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The term ''web app'' is often applied to applications developed for the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Safari (web browser)|Mobile Safari]] browser, but other modern browsers are also able to execute web apps.

Web apps have been used to circumvent the restrictions Apple puts on [[iPhone]] applications sold through its [[App Store]]. For example, the [[Google Voice]],<ref name=gvoice/> [[Google Latitude]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600603|title=Google Releases Latitude For iPhone As Web App |author=|date=24 July 2009|work=InformationWeek}}</ref> and iPornvarious porn applications<ref>{{citation|url=|title=iPorn Web Application Still Available for iPhone|author=|date=17 July 2009|work=Drug Week}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.conceivablytech.com/1553/business/an-unexpected-apple-ally-porn-industry-to-drop-flash/|title=An applicationsUnexpected Apple Ally: Porn Industry to Drop Flash|author=|date=28th June, 2010|work=ConceivablyTech}}</ref> have been released as web apps for this reason. Other developers have released their applications as web apps because of the larger flexibility of the format.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/developers-defecting-from-app-store-to-html5/5547|title=Developers defecting from App Store to HTML5|author=|date=16 December 2009|work=ZDNet}}</ref>

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