on ideas, not personal attacks. And be specific vs. vague generalities.

By: David Dwyer

David Dwyer — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:37:49 +0000

Are you still alive? After your disasterous leadership at Apple surprised you would even dare to recommend anything.

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By: Jean-Louis Gassee bemoans lack of App Store curation

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By: Bazz

Bazz — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:28:22 +0000

The problem is biggness — no time to do the analysis of an app!

The solution was made by Cringley’s son some months back!

Let the market speak by demanding their money back — that would sort the chaff from the seeds.

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By: David Olson

David Olson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:07:32 +0000

There is a need for a change in the very model of the App Store. You wrote a fictional letter that rings true of the old Google (perhaps one only of my old imagination) that would do something radical that truly made the world a better place. The App Store has been a bit like a super flee market where all selling takes place. Very crowded, hard to find things, poor quality next to high quality. It seems that steps are being taken to make the App Store more like a large mall. Different stores for categories of apps. But more is needed. Perhaps a “mall” concept with “shopkeepers” outside of Apple but curating a “store front” in the App Store would be a significant step forward in helping people find the best and most appropriate apps for their particular needs. I doubt Apple or Google can really solve the App Store problem without such “store fronts.”

By: Alexi Orm

Alexi Orm — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:49:02 +0000

If anyone ought to know about curation at Apple it should be R.J. Pittman, who jumped ship from Google and cross over to Apple and is currently “head of WW E-Commerce Platform” at Apple . So c’mon RJ, get your groove on with JLG’s suggestion!

By: airmanchairman

airmanchairman — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:40:27 +0000

Easier said than done, given the plethora of languages, countries, genres, and developers” varying ethical proclivities and originality (or lack thereof).

Given time, a measure of self-curation will happen when the “gold-rush” mentality dies down and the grifters drift off to the next new big scam area; it will give new methodologies the time and space to bear fruit and be of value to the consumer.

By: Kraftyman

Kraftyman — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:08:35 +0000

Apple has established a developer program, set technical boundaries ( even if some disagree about those boundaries) about what is allowed on iOS devices. They have also set some (more nebulous, perhaps)boundaries about the content of apps. These are not out of keeping with what other shopkeepers do in their corner stores or large department store chains.
I don’t think it is reasonable to expect apple to be the classifier, reviewer, curator and marketer of apps for their developers. There already exists a vibrant industry of magazines, fan websites and professional groups who do this sort of work. The type of curation/critique JLG seems to be asking for is best done outside the App Store.

The people who don’t know what they are looking for in an app in the first place are probably not going to be happy with what they find. The sea of cheap and nasty apps is a direct consequence of how accessible the developer program has become. The best of breed apps are not hard to find. It can be frustrating that demo apps are prohibited and upgrading is inflexible, but plenty of apps are offered as “lite” versions to allow a taste.

By: rd

rd — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:51:28 +0000

I though google didn’t want to curate anything but recommend
by tracking every moment of your time and selling you
as advertisement.

Google is conflicted in that it wants Web Apps not native Apps
that Apple is pushing.

If you want Apple to use Google like Algorithms then Apple
has to act just like Google. I don’t want any kind of genius
algorithm tracking me or advertise anything.

Apple can’t do anything against SEO going on in AppStore,
or copy cats, fraud-esters because then it would eliminate
competitors and FTC will go after them again.

By: Jean-Louis Gassée

Jean-Louis Gassée — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:46:33 +0000

@ NormM: You’re right, we don’t know what Apple is up to. In my case, I praise their discretion, their discipline.
My (satirical) intent was, in passing, to point to Google’s “admiring emulation” of Apple products, not to say they do a better job than Apple.
I wrote two previous MNs on the same topic. In September 2010 http://j.mp/XCll0O and in January 2012 http://j.mp/A1gCk8
The great iOS App Store is now (almost) 5 years old, still without real curation, without the kind of guide that would make it more helpful to users and developers — Chomp notwithstanding.

By: NormM

NormM — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:32:38 +0000

“But despite the success of the app phone there’s no question that today’s mobile application stores, our own Google Play included, are poorly curated.”

Hasn’t the main complaint with Apple and contrast with Google been that the Apple App store is a curated walled garden, while the Google store is a free for all? And Apple bought Chomp a year ago, to help improve App store discovery. Doesn’t that count at all? Obvously they need to do better, but it seems a bit unfair to say that Apple and Google have been exactly the same, and now this puts Google ahead!

Besides, Apple doesn’t advertise what it’s doing until products are ready to be released, so what makes you think that it’s “resting on its laurels?”