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My friends call me a camera snob because I prefer digital SLRs and typically turn my nose up at camera phones. But lately, I've fallen in love with my iPhone's camera; more and more, I find myself snapping photos with my phone. One obvious advantage that a smartphone like the iPhone has over a traditional camera is portability. I've always got my iPhone in my pocket, while my Nikon often languishes at home. But another great advantage is apps: It's easy to add new features and capabilities to your iPhone by installing a free or inexpensive app. To do the same thing with a traditional camera, you'd need a degree in electrical engineering. Last year, I told you about five reasons photographers should love the iPhone. The apps I mentioned back then are still great, but this week, I've rounded up five more iOS apps that I highly recommend.

People are bailing in droves from apps that tell everyone what you're reading or watching on Facebook. It's about time.

Stop-motion fun for your Lego Mini-figures comes in an iPhone app.

Let’s open the doors to bragging, debate, show-and-tell, and all the other stuff that makes for a lot more fun than “Oracle's Google Android patent lawsuit cut down to size”.

Microsoft releases three videos to try and build excitement for Windows 8.

10 billion downloads? Cool. 10-cent apps? Nifty. Now Android needs to get people used to, and even excited for, paying full price.

Whether you want to stay on top of your to-do list, find out who is tracking you online, or sling a few birds at pesky pigs, here are 20 apps that are well worth your time.

Gearhead author Mark Gibbs picks his top ten everyday tools … the tools he can't live without …

In response to developer concerns about how extensively Apple will enforce its new subscription policy, Steve Jobs sent a one-line email. Unfortunately, it doesn't really give any real information about what apps will be affected by the policy.

Reports are coming in from Windows Phone 7 app developers that they're getting their first payments from Microsoft. With the platform off to a sluggish start, will these payments be enough to sustain or encourage developers to keep writing WP7 apps?

As I've gotten older matured I've gotten less tolerant, rather than more, of preremptory, smug superiority, especially from those who feel perfectly justified walking into a room and just stare expectantly until you figure out what set of complex behaviors you're supposed to perform.

A recent Microsoft glitch made it possible for developers to bypass the Zune marketplace and download their Windows Phone 7 app of choice. Though Microsoft closed that loopohole, the incident sparked debate over how to secure application code, a problem that affects more than WP7 developers.