Palm takes “No Review” approach on app submissions

While Apple has garnered quite a bit of flack lately for poor choices and lack of common sense when approving/rejecting apps, Palm is taking a different approach in hopes to bring a much more “open” feeling to the App Catalog. All of the dirty details were highlighted yesterday in a public release of the inner workings of the App Catalog. It’s pretty interesting to see a company such as Palm who isn’t financially in the best of times trying everything they can to win us over. This particular step in their multi-step process is definitely catching my eye. While ditching the app review process, Palm has just created a direct line for developers, something I’m sure is going to please them immensely.

Apple take note, ditch the review process. It sucks. Palm gets it.

*Full press release inside

Hidden settings menu for Google iPhone App.

Google is known as one of the “hipper” companies, or one that tries to push a cool image.  For instance, look at their search page logo.  It is always changing.  They like to tinker with the small details to give an overall better package.  That philosophy is carrying over to their iPhone search app.  Venture beat discovered, *with the help of Google writing about it in their mobile blog* a secret settings tab in the Google search app.  How do you get there?  It is easy.