Apple Axes iPad Facebook App

A popular application allowing easy Facebook use on the iPad has already been jettisoned from the Apple Store for "copyright violations." Facebook Ultimate, which sells for $2.99, was already among the top 10 highest selling apps when Apple axed it. A spokesman for Facebook, which hasn't gotten around to developing its own dedicated iPad app, said the maverick program violates its trademark.

The app's creator "Dil," however, has responded online, pointing out that similar iPhone apps that also violate Facebook's trademark are still available at the App Store. Facebook is currently reviewing all apps for possible trademark violations, the spokesman tells the Telegraph. (More iPad stories.)