Here’s What The Facebook App Center Is Really About

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The tectonic plates in the app world have been shifting quite a bit lately, in ways that will significantly impact developers and users. One major upcoming shift is coming from our friends in Redmond–Windows 8– and yesterday, we witnessed another major shift as Facebook announced their new App Center. After sleeping on it and reading dozens of generic blog posts about the announcement, this is what I think the Facebook App Center REALLY means (complete with lame taglines for your entertainment): Throw a cat a bone. The dog has had enough…

Toasters, Fridges, and the Future of Computing

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In a recent interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, the heir to the Jobsian Empire compared the upcoming Windows 8 OS to a “Toaster-Fridge,” making the point that attempting to combine a laptop and a tablet into one device may be nothing more than convergence for the sake of convergence. It’s no surprise that this off-hand comment has elicited a series of outbursts, internet memes, and even Twitter parody accounts.  Although bold and creative, is Windows 8 really the right evolution for the world’s dominant PC OS, or is it instead a…

The Pokki Store – Your Desktop App Marketplace

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Today we’re excited to raise the curtain on the brand new Pokki Store, which makes it easier than ever to find, review and share beautiful desktop apps, from your favorite services like Facebook, Twitter (Tweeki), Instagram (Instagrille) and Gmail as well as fun, productivity-draining games like 4 Horsemen, Madden NFL Superstars, and The Godfather: Five Families ™. Check it out at Pokki.com (or fire up the nut on your taskbar if you already have Pokki) and let us know what you think.  The Pokki Store is the result of our…

Pokki Store – Coming in April

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We’re excited to announce the Pokki Store! Coming in early April, the homepage of pokki.com and the desktop store will be completely revamped to help everyone better discover and share great apps. The new store includes: Browse by categories (e.g. Games) and leader boards (e.g. Most Popular) App pages with detailed descriptions and screen shots Share apps with your social networks User ratings and reviews Search Developers take note In order for your app to be included in the new store, you need to provide us with some additional information (such as a…

Pokki 1UP Winners at GDC

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The Pokki team is out in full force at GDC and we got all the winners from the Pokki 1UP Game Developer Contest with us and that can only mean one thing.  Pokki is going to show these developers how to really do GDC right. We announced the winners at our panel at GDC and then set them up with meetings with all the big companies in the gaming industry.   Here is probably one of the strangest pictures you will see come out of GDC this year. That is Mark Pincus,…