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  • App Store now has more than 100,000 applications available

    Apple’s iTunes App Store has reached a very important milestone: 100,000 available applications. In a marketplace where other companies are struggling to get 1,000 applications available for purchase and download, Apple and the developers with accounts have once again risen to the occasion. 100,000 certainly isn’t a small number, and it undoubtedly has brought much success for Apple and the iPhone OS platform.

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$50 Wolfram Alpha app appears on App Store, appears to be worth it

by Josh Holat on Oct 21, 2009 at 03:07 PM

Wolfram Alpa, a “long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone,” recently had their iPhone app accepted by Apple into the App Store. The application—which costs a nicely sized $50—is the first native Wolfram Alpha application available through download in the App Store, although the company has… Continue Reading »

Apple embraces Twitter as a way to advertise iTunes content

by Josh Holat on Oct 21, 2009 at 01:03 PM

Whether you like or use Twitter, it is certainly clear the service has had some value when it comes to promoting brands. Until recently, Apple has solely had iTunesTrailer, an account with around 1.2 million followers, as part of their social media band wagon. However, Apple has recently created a… Continue Reading »

iTunes vs. doubleTwist

by Patrick Lutz on Oct 15, 2009 at 06:52 AM

If you use a Mac or own any of Apple’s iDevices, chances are you use iTunes on a regular basis. The reason behind this is that iTunes had been dominating the digital media market on personal computers for a while now. Apple intelligently bundled iTunes with OS X and ensured… Continue Reading »

iTunes LP not for indie labels, quite expensive

by Josh Holat on Oct 13, 2009 at 06:34 AM

At first glance, iTunes LP seems like an interesting new way to revive some of the sales of records. They offer the same songs available as single/album downloads on other stores, but also provide their own visual twist on the content, making them different (and more expensive) than simply purchasing… Continue Reading »

Rock Band coming to iPhone soon

by Josh Holat on Oct 11, 2009 at 05:20 PM

For all of you out there who love to jam with friends using Rock Band, you will soon be able to do it on your iPhone. As confirmed by EA Games and a video of the gameplay (past the jump) and in a Touch Arcade preview, a version of Rock… Continue Reading »

Eminem and Apple court case closed

by Josh Holat on Oct 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM

After four long years of being in debates over the infringement of 93 separate songs, Eminem and Apple have officially come to an agreement in court. Although no financial details have been disclosed yet, Eminem and his attorney Richard Busch were searching for $2.5 million in damages through iTunes downloads… Continue Reading »

Dropbox makes its way to the iPhone, proves to be just as awesome as on the Mac

by Josh Holat on Oct 2, 2009 at 04:31 PM

Remember about a month ago when the team over at Dropbox submitted their iPhone application to Apple for review for the App Store? Yea, we know it’s been a while. Well that application has now been accepted and is available as a free download through the App Store! The application… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews PushGmail for iPhone, iPod Touch

by Josh Holat on Sep 26, 2009 at 03:52 PM

Many people have been waiting for decent Gmail Push Notifications to come to the iPhone. There are quite a few of these applications in the App Store that try to solve this issue, and there is now also a way to get Gmail emails through Push using Google Sync and… Continue Reading »

USB Group rules against Palm

by Bill Stiteler on Sep 23, 2009 at 01:47 PM

The USB Implementers Forum—which controls how the USB architecture is used—has ruled against Palm’s camouflaging of their Pre smartphone as an iPod. The Pre identified itself as a mass storage device manufactured by Apple in order to allow their phone to be recognized and sync music with iTunes. Palm made… Continue Reading »

Inside the iTunes LP

by Bill Stiteler on Sep 13, 2009 at 10:15 PM

After killing the album with the a la carte design of iTunes, Apple has decided to resuscitate it with the iTunes LP: users pay for an entire album, and get a boatload of extras: liner notes, videos, visualizers, and whatever extras the labels (and artists themselves) decide to include. But… Continue Reading »

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