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Apple Cans 'Jesusizer' iPhone App
Apple Cans 'Jesusizer' iPhone App
May 12, 2009 7:20 AM CDT

Apple Cans 'Jesusizer' iPhone App

'Me So Holy' makers accuse company of being overly sensitive

(Newser) - Apple has rejected an iPhone application that lets users put their faces on images of Jesus and other religious figures, Wired reports. The company—crucified in the press last month for approving the "Baby Shaker" app—told the makers of "Me So Holy" that the app contained objectionable...

Pentagon Backs iPhone, iPod Apps for Combat Troops

Pentagon develops apps for ubiquitous Apple devices

(Newser) - With more than 30,000 third-party applications now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, a new organization is getting into the game: the American military. As the Independent reports, the Pentagon thinks Apple's gadgets are ideal for "network centric warfare" and is funding projects for everything from translation...

iPhone Word Processor App Needs Some More Editing
iPhone Word Processor App Needs Some More Editing
Tech Review
May 7, 2009 10:55 AM CDT

iPhone Word Processor App Needs Some More Editing

Quickoffice nice, but wait to buy: Mossberg

(Newser) - At long last, the iPhone has a full-fledged office suite that can edit, format or create Microsoft Word or Excel documents. Third-party app Quickoffice has some nifty features—including old-fashioned cut/copy/paste, which the iPhone itself hasn’t implemented yet. But it’s missing a number of features, writes Walter Mossberg...

Apple Yanks 'Baby Shaker' iPhone App

Game to shut baby up met stunned outcry from children's groups

(Newser) - An iPhone application urging users to shake a virtual baby to death to shut it up has been pulled after an unsurprising outcry from child welfare groups, reports the San Jose Mercury News reports. A representative for Apple—which is nearing its billionth app download—refused to comment on how...

Fortune Favors the iPhone Developer

Pros and amateurs stampede to profit from tech 'gold rush'

(Newser) - There’s really no sure way of making a buck these days—unless you write a successful app for the iPhone, the New York Times says. Professionals and amateurs alike are cashing in on the iPhone gold rush by developing applications. Cash-strapped programmer Ethan Nicholas, whose app has topped 2...

Stanford Offers Free iPhone App Developer Course

iTunes U course will teach online students how to build applications

(Newser) - Stanford University is offering free online lessons to would-be iPhone application developers, reports Ars Technica. The university's computer science department is making materials from its 10-week iPhone Application Programming course available for download from iTunes starting this week, including video lectures by Apple engineers. The materials will be the same...

BlackBerry Users Get an App Store

RIM hopes it'll draw more customers

(Newser) - RIM's latest effort to quench their Blackberry users' iPhone envy is an application store, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company expects about 1,000 applications to be posted at the new App World this week—still a trickle compared to Apple's 15,000. Those now available include apps for...

Pirates Invade iPhone App Store

(Newser) - Pirates have struck the iPhone app store and cracked roughly one in five paid applications for online distribution, Wired reports. At least 5,000 apps are circulating on the Internet, says one analytics company, which found dozens of apps that are downloaded only once for every 100 cracked copies. "...

Skype Could Hit iPhone as Soon as Next Week

Voice-over-IP firm may announce its client at CTIA Wireless

(Newser) - Skype is putting the finishing touches on a version of its VoIP client for the iPhone, and may debut it as soon as an industry conference next week, GigaOm reports. Skype is looking to the mobile market to keep growing as its PC usage starts to plateau. Skype already offers...

Apps Your iPhone Must Have
Apps Your iPhone Must Have
Tech Review
Mar 26, 2009 9:40 AM CDT

Apps Your iPhone Must Have

Tech guru Mossberg lists programs that justify gizmo's price tag

(Newser) - The iPhone App Store has been a slam dunk as far as Walter Mossberg is concerned. “We’ve seen this before, on a smaller scale,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal. “But these new apps can be far more sophisticated, and they are appearing at a...

iPhone App Lets Users 'Fly' Like Sully

Flight simulator includes actual air traffic communication from US Airways 1549

(Newser) - A new iPhone app gives users the opportunity to compare their flying skills to those of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, reports the Unofficial Apple Weblog. The "Sully's Flight" simulator application re-creates the conditions experienced by Flight 1549 before the hero pilot safely brought it down in the Hudson River....

Apple Unveils New Gizmos for iPhone

(Newser) - Apple is updating its software for iPhones so that users can cut, copy, and paste text—a basic computing feature missing from the gadget. The company—which unveiled 100 new features that will be available in the summer—also pledged to change the way third-party software programmers can build and...

iPhones Turn Into Kindles, With Free App

Amazon hopes to corner iPhone's eBook market

(Newser) - Amazon’s widely praised digital book reader is getting a second home on the iPhone, reports the Washington Post. Amazon is launching a free Kindle app today that has most of the Kindle functions. Though it won't have the Kindle’s ink-and-paper-like screen, the iPhone version will allow users to...

iPhone Users Love Apps—Then Forget Them

(Newser) - Apple has a lot of nifty apps for its iPhone, but apparently the novelty wears off in a hurry. A new analysis shows that many people download them, then promptly forget about them, Apple Insider reports. Just 20% of people use free apps the day after download; at the end...

Casinos Onto iPhone Card-Counting App

(Newser) - Las Vegas card-counters beware, if you're using an iPhone, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. A California gaming authority has tipped off Nevada officials about an iPhone program that helps users count cards in blackjack. "The program calculates the true count and does it significantly more accurately," a Gaming...

Single App Nets $600K in Month
 Single App Nets $600K in Month 
Feb 13, 2009 10:42 AM CST

Single App Nets $600K in Month

The gold rush continues in Apple's App Store

(Newser) - With more than 20,000 iPhone apps available, it seems inevitable that most would make peanuts. But Ethan Nicholas’ tank artillery game, iShoot, raked in $600,000 in one month——$37,000 on its best day—proving the gold rush is on in the App Store, Wired reports. The...

9-Year-Old Writes Popular iPhone App

(Newser) - A 9-year-old Singapore boy has created a drawing application for the iPhone that is popular around the world, the Electric New Paper reports. Lim Ding Wen reworked one of his existing 20 programs for the touchscreen gadget. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,...

Banks Turn Phone Into New Automated Teller

Banking via mobile device grew by 2.7M users in 2008

(Newser) - Customers worried about pinching pennies have more ways than ever to manage their finances through mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reports. In 2008, 3.1 million people used mobile banking services, up from 400,000 in ‘07—and that number is expected to reach 7 million this year...

iPhone E-Books Can't Match Kindle's Catalog
iPhone E-Books Can't Match Kindle's Catalog
PRODUCT REVIEW
Jan 15, 2009 12:21 PM CST

iPhone E-Books Can't Match Kindle's Catalog

Convenient apps have attractive interface, features: Mossberg

(Newser) - E-book applications for the iPhone are a source of competition for dedicated reading gizmos like Amazon’s Kindle. After testing two popular e-book apps, Walt Mossberg finds that both have attractive features, but currently can’t match the 200,000-strong catalog of digital books—especially new bestsellers—available for the...

New App Helps Users Unlock iPhone
New App
Helps Users Unlock iPhone
Jan 2, 2009 10:18 AM CST

New App Helps Users Unlock iPhone

It's now pretty easy for those who want to shed AT&T

(Newser) - Got that shiny new iPhone 3G for Christmas but don’t want to bail on your non-AT&T service plan? A new application to unlock the iPhone 3G is here, PC World reports. At this point, "even a cat" can get the trick done. Yes, there's always a chance...

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