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Apple adjusts review system on App Stores, adds nifty bar graphs
Apple earlier this week made some welcome changes to how user reviews are tabulated on the iTunes App Store. Instead of blanket reviews for all versions of an application, user reviews are now distinguished by what version of the application they were originally intended for. As an example, assume that an application released in January […]
Continue reading...Stat of the Day: iPhone Apps vs. Windows Mobile Apps
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
“With nearly 27,000 applications now available on Apple’s App Store, the number of iPhone applications has now exceeded what it took Windows Mobile nine years to amass.” As a point of reference, the iPhone App Store has only been around for 8 months. via TG Daily
Continue reading...Comedian accidentally causes Apple to reject latest version of popular Twitter client from App Store
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Update: Apple has allowed the new version of Tweetie into the App Store. To read about the comedian who accidentally caused the initial rejection, continue reading below. Tweetie is a full-featured and popular Twitter client for the iPhone, and Apple recently rejected the latest version of the application because one of the top Twitter trends […]
Continue reading...iTunes App Store gets un-official competition
Monday, March 9, 2009
A new iPhone app called Cydia allows users to download iPhone applications that weren’t approved for sale on iTunes by Apple. SmokingApples has an interesting review of the Cydia shopping experience over here. Their conclusion? Will the Cydia Store be a success? Surely. There are many who have a jailbroken iPhone, and the relatively easy […]
Continue reading...Friday evening link roundup
Friday, March 6, 2009
Confessions of an Apple Store Employee – Macenstein Politicians aren’t feeling the BlackBerry Storm – Politico New sites sell unauthorized iPhone software – Wall Street Journal Apple so far immune to PC price collapse – Fortune New 17-inch MacBook Pros experience graphics trouble – Gizmodo Apple working on its green credentials – Ars Technica
Continue reading...iTunes App Store keeps on chugging along with over 25,000 apps
Friday, March 6, 2009
The iTunes app store continues to grow at an impressive rate as the number of available applications surpassed 25,000 earlier this week. To put that into context, in mid-January Apple announced in a series of advertisements that the app store had over 15,000 applications. So in less than 2 months, the number of applications has […]
Continue reading...Making awesome music solely with iPhone applications – [Video]
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Check out this badass video of The Mentalists covering the song ‘Kids’ by MGMT using nothing but software downloaded from the iTunes App Store. The specific iPhone software used by the band includes Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth and DigiDrummer Lite. via Macworld UK Related: Playing “Hot N Cold” on the iPhone with Ocarina [Video]
Continue reading...No 99-cent apps will be allowed on RIM’s new online store for BlackBerry devices
Thursday, March 5, 2009
With app stores seemingly emerging from every which way, RIM was able to snag the name “BlackBerry App World” before someone else stole the ‘world’ moniker. App World almost sounds like the equivalent of Disney World, only geared for young nerd instead. BlackBerry’s new online app store was originally scheduled to go live on Wednesday […]
Continue reading...A quick thought on why Amazon released a Kindle app for the iPhone
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Early reviews of Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been overwhelmingly positive, but it also begs the question as to why Amazon would willingly offer iPhone users the Kindle experience completely for free. Not only might this cause existing Kindle owners to use their Kindle less (assuming they have an iPhone), […]
Continue reading...Amazon releases free Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Amazon yesterday released a “Kindle for iPhone” app that lets users download Kindle books from Amazons vast library and then transfer them to either their iPhone or iPod Touch. According to the app description, interested users won’t be able to peruse Amazon’s large e-book and newspaper catalog from within iTunes, but will instead have to […]
Continue reading...Cute or Annoying?
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Check out this video of this new iPhone app called ‘iClean’, which basically consists of dogs who virtually lick your iPhone screen. So, whadya think? Cute or annoying? My vote is for annoying. The sound gets old real quick, and I think it’d be better if the dogs were eliminating virtual dirt from the screen […]
Continue reading...“Apple Removes Old Non-Customer Reviews from App Store”
Thursday, February 26, 2009
MacRumors reports that Apple has wisely removed all old non-customer reviews from the App Store. Initially, the app store was plagued with app reviews from customers who quite obviously had never even used, or let alone purchased, the application they were reviewing. This became somewhat of a nuisance as it’s hard to ascertain the quality […]
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
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