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First Motion-Sensitive Shakable Ad Introduced To iPhone, God Help Us

It was bound to happen eventually. Something tells me that this will be the equivalent of a pop-up for the iPhone generation. Dockers has introduced the first ever “motion-sensitive” ad to the Apple iPhone device. The ad will be featured in an assortment of the most popular iPhone apps. The ad, titled “Shakedown 2 Get Down,” takes advantage of the ...

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Jorge Colombo Sketches With The iPhone

No one can deny the technical prowess of Apple’s dream gadget. But did you know that the iPhone can be used as a legitimate painting tool? Such is the case with artist Jorge Colombo. Check out these realistic (to an extent) sketches of New York City that he drew using the Brushes application on his iPhone. Grand Central? Check. New ...

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NCAA March Madness iPhone App

Consider yourself a huge college basketball fan? Excellent. If you own an iPhone, your day just got a whole lot brighter. CBS Sports is teaming up with MobiTV in an effort to offer 63 NCAA basketball games for free on the iPhone. The app, which goes on sale today for $4.99, will allow users with an iPod Touch or iPhone ...

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Worlds.com CEO Wants to Sue Everyone

If you’re unfamiliar with Worlds.com, you’ll have to read up on the company’s asinine history sometime. The company created some shitty 3-D environment back in the dot-com boom days and because of this, it feels it owns all the patents pertaining to 3-D gaming. Now CEO Thom Kidrin is pulling a real douche move and is looking to sue the ...

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He Said, She Said, Apple Said

Developing for the iPhone can make you rich, but it can also come with unseen difficulties, including rejection from the App Store. This can be a bummer after investing time and money into developing your app, which is why developer Loren Brichter probably felt like shit when Apple rejected his Twitter app, Tweetie. Apple cited “foul language” as the reason ...

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Paparazzi: New iPhone Game Brings Facebook Into The Mix

Paris Hilton. Britney Spears. Lindsay Lohan. What do these three beautiful women have in common? Ah yes, they’ve all flashed their vagina for the paparazzi. Lovely. Wouldn’t you love to be a member of the paparazzi sans citations for stalking from the LAPD? Of course you would. That’s why you need to check out this new game based on the ...

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RIM Job: Blackberry App World Demands Your Money

So RIM has officially announced the Blackberry App World. Stupid name, yes, but it should be considered a serious competitor to Apple’s App Store. Similar to the App Store, App World will have some free apps for you to download. But as far as paid apps go, the minimum price a developer can set an app at is $2.99. To ...

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Amazon Launches Kindle iPhone App

Wow. That was, like, really quick Mr. Bezos. Nice work. Amazon decided to make an incredibly smart business decision and today released an iPhone Kindle app that allows you to download books on the go and read them on your iPhone. It’s a much cheaper way to enjoy the Kindle’s unique features on the device you prefer. Oh, and the ...

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Apple Announces Safari 4 Beta

I don’t know about you, but as a full-fledged Mac user, I get very sick of using the de facto browser, Firefox. It’s big, bloated and uses up all my resources on my iMac G5. Loading up JavaScript-heavy websites? Go get a drink, because it’s going to take a good hour for Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Digg to finish loading. ...

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Gmail Goes Down

News agencies from around the world are reporting that Google’s ultra-popular Gmail service has been down since this morning. You can still send and receive mail using a third-party program, like Mail.app or Outlook, but apparently, for most international users, the web service isn’t working. I tried logging on at 9:30am here in New York and had no problems. But ...

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