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Apple Improves App Store Admission / Rejection Process

Reports say that Apple has added more transparency to the process of reviewing, approving and / or rejecting iPhone applications, by providing developers with a status application. Using the tool, developers will be able to track the progress of their application, see whether it’s waiting to be reviewed, or rea...

12 November 2009
10:03 GMT

App Store Is the Largest Out There with 100,000 Titles

Apple has confirmed that its iTunes App Store now holds over 100,000 iPhone and iPod touch applications, making it the largest application store in the world. A wide range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel, is available for iPhone and iPod touch owners in ...

4 November 2009
10:47 GMT

Examine, Extract iPhone Application Contents

Developed by atPurpose Technologies, atPeek takes advantage of Mac OS X QuickLook plugin framework to display fully functional previews of assets found in iPhone applications, whose contents are otherwise inaccessible using Mac OS system tools. iPhone developers can even extend the core functionality of atPeek by cre...

31 October 2009
07:55 GMT

Hotel Negotiator iPhone App Features William Shatner

Priceline.com has released Hotel Negotiator, an application for iPhone and iPod touch featuring William Shatner (Star Trek’s Captain Kirk). The application allows travelers to use their devices and quickly book last-minute hotel rooms using priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price hotel service. According to P...

29 October 2009
10:59 GMT

Disney Launches Free iPhone App

Disney has launched a free app for the iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store featuring areas dedicated to Characters, Music, Video and Games. The company promises those who download the app that content in it will be updated regularly, providing instant access to the latest stuff from Disney. One example of how the...

29 October 2009
09:32 GMT

Apple Officially Introduces In-App Purchases for Free Titles

iPhone developers registered with Apple have confirmed that the Mac maker has given them the green light to include in-app purchases for all kinds of applications, meaning free titles too. The feature was previously reserved for paid iPhone apps. Via an email communication, developers of free applications recently g...

16 October 2009
04:44 GMT

JD Supra’s Legal Edge iPhone App Targets Lawyers

JD Supra, a distributor of legal content, has launched its free “Legal Edge” iPhone application. Streaming timely legal information written by the nation’s lawyers and law firms, the application allows iPhone users to stay on top of the latest legal news, as well as of the various developments in an...

15 October 2009
09:59 GMT

Apple Working to Launch New iPhone App for Radio Fans (Rumor)

A report says that people close to Apple have gained knowledge of a new, in-house-developed iPhone app. Apple is believed to be finally taking advantage of the Broadcom combination Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chips used in the iPhone and iPod touch, which have long had the technical capacity of FM radio reception. Apple-focused...

14 October 2009
06:07 GMT

DocuSign Launches ESIGNControl for iPhone

DocuSign has released ESIGNControl, a new iPhone app under the label of Smart Mobile Solutions. ESIGNControl enables DocuSign customers to use their iPhones to track, view and control documents sent for electronic signature, and it is now available from the iTunes App Store for $6.99. According to the official repo...

8 October 2009
08:26 GMT

VoIP Apps Officially Allowed on AT&T’s Network

AT&T has issued an official report giving Apple the green light to enable VoIP iPhone apps to run on its wireless network. As iPhone users should know, VoIP applications on the iPhone were previously enabled for the Wi-Fi connectivity only. AT&T informed Apple Inc. as well as the FCC of its decision, according to the...

7 October 2009
05:17 GMT

Download Free Tommy Hilfiger App for iPhone, iPod touch

The Tommy Hilfiger Group has announced Tommy Hilfiger for iPhone, a downloadable, mobile shopping application available through the App Store. Developed in partnership with Art Technology Group, Inc., the app gives consumers the convenience of purchasing Tommy Hilfiger products on the go. “Our customers are al...

2 October 2009
06:43 GMT

iPhone Accessories Allowed to Use Download Prompts

Apple is now allowing ‘Made For iPod’ and ‘Works With iPhone’ accessories to communicate with the iPhone software and invoke automatic application download when connected. One such app-supported accessory is Griffin Technology’s new iTrip – seemingly the first to be allowed applica...

29 September 2009
08:19 GMT

Pioneer Launches Its First iPhone App - AVIC FEEDS

Pioneer has released its first application for Apple’s iPhone. Created for use with its new AVIC-U310BT and AVIC-Z110BT in-dash navigation systems, Pioneer’s AVIC FEEDS app establishes a link between the Apple and in-dash Pioneer products. According to the corporation that specializes in digital entertai...

21 September 2009
10:38 GMT

i.TV 2.0 for iPhone Launching with Remote Control Framework

i.TV has announced what the company calls the “i.TV Remote Control Framework.” The framework enables third-party devs to develop solutions for controlling external devices (television, an AV receiver or DVR) via i.TV on the iPhone and iPod touch. These remote capabilities are now coming to the iPhone and ...

18 August 2009
06:27 GMT

Sonos Launches Free Controller App for iPhone

Sonos has introduced a free Controller application for iPhone and iPod touch that turns your device into a full-fledged Sonos Controller. Users carry the device in their pocket as they walk around the house and enjoy the various playback options.   “Sonos gives you the freedom to control your system howev...

11 August 2009
10:06 GMT

Track Calories & Carbs with Edibles for iPhone

The people at Random Ideas, who are responsible for a good number of iPhone and Mac OS X applications, have released Edibles, for iPhone and iPod touch users. The five-dollar app lets them track calories, carbs or any single user-defined value, which Edibles then automatically deducts from configurable daily, weekly,...

9 July 2009
09:44 GMT

Air Sail 1.1 Is Free for iPhone OS 3.0

iPhone developer Readdle has announced Air Sail 1.1, an update to its racing game for iPhone and iPod touch. The new version adds stability fixes for iPhone OS 3.0 and is available now for free from the iTunes App Store. A sale from Readdle is also available. Read on for full details. In Air Sail, you must blow into...

9 July 2009
09:24 GMT

MyGlobalTalk - Free Calling App for iPhone

i2Telecom International, Inc. has launched MyGlobalTalk for iPhone. The application serves as the iPhone version of i2Telecom’s popular international calling solution. The app enables US-based users to make cheaper international phone calls by routing calls through the MyGlobalTalk network. i2Telecom Internati...

2 July 2009
06:18 GMT

Alarm.com iPhone App Approved by Apple

Alarm.com’s new security app for iPhone and iPod touch has been approved by Apple and is now available in the iTunes App Store, the company has revealed in a press release. The remote control security solution is also available for BlackBerry users from Authorized Alarm.com Dealers, the company claims. Accordi...

5 June 2009
10:20 GMT

RoamBi - See Your Business Through Interactive Visualizations

MeLLmo has released RoamBi, a free application for iPhone and iPod touch. Available immediately from the App Store, RoamBi for iPhone enables users to transform static information, such as spreadsheets, tables and reports from business applications, into interactive visualizations that can be instantly published dire...

19 May 2009
10:51 GMT

Download Free X-Men Origins: Wolverine iPhone App for Exclusive Content

Haven Interactive has released a free application for iPhone users, allowing them to use the software's built-in photo-recognition technology to take photos of icons that can be found in the real world (or on the Internet). For easy unlock of the exclusive content, the developers have set up a page where the ico...

12 May 2009
06:28 GMT

Dane Cook iPhone App Released

Zannel has announced the availability of “Dane Cook Global” for iPhone. The new multimedia app is the result of an exclusive partnership with superstar comedian Dane Cook. The app will offer iPhone and iPod touch users access to exclusive videos, photos, and text updates from Cook during his upcoming &ldq...

23 April 2009
10:26 GMT

Download Free AppReview to Get the Best iPhone Apps

AppReview, LLC is a company that specializes in downloading and reviewing iPhone apps, so that you can just visit the its website and know what are the best ones to download. Recently, AppReview has released its own iPhone app, which, just like the AppReview site, offers “a trusted, independent opinion on which...

22 April 2009
06:55 GMT

Apple Accidentally Posts Billionth iPhone App Page Ahead of Time

Care to have a look at the page Apple is prepping to post once the App Store hits a billion downloads? The screenshot to the left is just that. Found and snapped by a MacMagazine reader (via Modmyi), the page shows Apple's promo for the billionth downloaded iPhone app. “As of today, nearly one billion app...

22 April 2009
03:15 GMT

Linkin Park Games Heading to the iPhone

Artificial Life Inc. has announced the development of a series of Linkin Park-themed applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. The three-year agreement signed with multi-platinum two-time Grammy-winning rock band Linkin Park and Warner Bros. Records will result in the release of two interactive applications per yea...

21 April 2009
10:43 GMT

QlikTech Releases Business Intelligence App for iPhone, iPod touch

QlikTech, a Business Intelligence (BI) company, has released an iPhone app that puts the power of sophisticated, real-time business answers in the hands of mobile users, according to the company's description. QlikView for iPhone is said to be quite the competitor for Oracle’s mobile BI, which, according t...

16 April 2009
09:05 GMT

TripIt Launches Free Travel Itinerary App for iPhone, iPod touch

TripIt, an online travel itinerary and trip-planning service, has recently announced a free app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. TripIt for iPhone and iPod touch displays a traveler’s detailed itinerary on the handset's screen, offering the user the ability to view their travel plans at any given ti...

16 April 2009
05:56 GMT

Utah Becomes the First State Government to Offer iPhone Applications

Residents of the state of Utah are getting the first iPhone applications developed by a state government in the US. Utah.Gov, the official Web site of the state of Utah, has announced the release of the two free iPhone applications, immediately available through the iTunes App Store – Utah.Gov and Utah Professi...

14 April 2009
03:55 GMT

iPhone App Eliminates Negative Thoughts

Jaja & Co has developed a rather simple but allegedly vital app for iPhone users that are under a lot of stress. MyGratitude is said to boast beneficial “powers” such as the ability to shift their negative thoughts to positive ones, and to relieve stress, to ultimately allow them to focus on the good thin...

13 April 2009
08:44 GMT

First Enterprise ATS / CV Manager for iPhone from Jobscience

Jobscience, Inc. has launched an iPhone app designed for searching, viewing, and communicating with a CV database via an intuitive interface. The application enables corporate recruiters, as well as staffing agencies, to quickly find contacts with the skills they need, as it has been designed for use with the Applica...

7 April 2009
04:21 GMT

iPhone Advertising Toolkit Available from AdMarvel

AdMarvel has launched the iPhone Advertising Toolkit, a bag of tools that leverage experience from a broad portfolio of mediation services for mobile advertising. To put it in the simplest terms, the toolkit enables developers having already earned a spot in the App Store to easily integrate advertising from virtuall...

2 April 2009
06:29 GMT

Virtual Zippo Lighter for iPhone Downloaded 3 Million Times

The free iPhone app Virtual Zippo Lighter has been downloaded over three million times since its debut last October, Zippo and Moderati have announced. The feat makes it one of the most popular and prevalent branded applications in the App Store’s history, according to the duo. The report notes that Virtual Zip...

30 March 2009
14:31 GMT

OpenScape UC Application for iPhone 3.1 – Free Download

Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG has confirmed that OpenScape UC Application for iPhone brings the full functionality of the world’s most advanced unified communications solution to Apple handsets. OpenScape UC Application for iPhone 3.1 now allows users to call contacts directly through their co...

30 March 2009
06:59 GMT

i.TV iPhone App Gets Major Update – Free Download

i.TV, the ultimate movie, DVD and TV guide for the iPhone and iPod touch has just been updated to version 1.4. The updated application is now available in the iTunes Store for free download, and includes a dedicated menu tab for Comcast subscribers, the world’s first “shakable” advertisement, AT&T U...

26 March 2009
09:32 GMT

'How To Text A Girl' iPhone App Released

Spendthrift Studios is a young company that produces software of various types. The team is currently focusing on the iPhone with an app called 'How To Text A Girl.' As its name implies, the program aids guys when they have no inspiration (as in always).“Before you send a text message to that girl, th...

24 March 2009
05:28 GMT

Cydia, InstallerApp Updated

Cydia is a front-end for Debian APT designed to be a fully-featured replacement for the iPhone Installer, and a mature packaging solution for Unix systems. Cydia works very similarly to Installer, allowing people to quickly get up and running with the newer software. The main interface component is a bar of buttons a...

23 March 2009
10:19 GMT

Edit Native Excel Files on iPhone, iPod touch – Mariner Calc

Mariner Software has released its first iPhone and iPod touch application, Mariner Calc. The new app has been in development for more than a year, but now Mariner Software is proud to say that its app takes two decades of spreadsheet experience on the Mac and throws it all on Apple's popular portables. Most nota...

23 March 2009
07:29 GMT

Blizzard to Launch Authenticator App for iPhone (Rumor)

WoW Insider has found a posting over on Blizzard's Support section that suggests the giant developer is planning to release an application called Mobile Authenticator – the software-only version of the Blizzard Authenticator.Blizard currently has this piece of hardware for sale, the Authenticator, which pu...

20 March 2009
07:59 GMT

App Store Bug Signaled by Developers

The iPod and iPhone-focused iLounge is reporting that several iPhone developers have discovered a nasty bug in the App Store. According to those devs, the flaw prevents new applications from appearing on the mobile version of the venue when the user wants to view apps sorted by release date. The issue affects develop...

19 March 2009
07:02 GMT

Facebook Connect Helps iPhone Devs Make Their Apps More Social

Facebook has introduced Facebook Connect for iPhone, enabling developers to add a “social” touch to their apps with “just a few lines of Objective-C code.” The aim is to produce iPhone apps that allow users to login to Facebook from within the program, find friends and communicate.“Faceb...

16 March 2009
11:57 GMT

Apple Updates Remote App to Complement iTunes 8.1

In light of the iTunes 8.1 update, Apple has released a new version of its Remote application for iPhone and iPod touch. The free-to-download app provides compatibility with the latest version of iTunes, as well as a number of bug fixes. From the iTunes App Store, the app's description goes as follows: Be a mo...

12 March 2009
10:52 GMT

Amazon Releases Kindle for iPhone, iPod touch – Free Download

Amazon has released Kindle for iPhone and iPod touch. The new app is available for free from Apple's App Store and lets users browse and download / buy over 240,000 books. Via a simple interface, users wirelessly transfer the books to their iPhone or iPod touch, including New York Times Best Sellers and most new...

5 March 2009
09:31 GMT

Why More Free iPhone Apps Are Now Available

Some developers learned the hard way that pricing an app too high, or just slapping a price onto an app that does almost nothing will not pave the way to success. In contrast, others learned coding the hard way, and the benefits of their strivings were enough and some to spare. Some of those successful iPhone develop...

17 February 2009
08:34 GMT

iPhone Dev Gets Rich, Tells the Story

Inspired by Trism, an app that nabbed Steve Demeter a quarter of a million dollars in two months' time, Ethan Nicholas decided to become an iPhone developer himself. He used the Internet alone to learn how to code, and created iShoot (iTunes link), an application that was going to sell better than he had ever dr...

17 February 2009
06:42 GMT

Making an iPhone Application

Developer Gogogic makes iPhone games. The folks at Gogogic love their work so much that they decided to share with everyone how they make their apps. As an example, they chose a game that turned out to be called Symbol6 (Hexago was a working title), which is currently featured in the App Store.Titled “Symbol6 :...

12 February 2009
08:32 GMT

Apple Rejects App that Throws Shoes at Bush

Apple has rejected an application that simulates the shoe incident occurring at a press event attended by former US President, George W. Bush. At least one source was able to post the developer's answer to the rejection.Obviously, the app's maker was outraged by Apple's decision. Given that iTunes curr...

9 February 2009
10:04 GMT

iFart Developer Interviewed

Cult of Mac has posted an interview with iFart Mobile lead developer Joel Comm over at the Orlando Sentinel. Weighing in on the beginnings of his somewhat controversial app, Comm revealed that he and his team simply let their “inner 12-year-old to express themselves” and iFart was born.The interviewers, o...

5 February 2009
10:58 GMT

New Musical App Released for iPhone - Accomedion

The folks at Gclue just let us in on their fresh iPhone app, Accomedion, which is a new musical instrument application that combines a keyboard harmonica and an accordion. Apple has approved Accomedion in the iTunes App Store. You can grab it right now! It costs just three dollars.A video demonstration of the app in ...

4 February 2009
05:10 GMT

Premium iPhone Apps to Get Their Own Section in the App Store

Sources close to Macnn have revealed that Apple might be planning to introduce a new section / division for corporate titles making their way into the App Store. Developers like Electronic Arts and Gameloft are said to be some of the beneficiaries of such a move.Besides the fact that only corporate apps will be gaini...

30 January 2009
06:03 GMT

Find a Nearby Toilet with Your iPhone

SitOrSquat has got to be the most useful free iPhone app ever developed, as it assists you in the worst times one can possibly imagine – when you simply HAVE to go! You can search for toilets based on your current location, or an address anywhere in the world. Simply pick a favorite (if you have time for that) ...

29 January 2009
10:41 GMT


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