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AT&T releases its first iPhone App, lets you view and pay bills wirelessly
In what was probably a long time coming, AT&T finally released their first iPhone app today. It’s called AT&T myWireless Mobile (yikes!) and it allows AT&T customers to manage and edit their wireless account right from their iPhone. Some of the touted features include: Viewing and paying your bill Viewing voice minutes and data usage […]
Continue reading...NIN’s Rob Sheridan on Apple rejecting their updated iPhone app
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
O’reilly Radar has an interesting and informative audio interview with NIN artistic director Rob Sheridan regarding Apple’s recent rejection of NIN’s updated iPhone app. You can check it out over here. Related: Trent Reznor speaks out on App Store approval process
Continue reading...Next iPhone update to include parental controls; Risque content might finally be on the way
Monday, May 4, 2009
Hot on the heels of Apple rejecting an update to the NIN iPhone app due to objectionable content, it seems that Apple is planning to loosen up its puritanical grip on the app store with the forthcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update. iLounge reports that a Newspaper app which allowed access to over 50 newspapers worldwide […]
Continue reading...Trent Reznor speaks out on the App Store approval process
Monday, May 4, 2009
A few days ago, Trent Reznor tweeted that an update to the much-acclaimed NIN iPhone App was rejected from the iTunes App Store due to “objectionable content”. Apple rejects the NIN iPhone update because it contains objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is “The Downward Spiral” Trent Reznor correctly points out, though, that the album […]
Continue reading...“Myst” hits the iPhone
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Myst, one of the most popular computer games of all-time, is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch courtesy of Cyan. Originally developed for the Mac back in 1993, the game is sure to bring up a lot of nostalgic memories for people who remember using good ole’ System 7. But personally, I’m still […]
Continue reading...Apple rejects NIN iPhone App update due to objectionable content
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Apple today rejected an update to the popular NIN iPhone application today due to objectionable content. Earlier today, Trent Reznor tweeted the following: Apple rejects the NIN iPhone update because it contains objectionable content. The objectionable content referenced is “The Downward Spiral”. This, of course, isn’t the first time Apple has donned its “objectionable content” […]
Continue reading...iSnort – an iPhone app you’ll never see in the app store
Friday, May 1, 2009
If there’s one thing a cokehead won’t sell for more blow, it’s his/her iPhone, or at least that’s what we’d imagine based upon the video below of an iPhone app called iSnort. What does it do? Well, it makes interesting use of the iPhone’s touchscreen to simulate snorting lines of coke. Original idea? Definitely. Will […]
Continue reading...Summing up the iTunes App Store
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
From a Reuters article discussing Nokia’s upcoming plans to release its new Ovi Store to challenge Apple’s dominant position in the mobile app market: “As much as iPhone and App Store is a success for Apple, it’s a humiliating defeat for the rest of the mobile industry,” said Bengt Nordstrom, Chief Executive of telecoms consultant […]
Continue reading...MLB iPhone app nears $1 Million in Revenue
Monday, April 27, 2009
BusinessInsider reports that the MLB At Bat iPhone app has sold over 130,000 copies thus far. At $10 a pop, that’s $1.3 Million in gross revenue, with $390,000 going to Apple and $910,000 to MLB. $10 for an app is definitely on the high-end, but the popularity of MLB At Bat clearly shows that people […]
Continue reading...Amazon purchases company that developed “Stanza”
Monday, April 27, 2009
Amazon has purchased Lexcycle, the makers of the free iPhone and iPod Touch e-book reader “Stanza.” Since its release, Stanza has been an extremely popular application, garnering nearly 500,000 downloads in just the first 3 months it was available on iTunes. Fans of Stanza often claimed, and rightfully so, that the app turns any iPhone […]
Continue reading...SlingPlayer nearing release?
Monday, April 27, 2009
SlingMedia, purveyor of SlingPlayer, wrote a brief note on its website hinting that the SlingPlayer app should be available on the iTunes App Store sometime soon. The note reads: We’ve submitted the first release of our application to the iPhone App Store. We are in close contact with our partners at Apple and are optimistic […]
Continue reading...The iPhone as a Mouse and Mosquito Repellent
Monday, April 27, 2009
The following iPhone apps don’t seem to be well-reviewed, or reviewed at all, but their functionality is pretty unique so we thought we’d give them a casual mention. The first app is called Fone2Mouse, and it essentially turns your iPhone into a mouse. It’s wi-fi only, but that’s really besides the point. I mean, why […]
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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