Tag Archive | "app store"
Apple rejects e-book reader over access to Kama Sutra
Apple’s seemingly inconsistent app store polices seem to create a public outcry nearly every week, so you would think that by now, Apple would have learned a thing or two. In the latest edition of non-sensical app store rejections, Apple rejected the e-book reader Eucalyptus on the grounds that users can use it to access the […]
Continue reading...Thursday Afternoon Link Roundup
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Apple job listing reveals more powerful ARM processors and video processing for iPhone – MacRumors Push Notification Screenshots – My Apple Guide Apple patents image sensing display technology – MacNN Apple secretly adding voice command technology into Apple TV – MacNN Send your kids to Apple Camp this Summer – Network World Scott Moritz is already […]
Continue reading...“Get into a car crash? There’s an app for that” Nationwide Insurance comes out with iPhone app
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
“Have you just gotten into a major car accident, and need to jot down a variety of important information? Well, there’s an app for that” This is actually pretty clever. Nationwide Insurance has an iPhone app that takes care of all those pesky, yet important, details that are necessary to keep track of if you […]
Continue reading...Have quirky fun with your photos with new iPhone app “Face Fun”
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Apple isn’t the only company having fun with face detection. An Italian software company called Ab2Labs has come up with a pretty fun and funky iPhone app called “Face Fun” that can detect a person’s face from a given photo, and then places it in an out of context scenario such as being on the […]
Continue reading...Getting around Apple’s app store policies with easter eggs
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
There was a time, back when boys were boys, that the Mac OS was littered with fun and quirky easter eggs, which are essentially little messages or images from developers that can only be seen if a user knows how to access them, usually via a sequence of keystrokes or desktop actions. The ubiquity of […]
Continue reading...“Banned” iPhone Commercial [Video] – Must Watch!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Check out this hilarious parody of an iPhone commercial from the good folks over at IGN. Good shit.
Continue reading...SlingPlayer hitting the App Store tonight for $30, no 3G suport
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
AppleInsider has confirmedthat SlingPlayer Mobile will make its long-awaited debut on the iTunes App Store later this evening and will sell for $30. Not surprisingly, the app will be wi-fi only, and will offer no 3G support, saving AT&T from the excessive bandwidth usage it always seems to be worrying about. SlingPlayer is a nifty little application […]
Continue reading...Apple rejects BitTorrent control App for the iPhone
Monday, May 11, 2009
It seems that we have yet another addition to the growing list of rejected iPhone apps, with the latest rejection being a BitTorrent control App called Drivetrain. In its rejection letter to the developer, Apple wrote: …this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights. We have chosen to not publish […]
Continue reading...Apple profiles iPhone developers ahead of WWDC
Monday, May 11, 2009
With Apple’s WWDC just around the corner, Apple has posted some interesting video profiles of prominent iPhone app developers and their experiences developing for the iPhone. The featured developers include Dr. Ge Wang of Ocarina fame, Werner Jainek, a developer who worked on Things, Steve Demeter who was the brain behind Trism, and Christina Wick […]
Continue reading...The Success of novelty apps in the App Store
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Wall Street Journal on the abundance and success of crap-apps in the iTunes App Store: A classical piano player in Christchurch, New Zealand decided to see how quickly he could make an app for Apple’s iPhone. Reuben Bijl, 22 years old, took 30 minutes and came up with a pointless one called “Sound Grenade.” […]
Continue reading...Nokia app store to debut with 20,000 titles
Friday, May 8, 2009
Nokia is planning to roll out its Ovi Store later this month as it tries to emulate the success Apple has had with the iTunes App Store which reached its 1 Billionth downloaded app just a few weeks ago. Forbes reports: As the world’s largest handset maker, Nokia is used to big launches. The store, […]
Continue reading...Apple approves NIN iPhone App
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Apple created quite a stir in the blogosphere when it recently rejected an update to NIN’s iPhone app due to “objectionable content.”
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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