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8 iOS Developers Who Revolutionized The App Store

25/07/2013

Loren Brichter Tweetie wasn’t the first iOS Twitter app, but it did connect with users in a way the others different. Clean, (...)
Loren Brichter Tweetie wasn’t the first iOS Twitter app, but it did connect with users in a way the others different. Clean, simple, and intuitive, the app was so compelling Twitter acquired it, rebranded and turned it into their official mobile offering. It’s natural to reach your thumb to the top of your phone’s screen and pull down to refresh the page, even now part of Apple’s core apps. It was Brichter though that designed that feature, implementing it in one of Tweetie’s updates. Even just a few years later, the pull-to-refresh gesture took on a life of its own and became bigger than any single app, but Brichter himself moved on to a different type of app. Following Tweetie, and working at Twitter, Brichter decided to head back to work for himself producing an award winning game Letterpress. Proving his thoughtful touch on each app developed, Letterpress takes on new UI challenges and makes the most of minimal elements. A flurry around any new apps Loren Brichter releases for good reason, he understands mobile design and constraints, giving people something very interesting. Marco Arment First with Instapaper, then with The Magazine, Marco Arment is now known for trailblazing and pushing different categories of apps into public awareness. Instapaper was, surprisingly, a unique idea at the time of introduction that is now copied by dozens, including Apple in their Safari web browser. From a technical standpoint, Arment’s follow up app, The Magazine, took aim at big publishers with their unruly download sizes and inefficient magazine mechanics. The Magazine was truly an app built for a mobile device, specifically iPhone or iPad. Not only that, but Arment was also looking to leverage on of Apple’s newer features, Newsstand, which was a dedicated store front for digital reading content. Success with both apps led to Arment selling both, at different times to different entities, in search of his stated passion, programming. His third app is set to debut sometime later in 2013.Read Full Story    
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