MacNN reported that an iPhone developer has been banned and had it’s entire library of iPhone apps pulled from the App Store for their unscrupulous practice of using shills to get good rating reviews.
Molinker has its library of 1,011 iPhone apps yanked from the App Store due to suspicions raised by users regarding the veracity [...]
Archive for category App Store
I received an email from MacHeist today informing me that IconFactory and DS Media Labs are giving away free copies of their iPhone game, Ramp Champ.
Ramp Champ is described as a “new twist in the classic boardwalk games skee-ball and pinball” and comes with four levels: Clown Town, Breakwater Bay, Space Swarm and Icon Garden. [...]
The Unofficial Apple Weblog gave the heads up on an ongoing holiday promotion.
Blacksmith Games will be revealing one free iPhone game starting December 1. Called the Appvent Calendar 09, a free iPhone game will be revealed everyday until December 22 and each game will be available for free one day only.
The first free [...]
For a limited time only, get 1Password Pro for iPhone for free!
Agile Web Solutions announced yesterday that they are offering the pro version of their password management app for the iPhone and iPod touch as a free download`. 1Password Pro is regularly priced at $7.99, but it’s going to have the fantastic price of free [...]
Apple announced last November 4 that the App Store now has more than 100,000 apps in its catalogue and App Store users have downloaded more than 2 billion apps so far. According to Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing:
The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major [...]
iPhone carrier news
Nov 19
Apple has been given the green light to sell the iPhone in South Korea by the Korean Communications Commission. However, Apple is said to be still in talks with two of South Korea’s carriers: KT and SK Telecom. No launch date has been set yet.
China Mobile’s chairman said that his company is still negotiating with [...]
Fresh from my email inbox:
Grab your Free copy of LittleSnapper for iPhone
As many of your are aware, we’ve had a companion iPhone application for LittleSnapper available on the App Store for some time, costing just $2.99. Today however, we’ve decided to make the application freely available for a limited time!
What you got there? A brand new iPhone 3GS! Let’s see what third-party apps you have there. You haven’t installed anything yet? But why? With over 75,000 apps in the App Store, there should be a few that you’d like. What do you mean that’s the point? Ah, with so many choices, it kind of [...]
September 9 countdown…
Sep 2
With exactly one week to go before the September 9 event, more speculations come as to what Apple has in store for everyone.
According to AppleInsider, Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray, is predicting (more like guessing) an upgrade to the Apple TV, noting the wait time for the Apple TV on the Apple Store [...]
Finally. After all the rumors and speculations, Apple has signed a deal with China Unicom to bring the iPhone to China later this year. However, contrary to previous reports, China Unicom did not sign an exclusive agreement with Apple. This means Apple may still enter into another agreement with any of China Unicom’s competitors. China [...]
The Macalope speaketh
Aug 8
This week on The Macalope Weekly:
The cold, cold heart of Apple as the iPod dies; and iTablet AGAIN?!?
What a confusing matrix you weave, when you try to explain upgrading to Windows 7.*
The App Store gets some hatin’ from a few developers.
“Share” features apps that lets iPhone or iPod touch users share photos or contact info, or play a game together over multiplater WiFi.
From Apple’s Mobile Me iDisk App Store page:
With MobileMe iDisk, you can view and share the files on your iDisk from your iPhone or iPod touch.
Log in with your MobileMe username and password and you’ll see a list of the folders and files on your iDisk. Select a file to view it on your iPhone.
MacDailyNews has just debut their MDN app for the iPhone.
According to MacDailyNews:
Just like MacDailyNews, the MDN app for iPhone and iPod touch features daily news about Apple, Mac OS X, the Macintosh platform, iPhone, and iPod, and more. It’s where the Mac community goes to discuss these daily Apple-related news items in their own words [...]
