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Is Genius for iPhone Apps Getting Smarter?

November 8, 2009

When the Genius for Apps feature first came along with the iPhone OS 3.1 update, I was not very impressed with it.  Despite presumably starting off with full knowledge of hundreds of apps I’d purchased via the App Store, its early sets of recommendations for me were odd and mostly useless.
Fast forward a couple [...]

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Genius App Recommendations Showing Up in Emails Now Too

September 13, 2009

This is kind of cool to see.  I did a little purchasing of some new music in iTunes over the weekend – so I got a receipt email today, and it includes some app recommendations in amongst the suggested songs and albums.
I’m sure I won’t remember to check recommendations in the App Store [...]

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Pure Genius: Genius Recommends An App That Frees Memory, Which Is Supposedly Not Allowed

September 10, 2009

OK, so I guess the Genius feature for app recommendations is going to take a little while to ‘learn’ and then be able to offer me some better suggestions.  Right now, having only just turned it on last night, it is providing mostly comedic value with its picks for me.
The most ironic of those [...]

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Turning On Genius for Apps Also Turns On ‘Spying’

September 10, 2009

Genius recommendations for apps was one of the big new items announced for the iPhone at yesterday’s Apple event.  It’s one that I’m excited to get to know better, and I think many folks are keen to use.
It’s worth noting, especially given the recent controversy over Pinch Media and other companies’ analytics and data [...]

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