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Big Bucks Elusive for
App Store Developers

Oct 7, 2009 5:34 PM CDT

Big Bucks Elusive for App Store Developers

'App Store Millionaires' few and far between

(Newser) - The popularity of the iPhone turned Apple’s App Store into a gold rush for developers. Lured by a deal that allows app makers to keep 70% of revenue, thousands poured into the field. The reality, however, has not lived up to the hype. Most lose money and even those...

AT&T Reverses, Will Allow Skype on iPhones

Oct 6, 2009 6:39 PM CDT

AT&T Reverses, Will Allow Skype on iPhones

(Newser) - AT&T has had a change of heart—perhaps prompted by an ongoing FCC inquiry into competition—and will now allow iPhone users to connect with Skype and other Internet phone services over its 3G wireless network. Previously, AT&T had allowed such services in only a limited capacity—through...

iPhone App Tracks Sex Offenders

Sep 30, 2009 5:00 AM CDT

iPhone App Tracks Sex Offenders

1 million users download program, but info isn't perfect

(Newser) - Concerned parents—or vigilantes—with an iPhone can download a new set of applications that track crime, list fugitives, or even pinpoint the locations of freed sex offenders. Using public records, developers have built programs like Offender Locator, which uses the phone's GPS to identify homes of nearby felons, complete...

Apple Pulls Sex Offender App

Aug 7, 2009 2:10 PM CDT

Apple Pulls Sex Offender App

App Store withdraws paid version of 'Offender Locator'

(Newser) - Apple's App Store will no longer sell “Offender Locator,” an iPhone add-on for tracking sex offenders, CNET reports. The company offered no explanation, and it pulled only the paid version of the hugely popular application—leaving “Offender Locator Lite” available. It's possible that the software ran afoul...

Take Those
Tunes Beyond
Your iPod

OPINION

Aug 5, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

Take Those Tunes Beyond Your iPod

At least five sites can help

(Newser) - Sure, you can listen to the hundreds of gigs of music you have on your computer—but why limit yourself? Mashable lists the top Web sites and applications to help you really utilize your audio library:

Last.fm: One of the Web’s most popular music social networks, the site’

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Best iPhone Apps
to Manage Money

Aug 4, 2009 6:03 AM CDT

Best iPhone Apps to Manage Money

(Newser) - Many banks are now developing iPhone applications to let you manage your accounts, but several free apps can help you keep your finances straight. The Wall Street Journal looks at some of the best.

Mint—links all of your accounts, from checking and savings to loans and investments, into one

...

Apple-Google Party Ended Before FCC Waltzed In

ANALYSIS

Aug 3, 2009 2:38 PM CDT

Apple-Google Party Ended Before FCC Waltzed In

Philosophical standoff led to Schmidt's ouster

(Newser) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s departure from the Apple board can be most directly linked to the rejection of the Voice app from the App Store, which has sparked a probe by the Federal Communications Commission, Erick Schonfeld writes for TechCrunch: “Google brought down the disapproving scrutiny of the...

Want to Locate Sex Offenders?
There's an App for That

Jul 30, 2009 12:34 PM CDT

Want to Locate Sex Offenders? There's an App for That

iPhone can now display nearby predators

(Newser) - It’s getting harder and harder to be a sex offender these days. A new iPhone app called “Offender Locator,” available for a mere 99¢, is growing in popularity and recently cracked the App Store’s Top 10, the Chicago Tribune reports. Just input an address, and the...

Top iPhone Annoyances
and How to Fix Them

OPINION

Jul 30, 2009 10:10 AM CDT

Top iPhone Annoyances and How to Fix Them

(Newser) - Even a gadget as good as the iPhone isn't without its annoyances, although luckily bigger geeks than you have cooked up workarounds for most of them, Jared Newman writes in PC World. Some major gripes:

AT&T: The carrier's stranglehold in the US is becoming even more irksome as foreign

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Rejection of
Google iPhone
App Sets Dumb
Precedent

OPINION

Jul 29, 2009 5:20 PM CDT

Rejection of Google iPhone App Sets Dumb Precedent

(Newser) - Apple has rejected Google’s application to distribute its Voice application through the App Store, and that shows that Apple is dead-set against innovation, Adam Pash writes on Lifehacker. The official line is that Google Voice “duplicates features already on the iPhone—namely the Phone and Messages app,”...

iPhone Feature
Catches Thieves

Jul 29, 2009 8:22 AM CDT

iPhone Feature Catches Thieves

Stolen phone recovered thanks to new software

(Newser) - Apple addicts were excited by the new Find My iPhone feature, and that excitement paid off for one Colorado teen, who used it help catch a thief, Mashable reports. Dustin Simantob, 15, pinpointed his phone, stolen after his father’s car was broken into during a camping trip; police recovered...

iPhone App Turns
Social Networking
Into a Game

TECH REVIEW

Jul 27, 2009 7:55 PM CDT

iPhone App Turns Social Networking Into a Game

(Newser) - An application available today free for Apple’s iPhone gives users points for letting their social networks know about various real-life accomplishments, the Wall Street Journal reports. For instance, a post about your workout on Twitter or Facebook gets you a “Fitness Flicker” award in Booyah Society, and 10...

iPhone App Would Let
Users Text God

Jul 23, 2009 2:15 PM CDT

iPhone App Would Let Users Text God

Calif. teen, software developer team up for 'A Note to God'

(Newser) - The iPhone already handles many aspects of contemporary life—texts, emails, web surfing, phone calls—so why not prayer? That’s the idea behind “A Note to God,” an iPhone app being developed based on a write-in suggestion from a California teen, the Sacramento Bee reports. Allen Wright’...

iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game

Jul 20, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

iPhone App Offers School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

(Newser) - A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the...

Apple Sells 1.5B iPhone Apps in First Year

Jul 14, 2009 4:16 PM CDT

Apple Sells 1.5B iPhone Apps in First Year

App Store is the leading retailer of mobile programs

(Newser) - Apple’s App Store has had a pretty good year—since its inception, the store has sold 1.5 billion applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, making it the leading retailer of mobile applications, CNet reports. Not only has the App Store done well, its success seems to be...

Teen Hackers Foil
New iPhone Limits

Jul 7, 2009 1:48 AM CDT

Teen Hackers Foil New iPhone Limits

Hackers use school vacation to best Apple's engineers and 'jailbreak' new phone

(Newser) - A group of teenage thorns in Apple's side have been the first to release "jailbreak" software for the latest iPhone 3GS, the Wall Street Journal reports. The hackers, in the latest round of what Steve Jobs calls "a cat-and-mouse game with his top engineers," created software that...

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

glossies

Jun 28, 2009 6:49 PM CDT

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

Extramarital affair site releases program to help cheaters

(Newser) - Mark Sanford emulators, take heed: A company that hooks up adulterous sex-seekers has released iPhone and BlackBerry apps to make extramarital flings even easier, Jeremy Caplan writes in Time. Unlike its website, AshleyMadison.com, which leaves an electronic trail spouses can track, the company's apps hide safely on cheaters'...

Apple Gives Thumbs-Up to iPhone Porn

Jun 25, 2009 12:26 PM CDT

Apple Gives Thumbs-Up to iPhone Porn

Parental controls remove barriers to scantily clad women

(Newser) - The iPhone’s 3.0 software development kit has brought a major new feature with it: porn. Because the new gadget comes with built-in parental controls, Apple is permitting nudity in its apps, TechCrunch reports. One existing app, “Hottest Girls,” has already added topless content. It’s now...

Dunkin' iPhone App
Ruins the Coffee Run

Tech review

Jun 23, 2009 7:28 AM CDT

Dunkin' iPhone App Ruins the Coffee Run

People want to leave the office

(Newser) - Dunkin’ Donuts has a new iPhone app, and it’s a dud, writes Matthew Shaer for the Christian Science Monitor. “Dunkin’ Run” users can send emails to their coworkers notifying them of an impending run; the app makes a list of orders and the “runner” heads to Dunkin’...

Meh on Actual iPhone,
Bullish on App Store

OPINION

Jun 9, 2009 2:34 PM CDT

Meh on Actual iPhone, Bullish on App Store

(Newser) - The iPhone itself isn’t in a class by itself as far as smartphones are concerned, Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate—but the App Store makes it unbeatable. Apple boasts more than 50,000 applications, and the rate is increasing; Google’s Android operating system only supports 5,000. “...