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Violent Comic Book Application Rejected from App Store; Outrage Ensues

Murderdome, a dark and violent comic strip noted for its excessive gore that has made its entire genre of fiction so popular, has been the first digital book to get the boot from Apple’s App store censors.

After word of the comics’ Tuesday night disappearance spread, publisher, Infurious Comics, had offered up the first episode for [...]

Apple Resellers Given Hints to Stop Resupplies?

Apple may be prepping resellers for coming product updates as they have been  quietly given subtle hints to stop orders of Mac-minis, MacBook Pros, iPods and Cinema Displays, reports MacRumors.

This may be coming in connection with the rumored Apple event set for September 9th, that may bring us more than just new iPods. Details remain [...]

Tris Developer Speaks Out About Pulling His Application

Noah Witherspoon, creator of the Tetris clone iPhone application, Tris, has decided to pull his contribution to the App store following recent legal pressure.

Apple has recently contacted the college sophomore, making him aware that the Tetris company has sent notification of copyright and trademark infringement claims against the application.
Witherspoon has since responded to the allegations [...]

Leaked Nike+ Screenshots; Not Authentic

Recent Nike+ screenshots that have been making rounds are now believed to be a farce.

AppleInsider is reporting that the recent “leaked” screenshots of a Nike+ app are not the real thing. People familiar with the Nike+ campaign note that the images depicted are not tied to Apple or Nike in the least.
First [...]

Microsoft Demanding That Xbox Related iPhone Apps be Free of Charge

Microsoft has recently decided to halt the sale of any Xbox Live related applications and is demanding that applications currently available through the App store be made free.

Despite the fact that Microsoft has yet to officially release an application on the iPhone platform, they have mandated that developers creating Xbox Live related applications, of which [...]

Illusion Labs Sees Great Success With Labyrinth

Illusion Labs’ App store hit, Labyrinth Lite, has been enjoying overwhelming success, reporting around 80,000 downloads per day.

One could assume that developing a free application will not equate to big business. This, however, is not always the case, as several developers are creating ‘Lite’ versions of applications, which I’m sure many of [...]

Steve Jobs: 60 Million iPhone App Downloads; $30 Million in Sales First Month

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs explains the iPhone App Store’s profound success, and how he has never seen anything like it for software in his career.

The article reports that the iTunes App Store has delivered more than 60 million downloads to customers during the first month of its [...]

NetShare’s Doubtful Return to the App Store

Nullriver’s brief contribution to the App store, NetShare, an application that allows users to tether their iPhone’s internet connection to a laptop, is unlikely to make a return appearance.

“Earlier in the week, Nullriver received a response from Apple saying the removal of NetShare was a mistake that required “technical review.” It turns out that was [...]

Eight Idiots Actually Bought That $1000 iPhone App

An iPhone application, costing down-loaders $999.99, has recently vanished from the Apple App Store, reports the L.A. Times Blog.

While Apple requires first hand approval before any program will be added to the App Store, some useless applications have scathed through the screening process. The most recent example would be the now defunct application, I [...]

Savvy Developers Get Trials in the iPhone App Store; Kinda

According to jkOnTheRun.com, iPhone application developers have found a way around not being able to offers users free trials of their products.

Prior to the invent of the iPhone, many of us were just getting used to downloading free trials of games on our mobile phones before making the commitment of actually purchasing the application, or [...]

I Am Rich: App Store Application Process Automated by Drones

Apple claims that only “quality” applications are available in the App Store. So how in the world did this App called “I Am Rich” make it into the app store?

The Apple Blog points out the obvious situation at hand, in which automated drones are regulating the application process for the app store. That is [...]

Carmack: “Steve Jobs Doesn’t Care About Games”

Lead programmer of Doom and co-founder of developer id Software, John Carmack, seems to be a rather straight shooter when it comes to his opinion on gaming.

During last week’s QuakeCon, Carmack shed his thoughts on Apple’s drive in the industry. He stated that :
“The truth is Steve Jobs doesn’t care about games. This [...]

Yet Another App Pulled From App Store

Following the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance and eventual reappearance of NetShare from the App Store, yet another seemingly harmless application has been pulled.

This time around it’s BoxOffice, an application that allows users to search for local movie times, that has reached its premature end at the hands of Apple.
One developer of [...]

[Update x2] Apple Puts the Kibosh on Tethering App

“Apple Inc. yanked an application yesterday from its online App Store that would have let iPhone owners share its cellular data connection with a notebook.”

“Created by Canadian developer Nullriver Inc., the NetShare tethering application was posted for a short time Thursday on Apple’s App Store, the online mart for iPhone and iPod touch [...]

1,001 Apps Available in the iPhone App Store

“The number of offerings on the App Store — the venue for independently produced programs that helps distinguish Apple’s smartphone from all others — hit 1,001 on Monday night,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“That’s roughly double the number that were available when the store opened just over two weeks ago (on July 11, the same [...]

All iPhone App Store Games Hacked to be DRM Free; Hackery Involved

All iPhone App Store games have been hacked to get rid of the DRM locking them down. Some pretty tach savvy hackery is involved. But, if you’re ambitious, and hate DRM, this one’s right up your alley.

“Apple’s Fairplay DRM, which protects all the applications you download from iTunes, has been hacked. The method for hacking [...]

[Video] Pending App “MagicPad” Ultilizes Cut-and-Paste

Cut-Copy-Paste has been a long awaited feature for the iPhone and following recent reports, there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Moreover, a forthcoming application may take center stage, if Apple can give the OK.
MagicPad, a rich text editor that is currently awaiting App Store approval, may prove to be [...]

Sirius and XM May Be Coming to iPhone App Store

In its first two weeks in the wild, Apple’s iPhone App Store has already been a breakthrough in the mobile industry, as well as an overwhelming success for Apple. However some say that a “killer app” is still missing from the App Store. With the FCC recently approving the Sirius/XM satellite radio merger, that “killer [...]

[Update] Apple Set to Launch App Store Beta Program

Over 900 applications are currently available to download via your iPhone or iPod touch from Apple’s recently launched App Store. The store has seen an overwhelming amount of success since its launch, with over 25 million downloads already. Amidst all this App Store glory, Apple has been completey unable to keep up with the influx [...]

Wordpress Coming to iPhone; Already in the App Store.

Wordpress is a completely free CMS and Blogging Platform that has grown rapidly in the last few years. Websites such as AllThingsD.com, Fortune.com and even yours truly are powered by Wordpress. An iPhone application by the Wordpress team is currently “In Review” in the App Store.

Being true-to-form and releasing high quality release after high quality [...]