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Expenditure: A Beautiful Way To Track Your Expenses - 10 Codes Up for Grabs

Finance is boring. Numbers are boring. I’m not a mathematician, I’m no finance expert either - I’ve never been interested in these subjects. Not until I realized I had to keep track of my expenses and incomes if I wanted to make a living out of what I do every day.

Thank Jobs the world is full of App Store developers willing to create gorgeous and enjoyable apps for stuff that would be tremendously boring otherwise. I’m an avid MoneyBook user and couldn’t be happier about it: it’s got a stunning UI, it’s got online sync, it’s easy to use. But, there’s a new kid on the block of financial apps for iPhone: Expenditure by Shape HQ.

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iFiles Now iPad-compatible with MobileMe, Google Docs and Facebook Support

iFiles is one of the most popular file manager apps for iPhone. Actually, it’s more than a simple file manager: it’s a document viewer, a voice recorder, a wifi drive and a text editor. And, unlike other similar apps, it’s got a great looking icon and a clean interface design.

iFiles is one of the best executed, feature-rich productivity apps of its kind I’ve seen in the App Store. Now, it’s iPad compatible, too.

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iPhone 4 Unlock Is Done, Now Waiting for Release

After weeks of hard work, the iPhone 4 has been unlocked. With a tweet sent a few minutes ago, @planetbeing confirmed that he’s now using an unlocked iPhone 4.

As usual, please remember that unlock is a different thing from jailbreak: by unlocking your iPhone you’ll be able to use any kind of SIM on it, which is very useful for US users who want to ditch AT&T or Europeans thinking about importing one from the States.

We’ll keep you posted about the official release of the unlock tool.

AT&T to Move ‘Heaven & Earth’

VentureBeat MobileBeat 2010: AT&T Chief Technology Officer John Donovan is blasted with questions from VB Editor in Chief Matt Marshall concerning AT&T and their network. The response ties in with what Jobs said D8, “… when they start to fix them, get worse before they get better…and if you believe that, things should be getting a lot better real soon.”

VentureBeat reports,

It’s a little bit of everything, Donovan replied. With a flood of new chipsets, phones, and applications, the traditional device testing and rollout methods have “broken down.” In addition, AT&T recently faced a shortage of the components needed to improve its network.

“I’ll tell you the things it’s not been,” Donovan said. “It’s not been capital, it’s not been conviction and commitment.” AT&T “will move heaven and Earth” to meet its customers’ growing data needs, he said.

I’d be impressed if AT&T could actually move the heavens to improve reception.

[VentureBeat via 9 to 5 Mac]

Camera+ for iPhone Generates $250.000 In Revenue

In these two years of App Store we’ve read many stories of indie developers making tons of bucks out of apps sales. Still, I’ve noticed a trend recently, and that’s why the news of Camera+ generating over $250.000 in revenue matters: if you look at the App Store Top Paid charts, you’ll see lots of games in there.

So the question is: is still possible to be successful in the App Store even without developing a game? Apparently, it is.

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App Store Password Caching Causing Unintentional Purchases?

So you have a kid right? Then I’m sure you’ve done this a lot or have had this happen at least once: You download an innocent game to keep them busy, handed them your iPhone, and let them have at it. The kids get carried away, and you wake up the next morning to a bank alert claiming you’ve incurred $300 in App-app purchases. This leads to a few nasty emails sent to Apple and the developer, claiming fraudulent charges and demanding your money back.

But just so you know, developers aren’t trying to screw you over. Apple has an odd API concerning purchases and password caching. While you probably realize that Apple gives you the opportunity to purchase multiple items in the store so you don’t have to keep entering your password, you might not have realized that this caching translates to in-app purchases as well.

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