Wi-Fi Stumblers Vanish From App Store

Apple’s really gotta knock this off. Once again, we all wake up to a story of Apple arbitrarily removing apps from their iTunes App Store – some which have been sold for years – for vauge and arbitrary reasons. Today’s victims? Wi-Fi stumbling programs like WiFiFoFum, WiFi-Where and yFy Network Finder, which are all designed to [...more]

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Mar 05 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Final Fantasy: Now on the iPhone

And a great horde of moogles and chocobos rejoiced, as their franchise, straight and true, landed on that most chosen of platforms! Final Fantasy – specifically, Final Fantasy’s I and II – have arrived for the iPhone, greedily sucking apart whatever was left of your free time. The twin franchise leaders – the second of which [...more]

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Mar 03 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Couple Marries at Apple Store, Parents Die Of Shame

Comedians, start your engines! Last Valentine’s Day, geeks Josh & Ting Li tied the knot at, of all places, New York’s 5th avenue Apple Store. The details: The two were married by a priest dressed up like Steve Jobs himself. That explains why, during the ceremony, the priest went on a two hour rant about how [...more]

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Feb 24 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

The App Store: Now With 100% Less Fun!

Many of you have likely been hearing about the iPhone App Store’s crackdown on suggestive or titillating apps. The common thread in all the stories has been a deliberate vagueness on Apple’s part – they know if they define the content they don’t want as a list of rules then developers are just going to [...more]

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Feb 21 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Apple Bans The Word “Android” From The App Store

“Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?” could soon read, “Do ********s Dream Of Electric Sheep?” At least in the App store. Last week new regulations came down the pipe from Apple banning the word “Android” from being mentioned in any app descriptions. The culprit that caused the ban was Tim Novikov, whose “Flash of Genius” [...more]

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Feb 08 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Google Store Sells $300 Scarf, Keeps Straight Face

The Google Store (which before this story I had no idea existed) is selling a ton of high end clothing and accessories, apparently under the impression that any of us have any money these days. Chief among the items sold? This $300 designer scarf, “inspired by Google.” How a search engine could inspire a long rag [...more]

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Feb 06 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

The App Store Is Coming! The App Store Is Coming!

Google’s App Store is right around the corner – hooray for the 12 people out there who own a Nexus One! Actually, this is great news for anyone running Android – soon, you’ll be able to download crappy application after crappy application just like your iPhone’d counterparts. According to the Wall Street Journal, many of the applications [...more]

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Feb 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos