This worked on a manufacturing level, and it worked for app developers inso far as retooling apps for the Mini became optional, not mandatory.

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As for the trend toward organizing content by both topics and the stuff your friends enjoy, you only need to look as far last year's hit news app: Flipboard, which turns the news into a more visual experience on your iPad, personalizing your experience by highlighting links shared by your online connections and topics you find interesting.

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So far the app seems to have worked as intended.

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Most complaints thus far have centered on Home's failings as an app launcher -- when you install Home on any phone, it rearranges your apps because there's no folder support and no app dock.

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So far Microsoft has failed in execution as nothing more than a Nook app for Windows 8 has come out of their investment.

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In China specifically, local authorities even went as far as to warn operators to clean up security weaknesses in their mobile app stores.

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