iPhone apps

Feb 25, 2010 1:45 PM CST

iPhone Game App Makes $1M in 9 Days

Plants vs. Zombies appears to be on record pace

(Newser) - A popular game for the iPhone may have had the best rollout ever with more than $1 million in sales in just 9 days. Plants vs. Zombies, already a hit on Macs and PCs, has sold more than 300,000 copies at $2.99 a pop through the App Store....

Apple Considers 'Explicit'
Section for Booted Apps

Feb 24, 2010 4:11 PM CST

Apple Considers 'Explicit' Section for Booted Apps

Developer-only category could mean restricted App Store area in future

(Newser) - Just days after Apple drew the wrath of the blogosphere for booting racy apps from its App Store, iPhone developers report a new “Explicit” category in its place. The move could mean the company is carving out a future place for some of the more than 5,000 programs...

What Apple
Doesn't Consider Porn

bikinis, no; playboy, yes

Feb 22, 2010 4:15 PM CST

What Apple Doesn't Consider Porn

Apps store crackdown on porn is wildly inconsistent

(Newser) - The mystery and irrationality of Apple's approval process for iPhone apps has frustrated would-be developers since the App Store opened—and the latest crackdown on sexually explicit apps is no exception. Apple has done away with many sexy apps recently, telling one developer "bikini photos, skin, sexual connotations or...

Smartphones
Block Out
Real World

Feb 22, 2010 2:01 PM CST

Smartphones Block Out Real World

Fathers, lovers, etc. lost in omnipresent gratification of data

(Newser) - Once upon a time, a professor says, we “put up” with the piecemeal flow of information “because we had to,” but now that the world is at our fingertips, it’s hard to resist. Just ask the dad who let a bathtub holding his daughter overflow because...

Heidi and Spencer
Launch iPhone App

YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT

Feb 22, 2010 10:06 AM CST

Heidi and Spencer Launch iPhone App

$1.99 will buy you all the Speidi you could ever want

(Newser) - For those not totally puking in their own mouths over the surgically enhanced, attention seeking antics of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the Hills twosome is now offering an iPhone app. For the bargain price of just $1.99, you can download SpeidiWeb, an application that allows you to view...

Apple Pulls Sexy iPhone Apps

CENSORSHIP DEPT?

Feb 19, 2010 11:35 AM CST

Apple Pulls Sexy iPhone Apps

Evidence of systemwide effort to rid App Store of explicit material

(Newser) - Apple appears to be cracking down on sexually explicit applications for sale in its App Store as one and then another racy app becomes unavailable. TechCrunch has what a developer says is an email describing the decision to pull his program. “We have decided to remove any overtly sexual...

New for BlackBerry: Kindle App

Feb 18, 2010 12:55 PM CST

New for BlackBerry: Kindle App

App works similarly to popular iPhone version, but no annotations

(Newser) - BlackBerry users no longer have to look longingly at others reading e-books on their Kindles or iPhones, as Amazon today released an e-reader app for their device. After the iPhone app launched last year, an exec tells CNET , “customers have been asking us to bring a similar experience to...

Developer Takes Down Mussolini iPhone App

Feb 3, 2010 6:30 PM CST

Developer Takes Down Mussolini iPhone App

It generated legal questions, protests —but might return

(Newser) - The developer of an iPhone application featuring Benito Mussolini—which became the most popular app in Italy—is withdrawing it over legal questions about the fair use of video and audio clips. Luigi Marino’s iMussolini also sparked not only protests from Jewish groups and others, but also hand-wringing from...

Mussolini iPhone App a Hit

Jan 29, 2010 5:46 AM CST

Mussolini iPhone App a Hit

iMussolini seizes control of Italian sales charts

(Newser) - An iPhone app that offers the full text of over 100 speeches from Benito Mussolini has been selling briskly in Italy. The iMussolini application has been downloaded over 1,000 times a day since its launch last week, and is in second place in popularity on the Italian version of...

New App Tells
Who Defriended You

FACEBOOK POLITICS

Jan 15, 2010 12:36 PM CST

New App Tells Who Defriended You

iPhone app will keep you up to date on Facebook friends list

(Newser) - Want to know who unfriended you on Facebook? There’s an app for that. Defriended, released in Apple’s app store week, will scan your Facebook friends list, then rescan it each time you open the program, and alert you to any changes. The app will run you 99¢, ABC...

Best Tech Ideas of 2009

5th annual pogies

Dec 30, 2009 6:27 PM CST

Best Tech Ideas of 2009

Clutter-free web pages and personal hotspots makes the list

(Newser) - The year's "single best tech idea" is a simple trick that makes reading web pages a lot easier, writes David Pogue in the New York Times . Called Readability, "it's a free button for your web browser's toolbar." Click it, and it "eliminates everything from the web...

Too Tipsy to Drive?
Check Your App

new year's eve

Dec 30, 2009 2:21 PM CST

Too Tipsy to Drive? Check Your App

Two iPhone tools estimate blood alcohol level, help find a cab

(Newser) - Going out tomorrow night to celebrate New Year’s Eve? Consider downloading two new iPhone apps first if you think you might overindulge. R-U-Buzzed and Last Call calculate the number of drinks you’ve had, your weight, and how long you’ve been drinking to determine how safe it is...

Holiday Shoppers Embrace
Price-Comparing Apps

Dec 16, 2009 9:26 AM CST

Holiday Shoppers Embrace Price-Comparing Apps

Secure deals with a wave of the smartphone, or go elsewhere

(Newser) - Smartphone downloads of apps designed to help shoppers find the product they want at the cheapest price are way up this holiday season, making it what the Wall Street Journal calls the “first app-powered Christmas.” Particularly useful are programs that utilize the camera of, say, your iPhone to...

Apple Axes Scamming
iPhone Developer, 1K Apps

SUMMARY EXECUTION DEPT

Dec 8, 2009 12:16 PM CST

Apple Axes Scamming iPhone Developer, 1K Apps

Molinker apparently paid for good reviews in App Store

(Newser) - Apple has delivered swift corporal punishment to iPhone app developer Molinker for scamming the App Store ratings system, banning the company and removing more than a 1000 applications. Though this particular move seems just, Wired notes, it highlights the cutthroat stakes of the user ratings game in a marketplace where...

Study for GOP Purity Test With Reagan App

Dec 3, 2009 9:00 PM CST

Study for GOP Purity Test With Reagan App

Great Communicator's photos, speeches go mobile with iReagan

(Newser) - Studying for the Republican purity test ? A new iPhone app can help you brush up on your Ronald Reagan while you’re on the go. The Reagan Presidential Library is the muscle behind iReagan, and, packed as it is with sayings, speeches and photos of the 40th president, a...

The Best iPhone Travel Apps

Nov 25, 2009 11:12 AM CST

The Best iPhone Travel Apps

Find a bathroom, cheap gas, or a hiking trail wherever you are

(Newser) - If you’re traveling for the holidays, it should come as no surprise that the iPhone can be a handy tool. Michelle Higgins lists some of the best travel-friendly apps in the New York Times :

HearPlanet, $4.99: Text and recorded commentary for 250,000 attractions and landmarks worldwide.
SitOrSquat,

...

iPhone Users Get Leg Up on Black Friday

Nov 5, 2009 10:51 PM CST

iPhone Users Get Leg Up on Black Friday

App lets shoppers check deals, and rumored deals

(Newser) - If you’re already getting your Black Friday game face on, consider making the Black Friday app the first thing on your shopping list. The free program from dealnews can keep you up to date on both officially announced bargains and deals that have “leaked,” and lets you...

Enter Tapman:
Metallica Debuts
iPhone App

Oct 27, 2009 5:15 AM CDT

Enter Tapman: Metallica Debuts iPhone App

Rockers seek to stay relevant with finger-tapping game

(Newser) - Metallica aims to turn a generation of finger-tappers into headbangers with a new iPhone application. Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica, a variant of the top-selling Tap Tap Revenge game, lets players tap their screens in time to hits like Enter Sandman. The game, priced at $4.99, is expected to make...

Rock Band Hits the iPhone

Oct 19, 2009 12:01 PM CDT