EA brings Madden NFL to iPhone

One of the best selling game franchise of all times is the Madden NFL franchise from EA. In fact, the title is so important to EA that it warned investors that profits would be harmed if it lost its exclusive NFL license. EA is bringing the Madden NFL franchise to the ...

Apple targets sports fans with new ads

There is an app for just about everything in the App Store for the iPhone and the iPod touch. Anyone who owns or follows the iPhone knows this. However, the average Joe watching commercials for the iPhone on TV may not. Apple has a new marketing campaign with a commercial called ...

DrawRace hits iPhone

One of my favorite games when I was kid was this racing game that was 2D with three steering wheels around for multiple players. I forget the name of the game now; I think it was called Iron Man. A new game is available for the iPhone called DrawRace that ...

Dymo LabelWriter app for iPhone launches

Back when I had a real job, I often had to print address labels from this rickety Dymo label printer for mailing lists. The biggest pain was trying to get the labels to print the way I needed them too. Dymo has announced a new app for the iPhone that makes ...

China Unicom set to launch iPhone in Q4

Remember all those reports and rumors a few week ago that had China Unicom buying millions of iPhones from Apple sans Wi-Fi. Well, it seems that rumors were exaggerated. That said another rumor is circulating today about the deal. According to the new rumblings, China Unicom is signing up for a ...

Nikon DSLR camera remote app gets updated

One of the things that I have always meant to get for my Nikon D80 DSLR was a remote shutter release. It's impossible to take any shots in the dark without a remote or resorting to using the timer to trigger the shutter. The Nikon remote sells for about $20 and ...

Handmark unveils Down 4 The Count boxing app

I have liked boxing sense the days of Tyson and when it comes to boxing video games, I started on Punch Out back in the Nintendo days. I haven't tried a boxing game on my iPhone, but I am thinking about trying this new one from Handmark. The game is called ...

XM SkyDock for iPhone

In areas like mine where you have only pop and country stations, you need satellite radio. Assuming those aren’t your favorite genres of music. Sirius XM radio has a new kit for iPhone and iPod users that makes the device a satellite radio controller. The SkyDock reminds me a lot of ...

Review: Baseball games for the iPhone

With baseball's pennant races heating up, we take a look at two heavy hitters from the App Store -- MLB World Series 2009 and Baseball Superstars '09. Which will come out on top in our head-to-head match-up?

Developer Offers Inside Look at Sales Gap Between App Store and Android Market

TechCrunch points to a blog post from mobile app developer Larva Labs highlighting the company's sales data for its high-ranking Android Market applications and comparing that performance with that of successful iPhone applications.

La...

Asylum app launches, dudes everywhere smile

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Our parent company, AOL, happens to run a number of blogs catering to almost every niche -- from travel to cars to sports to more niche stuff like Apple, and the broader "dude" market. Asylum is a dude blog, with bikini pics, news of the weird, gadget and game tips, plenty of entertainment news and more. Like the TUAW app, it features categories, galleries (lots and lots of them) and saved/share article tools. Check it out, as it is free and available now.

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iPhone app scoops best software prize on Microsoft campus

Poor Microsoft. You generously welcome a Startup Weekend on your campus, where all manner of geeks and techies code their hearts out for 54 hours straight, you throw in the BizSpark program to encourage them to use your tools, and what do you get in return? Learn That Name, voted best app in show and designed for use on Apple's iPhone and Palm's Pre. Gee thanks! On the bright side, we congratulate Microsoft for allowing people to write for their platform(s) of choice -- and hey, it's not like Redmond has been lacking in innovation lately, right? Video demo of the name memorizing game / app is after the break.

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Detailed Technical Look at Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Ars Technica's John Siracusa has posted an exhaustive review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that delves deep into some of the technical changes behind Apple's latest operating system. The 23 page review covers topics that were previously covered unde...

GTA Chinatown coming to the iPhone

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Payback has been doing pretty well on the iPhone as a Grand Theft Auto clone, but the real thing is coming soon, apparently -- Rockstar Games says that they'll be bringing the acclaimed DS hit Chinatown Wars to Apple's iPhone and iPod touch platforms. Pretty big news, not only for GTA fans looking for a hijack-ing and crime spree fix (in this edition of the game, you can also deal drugs around the city, so that'll be fun), but also for the platform as a whole, since this is yet another sign that big developers are thinking about the iPhone as a major handheld platform.

Chinatown Wars isn't the only game Rockstar will be releasing on the App Store, either, as their PSP music title Beaterator is also set to make an appearance. Nothing has yet been said about exact date or price (though G4 has guessed Rockstar wlll aim higher than the premium somewhat-standard of $9.99). We'll keep tuned to the police scanners for you.

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iPhone App “Learn that Name” Wins at Microsoft-Sponsored Event — Awkward!

Learn that Name for the iPhone, coming soon to the iTunes App Store for $2.99, beat out 14 other apps and walked away with top honour at the Startup Weekend’s 54-hour coding marathon. Oh, and did we mention the event was sponsored by Microsoft, held on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, and was the only app NOT built on Microsoft’s platform.

Said organizer Clint Nelson upon naming the top vote getter:

“Awkward.”

Yeah, that’ll do it.

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iPhone App “Learn that Name” Wins at Microsoft-Sponsored Event — Awkward!

Apple Approves Spotify for iPhone

Apple went ahead and gave the green flag for the music streaming service Spotify, whose biggest selling point is the fact you can create playlists in a free desktop app, and then listen to those playlists via your iPhone at any point in time, with or without a data connection. Apple told the developer:

“The current status as of right now is it’s been approved, and we hope to add the app to the more than 65,000 apps on the app store very soon, We’ve been in constant communication working with the developer and have already notified Spotify that the app will be in the app store very soon.”

The good news is Apple approving this application for iPhone owners. The bad news being it is currently only available in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Britain, France and Spain. The weird news is that we still don’t see it actually in the App Store in those countries?

Spotify’s popularity has grown to over 2 million subscribers in Britain and they hope to have their service available here in the US before the end of the year. Perhaps this approved iPhone app will help things move along quicker. Music lovers can only hope.

Would any of our readers be ready to lay down their hard earned money for a service such as Spotify?

[Via Wired]

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Review: Pocket Universe for iPhone

This astronomy app, which takes advantage of your mobile device's location features to give you a custom display of the night sky, is an impressive marvel.