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Pinterest breaks daily download record due to user interest in iOS 14 design ideas
The excitement around the ability to customize your iPhone home screen following the release of iOS 14 has been paying off for Pinterest. According to new third-party estimates, Pinterest’s app…
Chomp Closes In On 300,000 Users, Launches App Review Site And Chomp Connect
When Chomp launched eight weeks ago in the iTunes store, it launched as an app for reviewing other iPhone apps. The app shows you a stream of realtime reviews, which…
'Boobie' App Slips Past Apple's Sex Ban, Scores $10,000 In A Week (Then Gets Pulled)
Late last month, Apple made the abrupt decision to remove any applications it deemed to be ‘sexy’ from the App Store, citing complaints from parents. But the process of removing…
Android Market Gets A $13,000 Per Month Success Story Of Its Own
In the months following the iPhone App Store’s launch in July 2008, it became clear that the platform was turning into a gold rush. Success stories of one-man companies earning…
ImageShack Updates iPhone App With Powerful Photo, Video Sharing Options
ImageShack, one of the largest media hosting sites on the Web, updated its iPhone app ImageShack Uploader (iTunes link) this morning, unlocking features that enable users to easily share both…
The Best iPhone Apps Of 2009 (Appvee Edition)
This guest post was written by Erik Fikkert, Lead Reviewer, AppVee. Also check out Appvee’s previous picks of the best apps in the App store The iPhone and iPod touch…
iSpy, With My Little Eye, A Children's Game Re-Imagined For The iPhone
Two features make the iPhone great for social games: its GPS chip and its camera. An app called iSpy which was released on the iPhone last week (iTunes link) uses…
Apps for Blackberry cost way more than iPhone, Android apps
We’ve covered a couple of Distimo reports in the past because they provide us with some valuable insights on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market based on the startup’s…
Apple Shares App Store Stats: 85k Apps Available, 2 Billion Downloads So Far
Apple has announced that the App Store for the iPhone / iPod Touch has now seen more than 2 billion downloads of applications, with a half billion programs in the…
Another Popular Developer Lays The Smack Down On Apple's App Store
Another day, another story of Apple’s ridiculous App Store approval policies gone awry. Joe Stump, the former lead architect for Digg who is well known in the developer community, has…
Apple Will Approve Rhapsody's iPhone App, But It Will Still Be A Dud
This morning, subscription music service Rhapsody is putting public pressure on Apple to approve its new music streaming app by making its case directly to the press. Unlike other streaming…
TweetPhoto iPhone App Rejected Because Logo Resembles Polaroid Shot
I know, I know. I’m growing a bit tired of having to sift through e-mails from iPhone app developers who have seen their fruits of labor (big or small) rejected…
Sneak Peek At Facebook for iPhone 3.0
Facebook for iPhone version 3.0 will hopefully soon be made available through the iTunes App Store, but lead engineer Joe Hewitt has apparently already graced the team over at Appadvice…
The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of The Year (So Far)
This guest post was written by Alex Ahlund, founder of AppVee. AppVee has been doing in-depth reviews of applications since the launch of the App Store and will soon celebrate…
Android and iPhone Apps Cost About The Same, Except For Games And Dictionaries
Do the prices people are willing to pay for a phone app depend on the device or the type of app? A comparison of July prices in the iPhone App…
Pizza Hut's Delicious iPhone App Tops 100,000 Downloads In Two Weeks
Two weeks ago, restaurant chain Pizza Hut launched an iPhone application (iTunes link) with a bunch of bells and whistles, and apparently users were hungry for it. Downloads of the…
Apple Approves iPhone App That "Promotes School Shootings"
Our beefs with Apple’s inconsistent behavior when it comes to approving or rejecting applications for the iPhone / iPod Touch platform has been well documented. iPhoneWorld.ca draws our attention to…
Financial Times Tweets That It Now Has An iPhone App. Yup, It's Pink.
International business newspaper and website Financial Times, founded in 1888, is now part of the iPhone app club with the release of a free application on the iTunes App Store…
Hear That? It's The Sound Of Your New Hearing Aid, The iPhone
Back in 2007, Amy Tenderich wrote about the need for Apple to share its renowned industrial design and user-friendliness with the medical device community. Her plea wasn’t necessarily for Apple…
Want The Obama "Hope" Artwork On Your iPhone? Nope, Says Apple.
Start Mobile has managed to get 18 separate iPhone applications approved by Apple. So you’ll imagine their surprise when one of them was recently rejected. But you may be even…
iPhone App Prices Fluctuate As Developers Adjust To OS 3.0; Nav Apps Gain Pricing Power
Ever since OS. 3.0, the latest operating system for the iPhone, launched on June 17, prices among the top 100 apps in the iTunes App Store have been fluctuating wildly…
Apple App Store vs. Nokia Ovi Store – A Quick And Dirty Comparison
When Nokia launched its Ovi Store for mobile applications a month ago, it was clear that – despite its less than stellar launch – it would be a mistake to…
Need A Witty "App For That" Phrase? There's An App For That.
I’m a big fan of coming up with ridiculous “App For That” headlines. You know, the kind that mock Apple’s iPhone App Store commercials that basically proclaim there’s an app…
The App Store Hype Gets A Dose Of Reality
Yesterday developer Rick Strom wrote a blog posted titled “The Incredible App Store Hype”, in which he detailed some of the revenue stats he was seeing from the iPhone applications…
Sonic The Hedgehog Races Onto The iPhone. But Do Its Fake Buttons Slow Him Down?
The iPhone is quickly becoming the platform of choice for nostalgia-inspiring classic games, with releases like Myst and Wolfenstein now landing on a regular basis. The latest addition, and the…
About Those iPhone App Store Revenue Numbers
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Apple’s App Store has been more successful than even Apple ever imagined. It entered a market that had been completely controlled…
A Consumer iPhone App That Boldly Goes Beyond The $9.99 Threshold
Though you may not ever see them, there are apps in the App Store that sell for over $9.99. Mostly they’re for doctors or stupid gimmicks, but they exist. Now…
Apple Harpoons An iPhone App Due To Fail Whale Sighting
Apple has a lot of silly reasons for rejecting iPhone apps, but Twitter seems to bring out some of the best of them. A few months ago, Apple rejected the…
Trent Reznor Responds To Apple: You Want Obscene, I'll Show You Obscene
Trent Reznor, the leader of the band Nine Inch Nails is pretty upset that Apple has rejected the latest version of his iPhone app. And rightfully so, the reason for…
Like My Parents In 1994, Apple Finds NIN's The Downward Spiral Objectionable
Back in 1994, there was no album I wanted more than Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral. The problem was that I was 12 at the time, and the album…