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		basil on April 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iBooks and private APIs Another plausible explanation is that they can issue updates via the App Store rather than having to release an OS-level update.

cmelbye on April 7, 2010 [–]

I would sure want the luxury of instantly pushing out a minor update to all users of the app rather than having to wait months if I was internally developing a first party app.

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