Best apps of the week: Limbo, Anchor, Vine, and more
Need a way to kill time over the long holiday weekend? How about kicking back with some of the best apps of the week including Limbo, Vine, and more.
Apple gloats: 900,000 apps, 50 billion downloads for the Apple App Store
Apple's WWDC: App Store users have downloaded 900,000 apps with 50 billion downloads from the service (up from 30 billion in 12 months).
The inevitable happens and BangWithFriends gets the App Store boot
If you want to use Bang with Friends, don't look in Apple's App Store - it's banned.
Crosswa.lk lets you download iOS apps from the Web without launching App Store
A new API will allow company's to embed a button on their sites, letting people download iOS apps without needing to even have their mobile device present.
Want a $10,000 app gift card? Be the one to download Apple’s 50 billionth app
Apple announced that it will award a $10,000 app store gift card to whomever downloads the 50 billionth app since the store opened.
Home Design 3D app lets you design virtual models of your home
Home Design 3D lets users create virtual renderings of their home so they can test out paint colors and furniture layouts.
Facebook-connected ‘Angry Birds Friends’ now available on Android and iOS
The Facebook-connected Angry Birds Friends is now available on the App Store. Play against your friends on Facebook with daily and weekly updates.
Google Now is … now available on iPhone and iPad!
Google has launched a revamped version of its search app on the iPhone and iPad containing Google Now, it's Siri competitor.
iTunes made over $4 billion this quarter, boasts 850,000 apps with 350,000 optimized for iPad
Spitting in the face of naysayers, Apple has announced its second quarter earnings for this year and the numbers are just as impressive as last quarter.
Download race: Google Play Store downloads are about even with the App Store
Google Play has seen a meteoric rise over the last year. They're still down in revenue, but are nearly even with the iOS App Store on downloads.
ID, please. Apple adds age ratings to its App Store
Apple recently added age ratings to each of the apps listed in its App Store.
Did you know: A majority of app revenue comes from in-app purchases
A new study shows that the bulk of app revenue doesn't come from the initial download, but from in-app purchases.
5-year-old boy spends over $2500 in 10 minutes on in-app purchases
Serving as a cautionary tale for parents that don't set up parental controls, a young boy in England racked up major charges while purchasing in-app items
In just 5 minutes, small child spends $2,500 on iPad apps
After getting her iTunes password from his mother, a five-year-old boy racked up $2,500 worth of in-app purchases within ten minutes.
Hollywood targets apps that use copyrighted movie content without permission
In the war against pirated content, Hollywood is now setting its eyes on mobile apps that use its material without purchasing a license.
‘Gridlee’ sneaks a game emulator onto iTunes – get it while you can
Gridlee is a new app that nonchalantly entered the App Store last week, and it has a secret emulator that Apple has yet to discover
Thanks to the App Store, Vine is now an R rated social network
Apple punishes Vine for porn slip-ups by slapping a 17+ user rating on the fledgling social network.