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Official FBI Child ID App Launched for iPhone

Chris Burns, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, this being the real official FBI, have launched a totally legit FBI Child ID app in the iOS App Store. What this Child ID app does is allow parents to electronically store photos and "critical information" about their children for later use should their child turn up missing. In addition to being able to store info and images of your child, Child ID has an archive of information on how to keep your child safe and what your courses of action should be if they do indeed go missing. Our first question, us being part of a rather paranoid generation, is in regards to how secure this app really is, and how we'll be able to know if this information really is being kept only by the FBI OR if it'll be all too simple for predators to get the information we've shared. Read The Full Story

Google+ and iCloud win Developer hearts as Facebook future fades

Chris Davies, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

The lure of Google+ is enough to keep developers from worrying about Android patent issues, according to the latest survey, with the fast-growing social network name-checked along with Apple iCloud as the top driving factors amid mobile growth and adoption. Google+ and iCloud’s engagement and cloud-connectivity are of prime interest to developers, Appcelerator discovered, especially with their potential to squeeze out Facebook as dominant in mobile mindshare, but they spared some time to discuss the limiting factors potentially holding back Android tablet success.

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Skype for iPad returns to App Store

Chris Davies, Aug 2nd 2011 Discuss [4]

Skype for iPad has been re-added to the App Store, having briefly made an appearance yesterday. Skype pushed out the tablet version of the app late on Monday, but then quickly took it down again amid claims that it “went live prematurely”; now the download is active again [iTunes link].

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Intel: Apple’s electron-blindness is App Store’s shortcoming

Chris Davies, Jul 29th 2011 Discuss [8]

Intel's AppUp digital store chief Peter Biddle reckons Apple's App Store doesn't consider electrons enough to be a success, and believes that separating out hats and hammers, moms and hipsters is the way forward for software retail. "We love the idea that there could be thousands of stores" the exec suggested at a press event this week, The Register reports, cutting through the App Store morass by allowing independent store managers to curate their own selection. Read The Full Story

BBC iPlayer app for iPad hits Europe in first stage of global trial

Chris Davies, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

The BBC has launched a European version of its iPlayer streaming TV and radio app for iPad, offering subscription-based access to new and archive content from the network. Initially released as a pilot in eight western European countries, though expected to be pushed globally by BBC Worldwide over time, subscriptions to the BBC iPlayer app are priced at €6.99 a month (or €49.99 for an annual subscription). Read The Full Story

NASA Releases iPad App For Exploring Earth

Rue Liu, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

NASA has been all about exploring space, but now with their space shuttle program winding down and the imminent decommissioning of the International Space Station, it's time to focus on exploring Earth. Well, at least that's what the freshly launched NASA Visualization Explorer app will help you do on your iPad. The app packs in real-satellite data along with a plethora of informational stories, movies, and still images. Read The Full Story

Adobe Shutters AIR Marketplace And InMarket

Rue Liu, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [3]

Adobe will be shutting down its two app stores, the AIR Marketplace and the InMarket. The decision shows signs of defeat as well as wisdom, as Adobe reasons that developers now have many newer and more popular marketplace platforms to which they can distribute their apps. And given that, Adobe feels it should refocus resources on making it easier for developers to publish to multiple platforms rather than continuing to support its own platforms. Read The Full Story

Kindle, WSJ, Spotify iOS apps & more lose store links

Chris Davies, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [17]

Multiple iOS apps have been updated this weekend to remove in-app purchasing links, with the WSJ, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Spotify and others apparently complying with Apple’s stricter rules. Apple quietly updated its terms & conditions back in June, no longer preventing services from selling content outside of apps – as had been originally the case – but insisting that in-app links to external stores be removed.

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Google+ For iPhone Now The Top Free App In iTunes

Rue Liu, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [4]

The Google+ for iPhone app was released yesterday and it's already hit the top of the list for the most popular free apps in the iTunes App Store. This is fascinating since Google+ is limited to the invite-only beta users currently on the network. That number was announced as 10 million last week during Google's earnings call, but is now estimated to be at 18 million. Read The Full Story

TubeTap app could make Tube delays profitable

Chris Davies, Jul 20th 2011 Discuss [3]

A new iPhone app promising to help Londoners claw some cash back when their Tube journeys are delayed has been released, TubeTap, using a combination of geolocation and automated refund applications. The £0.69 iOS app tracks each journey and, if any delay encountered exceeds the 15 minutes Underground authority TFL mandates, offers a one-tap process to submit a claim. Read The Full Story

Early Version of Google+ iOS App Released By Accident

Chris Burns, Jul 19th 2011 Discuss [25]

It appears that there was a glitch in the system, a rip in the Matrix, if you will, in this morning's release of the Apple version of the Google+ app on the iTunes App Market. Google rep Punit Soni discovered this error early on in the day and announced on Google+ that the version was indeed incorrect basically immediately after the error was corrected. The problem with this situation is that because the app was so immediately massively popular, thousands of users downloaded the incorrect version by mistake. This has resulted in a slew of errors. Read The Full Story

CNN Touts First 24-hour Streaming Mobile News Network, For Some, Not All

Chris Burns, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [4]

The folks at CNN can be proud today to call themselves the first ever news network to have fully active 24-hour streaming news via both new-world sources. The news team at CNN have CNN.com for anyone to view a 24-hour stream via their web browser at the same time as having Apple iOS apps for both iPhone and iPod Touch as well as iPad, all of these starting on July 18th, that being the day this post was published. This makes CNN Worldwide the very first news organization to stream its linear television channels online and via mobile devices owned by those who subscribe to a multi-channel video service. Read The Full Story