Thursday, April 22, 2010

Apple blocks kids' programming tool

Not only has Apple kept porn out of the App Store (which I can respect) and editorial cartoonists (until they got caught), now they've blocked Scratch.

Scratch is a cool way for kids to make computer programs and share them online with others. They can make games, electronic greeting cards, music videos, all kinds of cool stuff. And learn how to operate computers along the way.

Hopefully in a year or two Apple will open up the iPad to tools like this. But it's another reason to hope they don't corner the market. Making sure your hardware works well is one thing. Blocking software developers from selling to your customers is another.

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