Tag: appstore

Amazon Matches Apple For In-App Payment Split

Amazon has announced that, starting today, apps purchased in the Amazon Appstore will dish out a payment equal to Apple’s for in-app purchases and content....
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Popular Siri competitor, Evi, about to get the yank from the App Store

It looks like Apple’s about to drop the ban-hammer on another competitive application within the App Store in the coming days. According to TechCrunch and True...
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Analyst fears OS X Lion online only distribution will hurt retailers

It was inevitable. Apple created the Mac App Store to sell downloads to its users, and what better way to drive traffic to its own...
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Weather HD: Finally, beautiful weather for iOS

Ever since purchasing my first iPhone, I’ve relentlessly searched for the best and brightest of third-party applications to supplement the utility and enjoyment an iPhone...
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Magic Fiddle for iPad by Smule

Stand back Ocarina, there’s a new Smule in town.  Magic Fiddle is its name, and it’s the most fun I’ve had for $2.99 in a...
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Astronut for the iPhone — a review

Iconfactory’s new game is called Astronut. It’s available for free on the App Store and comes with 4 levels. You can buy an additional 20...
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App Store has 300,000 apps and counting

Apple are releasing record profit numbers and the app store is booming - just how many apps are there and are they worth your time?
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The GTD app for the rest of us: Pen and Moleskine?

I struggle with ToDo list applications. While Susan and I have vastly differing opinions on whether tag-based systems or hierarchical systems provide a better organizational...
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Nintendo is looking to take a Page out of Apple’s Book says Capcom CEO

In an interview with Nikkei BP (Japanese), Capcom CEO Haruhiro Tsujimoto discussed his company’s interest in the iOS platform. Capcom has released games for the...
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Rotten Tomatoes shows up in iTunes movie listings

Why do we love Apple? We love Apple because they do things no one else is thinking about. Seriously. Anyone who says they would have...
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iPad store now available internationally

Just in case you’ve been wondering how you’re going to get access to the iPad applications when your iPad launches across the pond, Apple’s got...
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OmniGraffle makes $250,000 in thirty-two days

What’s the one thing the iPhone has that other smart phones don’t? Financially successful development studios. Maybe it’s because we work in one of the...
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Online Shopping on the Run: Best Buy App Review

First there were online catalogues, then there were online stores, then there were mobile web stores. The logical next step, of course, is apps that...
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Apple seals fate of Canadian game: iSealClub rejected from App Store

The St. John’s Telegram reports that Apple has rejected an iPhone game based on the Canadian seal hunt due to “objectionable content.” iSealClub, developed by...
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Don’t expect OS X 10.7 to be locked down like the AppStore. Steve says, “Nope.”

I was in the middle of a huge post about the rumors that OS X 10.7 would have apps locked down like the AppStore. Circulating...
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iPad Apps are alive! ALIVE!

Prepare your wallets. Double check your budgets. Things are about to get super expensive. Apple’s decided that it’s time to open the flood gates, AppRush...
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Read Your News Offline With Instapaper

Instapaper, by definition, is a tool to save web articles and web content that you want to read later. Essentially, when you find something while...
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About time! Apple lets you gift an app in the AppStore

Has hell frozen over? It appears as if it has as Apple’s finally given users the ability to “gift” an application. We stopped trying to...
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