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NEWS ABOUT: iPhone applications

iPhone applications stories: 61 news summaries

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 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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glossies

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

Extramarital affair site releases program
to help cheaters

Jun 28, 09 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford emulators, take heed: A company that hooks up adulterous sex-seekers has released iPhone and BlackBerry apps to make extramarital flings even easier, Jeremy Caplan writes in Time. Unlike its website, AshleyMadison.com, which leaves an electronic trail spouses can track, the company's apps hide safely on cheaters'... More »

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iPhone • BlackBerry • affair • adultery • cheating • iPhone applications • App Store

Apple Gives Thumbs-Up to iPhone Porn

Parental controls remove barriers to scantily clad women

Jun 25, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone’s 3.0 software development kit has brought a major new feature with it: porn. Because the new gadget comes with built-in parental controls, Apple is permitting nudity in its apps, TechCrunch reports. One existing app, “Hottest Girls,” has already added topless content. It’s now... More »

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iPhone • nudity • pornography • Apple • nude photo • soft porn • iPhone applications

Tech review

 Dunkin' iPhone App 
 Ruins the Coffee Run 

People want to leave the office

Jun 23, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dunkin’ Donuts has a new iPhone app, and it’s a dud, writes Matthew Shaer for the Christian Science Monitor. “Dunkin’ Run” users can send emails to their coworkers notifying them of an impending run; the app makes a list of orders and the “runner” heads to Dunkin’... More »

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(Newser) - The iPhone itself isn’t in a class by itself as far as smartphones are concerned, Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate—but the App Store makes it unbeatable. Apple boasts more than 50,000 applications, and the rate is increasing; Google’s Android operating system only supports 5,000. “... More »

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Internet • iPhone • Apple • smartphones • Google Android • iPhone applications • App Store • mobile phones

Apple Cans 'Jesusizer' iPhone App

'Me So Holy' makers accuse company of being overly sensitive

May 12, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has rejected an iPhone application that lets users put their faces on images of Jesus and other religious figures, Wired reports. The company—crucified in the press last month for approving the "Baby Shaker" app—told the makers of "Me So Holy" that the app contained objectionable... More »

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iPhone • Apple • Jesus Christ • iPhone applications • Jay-ZTV

Pentagon Backs iPhone,
iPod Apps for Combat Troops

Pentagon develops apps for ubiquitous Apple devices

May 11, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With more than 30,000 third-party applications now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, a new organization is getting into the game: the American military. As the Independent reports, the Pentagon thinks Apple's gadgets are ideal for "network centric warfare" and is funding projects for everything from translation... More »

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technology • Pentagon • iPhone • Apple • US military • iPod • iPod Touch • Iraq war • iPhone applications • Afghanistan war • App Store • Jay-ZTV

Tech Review

iPhone Word Processor App Needs Some More Editing

Quickoffice nice, but wait to buy: Mossberg

May 7, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - At long last, the iPhone has a full-fledged office suite that can edit, format or create Microsoft Word or Excel documents. Third-party app Quickoffice has some nifty features—including old-fashioned cut/copy/paste, which the iPhone itself hasn’t implemented yet. But it’s missing a number of features, writes Walter Mossberg... More »

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iPhone • Walt Mossberg • Microsoft Office • iPhone applications • tech review • Jay-ZTV

Apple Yanks 'Baby Shaker' iPhone App

Game to shut baby up met stunned outcry from children's groups

Apr 23, 09 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - An iPhone application urging users to shake a virtual baby to death to shut it up has been pulled after an unsurprising outcry from child welfare groups, reports the San Jose Mercury News reports. A representative for Apple—which is nearing its billionth app download—refused to comment on how... More »

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iPhone • Apple • child abuse • game • iPhone applications

Fortune Favors the iPhone Developer

Pros and amateurs stampede to profit
from tech 'gold rush'

Apr 4, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s really no sure way of making a buck these days—unless you write a successful app for the iPhone, the New York Times says. Professionals and amateurs alike are cashing in on the iPhone gold rush by developing applications. Cash-strapped programmer Ethan Nicholas, whose app has topped 2... More »

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 Stanford Offers 
 Free iPhone App 
 Developer Course 

iTunes U course will teach online students how to build applications

Apr 3, 09 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stanford University is offering free online lessons to would-be iPhone application developers, reports Ars Technica. The university's computer science department is making materials from its 10-week iPhone Application Programming course available for download from iTunes starting this week, including video lectures by Apple engineers. The materials will be the same... More »

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 BlackBerry Users 
 Get an App Store 

RIM hopes it'll draw more customers

Apr 1, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - RIM's latest effort to quench their Blackberry users' iPhone envy is an application store, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company expects about 1,000 applications to be posted at the new App World this week—still a trickle compared to Apple's 15,000. Those now available include apps for... More »

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(Newser) - Pirates have struck the iPhone app store and cracked roughly one in five paid applications for online distribution, Wired reports. At least 5,000 apps are circulating on the Internet, says one analytics company, which found dozens of apps that are downloaded only once for every 100 cracked copies. "... More »

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iPhone • piracy • unlock iPhone • iPhone applications

Skype Could Hit iPhone
as Soon as Next Week

Voice-over-IP firm may announce its client at CTIA Wireless

Mar 27, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Skype is putting the finishing touches on a version of its VoIP client for the iPhone, and may debut it as soon as an industry conference next week, GigaOm reports. Skype is looking to the mobile market to keep growing as its PC usage starts to plateau. Skype already offers... More »

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iPhone • software • Skype • Voice over IP • telephone • iPhone applications • mobile phones

Tech Review

Apps Your iPhone Must Have

Tech guru Mossberg lists programs that justify gizmo's price tag

Mar 26, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The iPhone App Store has been a slam dunk as far as Walter Mossberg is concerned. “We’ve seen this before, on a smaller scale,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal. “But these new apps can be far more sophisticated, and they are appearing at a... More »

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iPhone App Lets
Users 'Fly' Like Sully

Flight simulator includes actual air traffic communication from US Airways 1549

Mar 24, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new iPhone app gives users the opportunity to compare their flying skills to those of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, reports the Unofficial Apple Weblog. The "Sully's Flight" simulator application re-creates the conditions experienced by Flight 1549 before the hero pilot safely brought it down in the Hudson River.... More »

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(AP) - Apple is updating its software for iPhones so that users can cut, copy, and paste text—a basic computing feature missing from the gadget. The company—which unveiled 100 new features that will be available in the summer—also pledged to change the way third-party software programmers can build and... More »

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iPhones Turn Into Kindles, With Free App

Amazon hopes to corner iPhone's
eBook market

Mar 4, 09 7:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Amazon’s widely praised digital book reader is getting a second home on the iPhone, reports the Washington Post. Amazon is launching a free Kindle app today that has most of the Kindle functions. Though it won't have the Kindle’s ink-and-paper-like screen, the iPhone version will allow users to... More »

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(Newser) - Apple has a lot of nifty apps for its iPhone, but apparently the novelty wears off in a hurry. A new analysis shows that many people download them, then promptly forget about them, Apple Insider reports. Just 20% of people use free apps the day after download; at the end... More »

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Apple • paid content • ad revenue • iTunes Store • iPhone applications • mobile devices • Pinch Media

(Newser) - Las Vegas card-counters beware, if you're using an iPhone, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. A California gaming authority has tipped off Nevada officials about an iPhone program that helps users count cards in blackjack. "The program calculates the true count and does it significantly more accurately," a Gaming... More »

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gambling • iPod • casino • iPhone applications

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