44: A Plague With Very Minor Effects
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• What if the new USB connector is too similar to Lightning)? (John Gruber on Lightning))

• Potential for 5120-wide Retina displays) to overcome Thunderbolt bandwidth limits by using "dual-input displays")?

• John's "quick" tips for TV calibration. (THX TV-calibration app))

• "Rate This App" dialogs:

• The Talk Show's excellent discussion).

• Marco's post).

• Underscore David Smith on App Store quality standards).

• How Apple could process "report as inappropriate" at scale).

• The effects of web popularity on Casey and Marco's respective unpopular apps (Fast Text) and Bugshot)).

• 5 Whys) exploring why developers use "Rate This App" dialogs.

• What could Apple do to improve this?

• App Store discoverability vs. search, and how search could be improved.

• How much developers should be responsible for their own app marketing, and the uncomfortable reality that many apps just aren't compelling enough to sell well.

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