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iPhone applications stories: 60 news summaries

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iPhone Users Get Leg Up on Black Friday

App lets shoppers check deals, and rumored deals

Nov 5, 09 10:51 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re already getting your Black Friday game face on, consider making the Black Friday app the first thing on your shopping list. The free program from dealnews can keep you up to date on both officially announced bargains and deals that have “leaked,” and lets you... More »

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retail • iPhone • holiday shopping • Black Friday • iPhone applications • App Store • dealnews

 Enter Tapman: 
 Metallica Debuts 
 iPhone App 

Rockers seek to stay relevant with finger-tapping game

Oct 27, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Metallica aims to turn a generation of finger-tappers into headbangers with a new iPhone application. Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica, a variant of the top-selling Tap Tap Revenge game, lets players tap their screens in time to hits like Enter Sandman. The game, priced at $4.99, is expected to make... More »

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iPhone • rock bands • smartphones • Metallica • heavy metal • iPhone applications • Lars Ulrich

 Rock Band Hits the iPhone 

Popular video game makes its debut as iPhone, iPod Touch app

Oct 19, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rock Band has arrived on the iPhone, complete with a Bluetooth multi-player mode that allows four people to jam together. The $9.99 app, also available on the iPod Touch, includes 20 tracks, among them the Pixies' "Debaser" and two Foo Fighters songs; of course, more can be purchased... More »

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iPhone • iPod Touch • Rock Band • iPhone applications • video games

(Newser) - The blogosphere is buzzing with opprobrium for a promotional iPhone app. “Amp Up Before You Score,” as in Pepsi’s energy drink, gives guys tips on how to, well, “score” with different types of women. The advice ranges from banal—compute your carbon footprint to hit on... More »

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social networking • advertising • Pepsi • energy drink • dating tips • iPhone applications • Amp • objectify

Big Bucks Elusive for
App Store Developers

'App Store Millionaires' few and far between

Oct 7, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(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... More »

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iPhone • smartphones • software developers • iPhone applications • App Store

(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... More »

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iPhone • Skype • phone service • AT&T • iPhone applications • Google Voice

iPhone App Tracks Sex Offenders

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

Sep 30, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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iPhone • sex offenders • felon • vigilante justice • iPhone applications

 Apple Pulls Sex Offender App 

App Store withdraws paid version of 'Offender Locator'

Aug 7, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Apple • sex offenders • criminal • iPhone applications • software applications • App Store • Offender Locator

OPINION


 Take Those 
 Tunes Beyond 
 Your iPod 

At least five sites can help

Aug 5, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(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
... More »

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music • Internet • iTunes • iPod • website • digital music • online music • iPhone applications • Jay-ZTV

(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
... More »

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personal finance • iPhone • budgeting • iPhone applications • checking account • Jay-ZTV

ANALYSIS

Apple-Google Party Ended Before FCC Waltzed In

Philosophical standoff led to Schmidt's ouster

Aug 3, 09 2:38 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Google • Steve Jobs • FCC • Apple • Eric Schmidt • iPhone applications • Federal Communications Commission • App Store • Google Voice

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

iPhone can now display nearby predators

Jul 30, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(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... More »

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iPhone • sex offenders • iPhone applications • App Store

(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
... More »

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iPhone • Apple • smartphones • consumer electronics • iPhone applications • PDAs • iPhone 3G

(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,”... More »

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wireless • VoIP • iPhone • Apple • innovation • smartphones • AT&T • iPhone applications • App Store • Google Voice

 iPhone Feature 
 Catches Thieves 

Stolen phone recovered thanks to new software

Jul 29, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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crime • iPhone • thief • burglary • iPhone applications • stolen merchandise • Dustin Simantob • Find My iPhone • MobileMe

(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... More »

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entertainment • social networking • iPhone • Facebook • iPhone applications • Twitter • App Store • Booyah Society

 iPhone App Would Let 
 Users Text God 

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

Jul 23, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(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’... More »

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iPhone • religion • Apple • prayer • iPhone applications • Twitter • App Store • Allen Wright

iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

Jul 20, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(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... More »

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iPhone • school shooting • iPhone applications • video games • school shootings

Apple Sells 1.5B iPhone Apps in First Year

App Store is the leading retailer of mobile programs

Jul 14, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Steve Jobs • iPhone • Apple • digital downloads • iPod Touch • iPhone applications • App Store • Jay-ZTV

 Teen Hackers Foil 
 New iPhone Limits 

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

Jul 7, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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iPhone • hacker • Apple • unlock iPhone • iPhone applications • iPhone 3G

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