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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 [...]

Tapulous: Latest Victim to Silicon Valley Venture Capital Culture

Tapulous is an iPhone development company best known for applications like Tap Tap Revenge, Friend Book and the Twitter client Twinkle. After a seemingly smooth launch and opening months, things have just been shaken up at Tapulous, not for the better.

The iPhone dev company launched right before Apple’s WWDC ‘08. It seemed like good timing [...]

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 [...]

Leaked Images: Sirius-XM “StarPlayr” App Screen Shots

Both satellite radio services, Sirius and XM have had their fair share of iPhone related hype over the past couple of weeks. Applications such as uSirius and uXM have surfaced, yet hacking would be required for these to be of any use.
While attempts have been made to bring these services to the iPhone, little [...]

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 [...]

The On-Going Trouble With AT&T’s 3G Network

Widespread complaints have been circulating over the past month surrounding the iPhone 3G’s reception. Both AT&T and Apple have insisted that nothing unusual is going on, but criticisms have have abounded the blogs and forums.

Even Apple’s own discussion boards have been chalk full of grievances with the on-going issue of not only being [...]

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 [...]

[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 [...]

Mobile Map Usage Experiencing Rapid Growth

InformationWeek reports that “Users around the globe are increasingly turning to their mobile phones to get directions, according to new data from ComScore.”
“The report found that 8% of U.S. wireless subscribers and 3% of European mobile subscribers accessed maps from their mobile handsets between March and May 2008. This represents a growth rate of 82% [...]

[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 [...]

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 [...]

Trouble with crashing applications? Here’s a few tips

A number of iPhone users have been reporting crashes from various applications, both from Apple and third-party developers. The most common crash consists of an application suddenly ceasing operation followed by the screen turning black, and eventually you are taken back to the home screen. Occasionally an application will crash immediately after pressing [...]

Apple: iPhone “Copy-and-Paste” a low-priority; Turn-by-Turn GPS too Complicated

Apple has officially gone on record stating that copy-and-paste for the iPhone is not a top priority, thus attempting to rationalize its absence from the current iPhone OS.

Apple product head Greg Joswiak, in an apparent attempt to clear things up about the iPhone’s lack of copy-and-paste, has said that the absence of this feature was [...]

[Video] PhotoShare by Big Canvas

This exclusive video coverage is a continuation of this post here. We figured it would be easier to separate out the video and draw light on the application live in action. Check out our featured article and exclusive review about this stellar application here.
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[Video-Feature] Exclusive Look at “PhotoShare” app from Big Canvas

Amongst the plethora of apps that have made the debut deadline, Big Canvas’ PhotoShare stands out among the crowd. Quick and easy photo sharing for all to enjoy.

Big Canvas, a creative developer of applications for the iPhone and Web, introduce their first application, Big Canvas™ PhotoShare. With PhotoShare, iPhone users can seamlessly share, store [...]

[video] iPhone App Store; [test drives] MotoRacer and To Do Applications

After successfully downloading the iPhone 2.0 Firmware, we downloaded Super Monkey Ball, MotoRacer and an application called To Do.
The below video is a test drive of MotoRacer and To Do from the App Store.

MotoRacer: $9.99
MacBlogz Rating: 3/5
Learning Curve: Medium
Notes: This game definitely takes some getting used to. The Gas button must continuously be held [...]

Twitterrific iPhone App; Available for FREE w/ads, or you can pay $10

The Icon Factory has officially released the much-hyped Twitterrific application in two versions. One is Free which will show ads, similar to the desktop experience. While the other costs $9.99 in the iTunes Apps Store and completely rids your eyes of any ugly advertisers that may be after you.
Both versions are available straight from the [...]

Get Ready for Mobile Me; Migration begins in less than an hour

MobileMe Launch - 7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT
In approximately 30 minutes all .Mac (dot-mac) services are expected to go offline while Apple migrates users over to their new Mobile Me suite of applications.

As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Members will be unable to access www.mac.com [...]