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Topics: Analysis / Opinion , Developer , iPhone , App Store It would have been nice for the App Store’s public relations team if the biggest news in the past few days was the introduction of a more transparent progress report for applications under review, giving developers some of the feedback they need to see where their apps are in the pathway towards approval and release. Unfortunately, that minor but tangible step toward a more open approval process is overshadowed by a story of frustration and disaffection from one of the platform’s rising stars: Joe Hewitt, the man behind Facebook’s popular iPhone app, is mad …

It’s the eternal paradox: you need to vent your frustration that Twitter is down, but, well, Twitter is down! What to do? In one of its shortest parody videos to date, comedy site College Humor explores the dire consequences of Tweeting while Twitter is down, reminding us that such paradoxes could ultimately spell our demise. See also: Twitter Down , Twitter Down Amid Hailstorm of Apple Tweets See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor . Reviews: Twitter Tags: college humor , comedy , parody , twitter

I was about to ignore this email from Microsoft but it seems there is a nugget of wonderful info in there. Remember when we said you could share your apps with four friends - behavior that essentially works on an iPhone and the App Store when you sync to the same iTunes instance? Well you can’t. OK? You can’t. Be quiet. “Microsoft knows the frustration of losing favorite apps and personal information when you lose, upgrade, or add a phone. For this reason, if you buy an application on Windows Marketplace for Mobile, you’ll be able to reinstall the application on a limited number of additional phones simply and free of charge. As outlined in the terms of use for Windows …