I think it’s a crying shame that Tawkon’s iPhone application won’t be allowed in the App Store because it seems like a well-crafted program that could find a large audience. I’m not too concerned about my cell phone’s radiation but I know a lot of people are. According to Tawkon’s technology page, the app uses an…
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WiFi detector iPhone apps pulled from Apple AppStore
Surprise! Apple has pulled yet another app from the shelves of its iPhone AppStore. As part of their apparent push to clean up the AppStore for the sake of wholesomeness and compatibility, Apple has suddenly and inexplicably given WiFi-detecting apps the boot from the largest and most prolific mobile app store on planet Earth. These…
iPhone App Inspired Pins Spotted in Vancouver Area Apple Stores During Olympic Games
How cool is this? If you were in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, you will have noticed many folks walking around with pins all over the place. Pin collecting and trading is always a big deal at events like this… Not quite sure what the fascination is about it myself, but a lot…
Boob iPhone app slipped through Apple censors
Remember when Apple decided to be our dad and removed all applications with sexual content or innuendo from the App Store? Well, it looks like they missed one and it pulled in $10,000 in a week before being pulled. A boob app called Tubes! avoided the ban because it wasn’t being sold in the United…
Grooveshark gives up on Apple AppStore, brings streaming music to jailbroken iPhones
Streaming music services have been making some noise recently, but Grooveshark has been forcibly muted on the iPhone. After months of repeated rejections from Apple’s AppStore, music streaming app Grooveshark has decided to cut their losses and forgo the AppStore for the sake of giving at least a small subset of iPhone users a chance…
Apple’s two new iPhone ads target moms, on-hold haters
Apple has released two new iPhone ads, each one tackling an everyday situation. In the first ad called “First Steps,” we see a mom who records her son’s first steps and then sends a video as an MMS. Then she starts a conference call with the grandparents and talk about it. At the end of…
Apple to bring iPhone OS to other devices?
Hear that? What that could mean? Honestly, we’ve no idea, but we do know Apple has a job posting for a position that could help the company do just that. Here’s an excerpt from the post: The Core Platform team within Apple’s Core OS organization is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead…
Apple kicks 5,000 iPhone apps out of AppStore, new rules to blame
It looks like Apple’s decision to give Wobble iBoobs the boot from the AppStore wasn’t an isolated incident – Apple has up and banned some 5,000 iPhone apps from the AppStore, citing new content rules regarding “adult” apps. It seems the iPhone maker is hell-bent on cleaning up its AppStore of any apps that don’t…
Apple censors ‘Android’ from iPhone AppStore
The iPhone AppStore has and always will be controlled Apple’s iron-fisted app approval team, which is fine, because that usually means iPhone users can expect reliable and high quality apps. But, when Apple uses its control over the AppStore to censor more than just “adult” content, it starts to feel a little Big Brother-ish. Finding…
Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1.3, plays with our emotions
There’s nothing like a minor point-update to the iPhone OS to play with our emotions, and Apple really knows how to play that game. The iPhone maker has rolled out iPhone OS 3.1.3 as what we’re hoping is the last minor update before we see iPhone OS 3.2, or even iPhone OS 4.0, rolling out…