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Apple’s App Store Reaches 25 Billion Downloads

Apple’s App Store Reaches 25 Billion Downloads

Apple’s App Store last week reached 25 billion downloads since its inception in 2008, and along with the milestone comes the end of the company’s “25 Billion App Countdown” promotion launched two weeks ago. The winner of the promotion, who is yet to be announced, will be awarded a $10,000 gift card valid for App [...]

Google Earth for Your iPhone or iPod Touch

Google has ported Google Earth to the iPhone or iPod touch, and it’s such an impressive app that it deserves an Apple ad of its own. The interface for Google Earth will be familiar instantly to anyone who has used an iPhone for more than a couple of hours. Upon launching the app, you see [...]

MobileChat: A New IM Client for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Before one week, Twenty08 released a new instant messaging client for the iPhone/iPod touch. MobileChat (iTunes Link) allows you to connect to multiple IM services, including: AIM/ICQ/.Mac/MobileMe Windows Live/MSN Yahoo GTalk Jabber

Manage Your Monthly Budget Right from Your iPhone

Pennies is a new iPhone application from the same people who brought you AppZapper and Disco. Pennies is a simple, yet beautifully designed, application to manage your monthly budget right from your iPhone or iPod touch. When you first launch the application you are presented with a “This Month” budget screen where you can set [...]

Bubble Level: You Will Always Have a Level Tool in Your Pocket

With my girlfriend in the process of refurbishing her kitchen, I found myself in need of (and without) a carpenter’s level yesterday afternoon. But then I remembered Bubble Level, an application for the iPhone and iPod touch.

WordPress App Went Live on the App Store

WordPress app went live on the App Store a few days ago. This free app, which works with WordPress.com blogs as well as any self hosted sites running version 2.5.1 or higher, let’s you post to your blog easily. As you can see in our gallery, the application is straightforward and pretty easy to use.

One of the Big Remaining Holes on the iPhone

Evernote for iPhone (iTunes link) looks to fill one of the big remaining holes on the iPhone: virtual notes syncing. Basically, the iPhone app is a stripped down version of the Evernote client which allows you to create and access notes which are stored in the Evernote cloud. Once created these notes can be accessed [...]

A Powerful Way to Control Your iTunes

Apple has a treat waiting for all you iPhone/iPod touch owners who also happen to be iTunes users (I imagine there is a high level of overlap between the two groups): Remote. Remote is a free application that turns your iPhone (or iPod touch) into a remote control for iTunes. Sounds simple, but once you [...]

Apple released iPod Touch v2.0 Software Update

Blessed are the patient, for they shall pay $9.95 (or $10.79, with sales tax depending on your billing address) and download the iPod touch 2.0 Software Update (store link), and yea they shall wait some 20 to 30 minutes for the 226 MB of new firmware to descend from the high Akamai and bestow App [...]

App Store officially available now

The App Store has been accessible for awhile now, but it is now official. Fire up your copy of iTunes and you’ll be greeted with a new addition to the left hand navigation: App Store. As with the other sections of the iTunes Store you’ll find a number of sections: New Apps, Top Apps, Top [...]