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The App Store still lacks quality apps in two important categories - chat and feed readers.

Though the reality of the App Store is more failure than success, the app gold rush continues to tantalize. Many great ideas go completely unnoticed and the only thing to blame is the American Dream. This is the story of ContactGo, an App Store financial failure.

In this week's column we'll take a look at a recently-updated remote control app and take another look at the App Store's screamer app offerings.

Lost season finale sees what might be the first national ad for an iPhone app. Did you see it?

In this week's hidden gems I'll show you a couple cool new releases, like an app that lets you slide a photo or contact straight from one iPhone to another, as well as some old blockbusters which have fallen from the top lists.

Despite acceptence of similar app, Drivetrain is rejected even though it doesn't actually download or upload files from the iPhone.

NBA Highlights provides video game recaps, top plays, post-game interviews and special features.

Twitterrific had fallen behind in the Twitter app wars, but this newly released version is a design masterpiece that makes Twitter fun and easy to use.

New version just went live and might make you question your Twitter app of choice.

All the apps in this week's hidden gems will likely be staying on my phone - and one will actually make it to the home screen.

New app allows you to create and manage a database on your iPhone that you can sync to the desktop version of Bento.

An excellent port of a game with a long history on the Mac and PC, Pocket Tanks is an artillery game that was always meant to be played on the iPhone.

Explore the world of Myst "wherever you are" with all of the original gameplay, movies and animations.

myWireless Mobile on AT&T gives users access to all their iPhone account information, including the ability to add or change any features of the account.

Swine Flu Tracker provides detailed disease information on the go - including the current threat level, a map of flu cases, symptoms and information about the disease and alerts from the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and HealthMap.

A fully-featured but flawed app for planning a trip and navigating your way around Disneyland.

An app to track a baby's developmental milestones.

An app with a small set of filters that give your photos the look of classic cameras.

A great new artillery game, apps to make your friends (or enemies) scream and version 2.0 of a well-known app - all in this week's hidden gems.

There's some "Wunderous" apps for you in this week's hidden gems: a single-use app killer, under-appreciated radio apps, a tool for rubbernecking Californians and a lite version of a great iPhone game.

Well-edited restaurant reviews in most major U.S. cities and integration with OpenTable.com for reservations on the go.

In this week's hidden gems I'll show you an alternative to Yelp and AroundMe that gets the job of directing you to a place to eat or drink done much faster. I'll also introduce you to an excellent Risk game on the iPhone game as well as some nifty games released this week.

For chess players of any skill level, choose from 1,200 puzzles that help you learn the strategy of the game.