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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… Continue Reading »

First, let me congratulate you on a fairly witty pun-based ad campaign. You’re making a point, and with quite a bit of gumption, given the lack of cool smartphones available on your larger-than-life network. Second, I’ll acknowledge our past relationship; nine good years with excellent coverage and several fairly decent… Continue Reading »

It’s true. There’s a sixth installment in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy. With the death of Douglas Adams in 2001, it seemed the landmark series had reached a less than impressive end with Mostly Harmless, a book which Douglas himself referred to as “bleak.” But is a bleak… Continue Reading »

Popular blog publishing software, WordPress, has recently released version 2.0 of its software. However, it has been released as a separate application, like what was done with Tweetie 2, so don’t bother checking for an update to your already-downloaded WordPress app. WordPress 2 brings an impressive redesign and a bunch… Continue Reading »

Are you familiar with Habbo Hotel? The company behind the sensational virtual world, Sulake, Inc., has created a similar pocketsize virtual world for mobile devices known as Bobba (or Bobba Bar for the iPhone version). Bobba has already been out on various smartphones for a few months now, and the… Continue Reading »

Halloween might be upon you, but you’re grown up now. So instead of getting the candy, you’ll be giving it out with a big smile on your face, right? Yeah, probably not. Those darn kids just want candy. They don’t give a crap about you, and they certainly don’t care… Continue Reading »

There’s certainly no shortage of Halloween-themed apps in the iTunes App Store. Search “Halloween,” and nearly 200 apps show up. Now, the connection to Halloween with some of these is dubious at best, but that’s still a lot of material. The question is, how many of these apps are actually… Continue Reading »

The Viper SmartStart System, a new Best Buy exclusive hardware and software combination only available for the iPhone and iPod touch, allows you to do a number of cool things with your iDevice and your car, such as start your car with virtually unlimited range, warm it in winter and… Continue Reading »

The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (a.k.a. NASDAQ) has surprised many with its new, free official iPhone app. The app, titled NASDAQ Portfolio Manager, allows users to look up various stocks and get access to data in real-time when the market is open. The main app screen features… Continue Reading »

A new iPhone development project has recently surfaced and begun to gain public interest as it is the first ever firewall for the iPhone and iPod touch. This firewall alerts users whenever an application requires use of the App Store (even if it is hidden), access to the internet, and… Continue Reading »