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Does U.S. Mobile Carrier AT&T Rule All App Store Applications?
Aug 1st
Earlier this week the internet was abuzz over Apple rejecting the official Google Voice (GV) iPhone app. This story was quickly followed by Apple removing every GV-enabled app already available in the App Store. The official GV app and all previously approved GV-enabled applications appear to have been removed from all international App Stores. Based on many accounts, the culprit behind this dastardly deed is none other than AT&T. Does this mean that AT&T, the U.S. mobile carrier, has veto authority across all U.S. and international App Store applications?
Apple Pulls Head Out of Its Ass, Allows Eucalyptus in App Store
May 26th
Another day, another App Store brouhaha. Late last week the internet erupted in flames after finding out about yet another shining example Apple’s sheer incompetence. The obvious incapable souls managing one of Apple’s greatest assets once again rejected an App Store submission on grounds any normal human would find completely unfathomable. This time eBook reader Eucalyptus was rejected on the grounds that it can search for and download the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, an ancient Indian text about human sexual intercourse.
IntuApps Releasing The “Swine Flu Tracker” For iPhone
May 2nd
TechCrunch, known for its sometimes provocative, but current reporting, announced a promising new addition to the pipeline at Apple’s App Store — Swine Flu Tracker — produced by IntuApps.
Although TechCrunch’s MG Seigler spins this new app as the “latest thing to capitalize” on swine flu, he makes a slight touch on its importance-
…it’s [Swine Flu Tracker] also pretty useful as a way to know what areas to avoid on the go…
“Pretty useful?”
Byline, Native iPhone RSS Reader, Reviewed and Dissected
Apr 29th
If you are like most of us Miso Soupheads then chances are you double as both a Google and Apple aficionado and are all over Google Reader on your iPhone. While the Google Reader web interface is pretty snazzy in Mobile Safari it does not compare to accessing web-based services from within a native iPhone app. This is where Byline by Phantom Fish comes in to play – it’s a native iPhone RSS reader designed to synchronize with Google Reader – and it is just what the doctor ordered!
Apple Condones Murdering Infants, Realizes It Screwed Up and Pulls App from App Store
Apr 24th
A few short weeks ago we wrote about the App Store being one huge joke after a simple update to Tweetie was mysteriously rejected for ostensible violations of Apple’s App Store policies. It should come as no surprise to see the geniuses at Apple displaying another stunning example of their utter incompetence to properly manage the App Store yet again.
Baby Shaker, an application designed to simulate shaking a crying baby, somehow made it through the approval process and landed smack dab in the middle of the App Store and controversy. The point of the app is to make the baby stop crying by shaking your iPhone really hard. If successful, the baby stops crying and two red X’s are placed over the baby’s eyes, seemingly to imply the baby has died!
iPhone Apps I Cannot Live Without
Mar 16th
There are literally thousands of applications available for use on the iPhone. Determining what is and is not of value is a huge undertaking, especially if you opt to tackle such an endeavor on your own. Although judging apps is quite subjective, there are a few applications which I have found to be invaluable on the iPhone, almost to the point that my iPhone would not be an iPhone without these apps. In an effort to shed some light on worthy iPhone apps, here are a few of the iPhone apps I conceivably cannot live without.
The iPhone App Store is One Huge Joke
Mar 11th
It seems that with every passing day there is yet another App Store nightmare, where a seemingly innocuous application is mysteriously rejected for ostensible violations of Apple’s App Store policies. Policies, mind you, which nary a soul appears to comprehend except the Lord Steve Jobs and Co. The most recent incident was profoundly egregious – an update to Tweetie was rejected merely because the application has the potential to display offensive language to users. The manner in which Apple has “managed” the App Store over the course of the past few months has lead me to draw a simple conclusion: the App Store is one huge joke!
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