Feeds
I’m holding my breath. I’m now into my third month of waiting for Apple to approve my iPhone app. Yesterday I heard from Apple that they need more time to think about it.
Back in the day, a single man or woman would meet someone intriguing, collect his or her phone number, then head home to pump friends, family and colleagues for information.
PepsiCo Inc. has removed the iPhone application that promised to help men "score" with different types of women about a week after it was criticized for stereotyping.
Chad Ochocinco has a new iPhone application that was created with the help of Bengals quarterback Jordan Palmer and breaks new ground for the media-savvy receiver. It also puts him one-up on buddy Terrell Owens — for a few weeks, anyway.
PepsiCo Inc. is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men "score" with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.
My singing voice is so bad, I don’t even sing in the shower. And although I took years of piano lessons as a child, and though my parents and teachers insisted that I was at least somewhat musically inclined at the time, I can’t seem to remember how to plink out anything more challenging than “Heart and Soul” these days.
Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.
CNN is coming out with an iPhone application Tuesday that has a feature few other news apps have tried: a price tag.
In an era of tinkering, crowdsourcing, mashups and open software, Apple doesn't want to relate so much as be desired. I'd hoped to love my iPhone. Instead I'd fetishized it.
An organization rooted in 20th century car culture is joining 21st century smartphone culture. AAA has introduced a free iPhone application called AAA Discounts, which uses GPS technology to instantly identify nearby businesses offering deals for AAA members.
With an app for this and an app for that, iPhones and other smartphones are now capable of all kinds of amazing feats. But while our technology has developed by leaps and bounds, human nature — specifically our tendency to become obsessed with shiny new toys — hasn’t changed a whit.
Hey, kids! Thinkin’ about striking it rich with your own super genius iPhone app?
For the first time in nearly two years, the iPhone faces a showdown with what could be a true iPhone challenger. It's not a BlackBerry. It's not an Android phone. It's a Palm and it's called the Pre.
A controversial program for the iPhone called "Baby Shaker" was added to, then pulled from, Apple's App Store this week after protests about the program's offensive nature dealing with a deadly serious subject.
You’ve heard that saying about wisdom from the mouths of babes. Yeah, well, since when do kids know anything about anything, much less walk around with pearls of wisdom dripping from their childish lips? When I was a kid, I believed that I could will myself to fly, that I was the reincarnation of St. Francis of Assisi and that paste made a perfectly fine afternoon snack. In short: I didn’t know jack.
Research In Motion, Microsoft and Nokia are getting ready to launch online “app” stores for their mobile phones, attempting to play catch-up with Apple’s hugely successful “App Store” for the iPhone. With a tough economy, will consumers be willing to spend tightly held dollars on software programs for their phones?
Sometime next month a little company called Secret Exit is going to release an unusual game for the iPhone — a game in which the entire goal is to wrap lengths of rope around variously shaped wooden sculptures — an elephant, a dog, a snake, a rhinoceros.
They’re here — no ifs, and or butts about it. “Pull My Finger,” perhaps the flatulence poster child program that was rejected by Apple three months ago as unfitting, is now available in the company’s App Store, along with other similar whoopie cushion-like applications.
Did your parents tell you to remember your scarf when you went out, so you wouldn't catch a cold? Today, the advice might be: Remember your cell phone.
There's a reason for the "i" in iPhone. It's all about me! Forget Microsoft Exchange Sync and Loopt and social networking and connecting with the world.
Apple, with its one-stop App Store for the iPhone, made downloading programs like games and utilities for the device easy by using the phone itself. Google is doing the same thing with the new Android Market for Android phones, and next March, Research In Motion will start its own application store for BlackBerrys.
You won’t have to buy a new iPhone to get a new iPhone.Millions of current iPhone owners can download the phone’s free 2.0 software Friday that will let them use Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, as well as access Apple’s new App Store, which "opened" Thursday, and could ultimately offer thousands of programs.The App Store, available through Apple's iTunes Store, has more than 500 programs in tow, about 20 percent of them available for free. Many more programs are coming in the weeks and months ahead.“I don’t believe we’ll be seeing a real ramp-up in applications until this fall,” said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies market analysts, which also does technology consulting.
An 'American Idol' for AppsIt seems everyone has a great idea for an app (or at least think they do). But few people have a good idea about how to make one. That is exactly what Appswell is counting on.
Or better still..there's a Med(Medication) for that...I am no different than you because it applies to me also...But I read an article this morning on newsvine about a little boy in a class who was a disruption in his class, and it got me to thinking..The next step in the equati …
Pepsi apologizes for girl-getting iPhone appUS soft drink giant PepsiCo has apologized for a free iPhone application crafted to help men seduce women and keep records of conquests but the program remained available on Tuesday.
Palm Pre: Users Can Download Apps from the WebThe first is that they're allowing developers to fully distribute their apps via the web. What this means is that developers can simply submit their apps to Palm, and Palm will return to them a URL that they can then blog, tweet, do whatever they want to share it.
AFP: CNN launches paid iPhone app featuring videoUS cable television news network CNN launched a news application for the Apple iPhone on Tuesday, joining other media organizations seeking to make money from mobile devices.
Apple Says It Has Approved App From Music Service SpotifyApple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it has approved an iPhone app from Spotify, a music service that some people believe represents a growing threat to iTunes.
How Big Is the Apple iPhone App Economy? The Answer Might Surprise YouIf I were to tell you that Apple's app economy was worth more than $2.5 billion a year, you would laugh hysterically, shake your head and walk out of the room, yes? Surf on over to some other web site? But here I am telling you exactly that! According to mobile advertising star …
Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for StudentsAh, the smell of erasers and chalk dust is in the air, which can mean only one thing: it's back to school time in many parts of the world.
If You're Not Seeing Data, You're Not SeeingIt's not possible today, but the emergence of more powerful, media-centric cellphones is accelerating humanity toward this vision of "augmented reality," where data from the network overlays your view of the real world.
Twitter's In Your Tweets Trackin' Your LinksIt appears that sometime today, Twitter added new functionality that adds a "click event" to add links clicked on the site. So if you click a link to CN, click a friend's profile or click a link over to one of the third party apps, Twitter is tracking it.
Latest Misguided Lawsuit: Apple Hit With Copyright Infringement Claim For Third Party AppI'm really beginning to wonder if there should be sanctions on plaintiffs who sue the obviously wrong party. We write about so many cases, where people sue whoever has the deepest pockets, rather than those actually responsible, that it's clearly an abuse of the law.
TomTom iPhone GPS navigation app is priced and availableTomTom's anticipated iPhone application of GPS navigation is now available for $99.99, a price that might seem high but isn't when compared with in-car navigation systems. The announced "car kit" that includes a windsheild mount, however, has not yet been launched.
NPR's iPhone App Blows Other News Apps Out of the WaterNPR finally has an iPhone app, and it is awesome.
iPhone app maps where known sex offenders live Parents worried about sexual offenders have a new tool for when they're not at their computers: an iPhone app developed by a Longwood company.
Apple Rejects Dictionary App for Containing Swear WordsApple's App Store is quickly getting a reputation for bizarre rejections: famous examples include the Nine Inch Nails application and an eBook reader that allowed users to search for the Kama Sutra. (Both situations were later resolved.)
Augmented Reality AppsAugmented reality uses the device's GPS, camera and digital compass to overlay real-time data onto live video. Other possibilities include iPhone games as well as the Layar browser we've highlighted before.
The Most Useful iPhone App EverIt's my understanding that this app is in use by troops right now, but is not available to the public yet. This is the best voice recognition and translation software I have ever seen. Check out the video.
Psychiatrist brings Quackery app to your iPhoneThe SAD Scale app for your iPhone. Not only is it convenient, but dumbed down as well. For those who's self awareness is challenged.
As if there could possibly be any lingering doubt that Apple's approval bots over at the iTunes App Store have been consistently asleep at the wheel, the sudden appearance of a simple "visit these map locations and earn a coin" GPS-based game called Mariolife [iTunes Store Link] …
Personalized radio apps are all the rage these days, particularly in the smart phone arena.
Swine flu? There's an app for thatThe folks at IntuApps have responded to the Swine Flu pandemic in the way that only a developer could: By building an app!
Google has tonight released a new update for it's Mobile App, adding speed improvements for search by voice and support for Australian and British English accents.
PageZipper - Life's too short to spend clicking "Next" « PrintWhatYouLike.com
You could bring back the hula hoop if you found a way of connecting it to the net I think Richard Glover has really touched on why I still am not "Twittering" (I think there is a reason "Twitter" starts with "Twit") or opening a "Facebook" account... Now where the devil has my pet rock gotten off to?
iPhone App Helps Vegas Blackjack Players Illegally Count CardsLas Vegas casino operators are on the lookout for blackjack cheaters using a card-counting iPhone application designed to help players win.
Log In | Register
