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atrus123: I feel it. I have a number of applications on the Android Market, and even on the apps that I get good feedback on that I'm charging as little as 99 ... more »
fleebailey33: i really wish app developers would stop bitching, its really getting old honestly. I understand some parts are not fun, but then go develope for symbi... more »
BloggyMcBlogBlog: Just asking since I really don't know: is it easier or harder to pirate apps on Android compared to the iPhone? more »
ninjagin: Part Duex? Prolly meant "Part Deux", I'm guessing. Anyhow, the gist of this story is that Android doesn't have the large number of phone users to sel... more »
Kaiser-Machead: I don't need any stinking app to tell people what I am. frantically enters name more »
Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I don't have an iphone, but I've seen the same thing available on the Internet. Any idea of the charges? I'm guessing 25$-50$. more »
Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: "Except the guy who ran off with some knee high stockings of mine. I never did figure out what happened there." Life's a Cabaret... more »
Platypus Man: I wonder what it would find for Lorenzo von Matterhorn... more »
Software_Goddess: I’m tempted to put my own name through these app’s to see what it has to say about me. Is there a female version of Stud or Dud? more »
Monty: I assume they have an image of your signature - but the next question (and I assume the answer is "yes") is whether it is a legally valid electronic s... more »

#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's charmingly tawdry app roundup: Voices, creepily modulated! Annoying trips to Kinkos, averted! Cats, artfully superimposed! Photos, easily shared! iPhone speakers, blown! Call of Duty, iPhone'd! Google Maps, humiliated! Certifiably good games, discounted! And more... More »
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There Can Be Only One: Part Deux
App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they've got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. More »
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These Two iPhone Apps Made Me Realize That My Love Life Sucks
While trying out Stud/Dud and Single?, two romance-themed iPhone apps, I've realized that I've got a lousy relationship history. First I discovered that several ex-boyfriends were "duds," then that one was actually married...to his grandmother. I can't look anymore! More »
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Sign Documents on Your iPhone Through Zosh App
Every time I receive an emailed loan agreement for a product review, the process of signing it becomes a complete pain. I either have to print, sign and scan the document, or paste a signature in Photoshop. No more! More »
#livescribe

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Now Has Its Own App Store
The folks behind Livescribe, the smartpen/pencorder/computer stick/dictapencil (remember?) have finally made good on an old promise: to open it up to 3rd-party applications. That's right folks—now there's an app store for pen and paper. More »
#imagecache

David Pogue Parodies Britney Spears With "Apps!...I Did It Again"
Memories of mornings spent singing into a hairbrush flooded back as I listened to this Apple-themed rendition of Britney Spears' Oops...I did it again being performed by David Pogue. He could have a heck of a pop star career. More »
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CatPaint for iPhone Single-Pawedly Justifies the Existence of the App Store
Within seconds of installing CatPaint, I felt like the Matisse of adding cats to photos. Within minutes, I was Leonardo da goddamn Vinci. More »
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Application Makes Your iPhone Blow Air
At last, after being blowed a billion times, it's the iPhone's turn. Believe it or not, there's a new application for the iPhone that uses its speaker to blow air. No peripherals. No attachments. Check the video for yourself. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
AT&T's 3G Network Sees 2,000% Increase Since iPhone 3G Release...Droid Camera Fixed, Without Explanation?...Genius Bar App Won't Help if Your iPhone Is Broken...Samsung Beats out Vizio for Top LCD Seller... More »
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Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: "Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special"
Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie was discussing smartphones at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference earlier. Apparently, we just don't get what is and what isn't important in the smartphone battle, because according to him, apps don't really matter. More »
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Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We're Ugly
Fact, maybe: Human beauty has nothing to do with subjective judgment, and everything to do with some obscure mathematical equation. Fact, definitely: There is an iPhone app based on this theory.
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#adobeflash

Flash 10.1 Tests: Hardware Accelerated HD Hulu and YouTube Video? Yes Please
The first Flash 10.1 desktop player beta has arrived, and AnandTech has put the new GPU-accelerated video playback to the test. And while the OS X version currently lacks graphics acceleration, Flash 10.1 still serves up improvements on the Mac. More »
#review

Slaughtering Nazi Zombies in Call of Duty Is Not as Insanely Fun on iPhone
For some reason, shanking a Nazi zombie and watching a mist blood spray across the screen, with five more waiting to gnaw my arm off in a dark, disgusting prison cell just isn't as much on the iPhone. More »
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Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 Betas Released: Life Is Better Now
The first betas of Adobe Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0—delivering full GPU acceleration of H.264 for buttery smooth HD Flash video playback and multitouch gesture support—are out. You should get them now. More »
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Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully
In this war there are two battles: the polite, traditional fight between expensive, full-featured apps like Navigon and TomTom, and the I-will-undercut-you-if-it-means-killing-my-own-mother gorefest of the cheaper apps, like MotionX and Gokivo. With RoadMate, Magellan has taken the road less bloody. More »
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iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too
Sounds sinister, right? That's probably because I replaced the word "computers" with "robots!" For effect! But no, still, this is at least insteresting: Developers are now reporting that apps are getting rejected, and not by humans. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones
However you feel about Windows Mobile 6.5, chances are you don't have it, so you (probably) haven't been able to try out the new Marketplace for Mobile. Starting today—earlier than promised!—anyone with a 6.x handset can access it. More »
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Official Commodore 64 Emulator Returns to the App Store
After being smacked down not once, but twice by the ridiculous App Store approval process, Manomio's fully-licensed Commodore 64 emulator is back in the App Store. More »
#iphoneapps

This Week's Best iPhone Apps
In this week's slightly more transparent app roundup: Malls, navigated! Instant messages, never ignored! Browser, bettered! Messaging, replaced! Hotel rooms, snagged! Photos, translated! Ghosts, faked! Blu-ray movies, supplemented! And more... More »
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10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality
Augmented reality. It's definitely a buzz phrase, but what is it, exactly? How do you experience it? Is there an app for it? Oh, most definitely. Here are 10. More »
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Apple App Store Approval Process Becomes Slightly Less Inscrutable
The shroud falls a bit further: Apple's now letting developers see where their apps are in the mysterious approval process! It's not much, but it is progress. Maybe one day we'll learn about the shadowy figures doing the approving. [Wired]
#safety

Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
Technological progress is amazing. Case in point: When I was learning to drive, my safety monitor was a "mom." It barked orders at me as I navigated Massachusetts streets, oftentimes recklessly at high rates of speed. In the future? Computers! More »
#androidapps

Free Adobe Photoshop App for Android
Photoshop! On Android! Adobe's free Photoshop app for Android is surprisingly just as slick as the iPhone's though it's missing all of the special effects, focusing on basics like saturation, exposure and cropping. More »
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Another iPhone Developer Gets Busted Stealing Phone Numbers
iPhone game developer Storm8, creator of games such as World War, iMobsters and Vampires Live, has just been hit with a suit for secretly gathering the phone numbers of everyone who purchases its games. More »
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The Ultimate iPhone Waste of Time
Some people spend countless hours watching reality TV shows. Others like to collect leaves. Then there are a few who enjoy watching the washing machine go round. And lastly, there are those who play Million Tap Challenge on their iPhones. More »
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Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside the App Store
Oh, App Store: You're a chore to navigate, difficult to search, and offer only the most superficial guidance as to which apps are actually good. Chorus—an app recommendation app, as awkward as that sounds—helps cut through the noise. More »
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The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
id's classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And thanks to oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers. More »
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Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? More »
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This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week's not at all scared app roundup: Nikon teaches a photography class, the NBA gouges its most devoted fans (and they like it), board games go digital, Disney gets app-y, and, well, Zombie Bikini Babes From Space! More »
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An Early Video Peek at LaLa's Übercheap Music App
The latest news, in The Week Of The LaLa: the company's long-promised iPhone app, which would bring the bizarre play-a-song-once-for-free-then-pay-10-cents model to mobile, has been submitted to Apple. And assuming they don't abort it, this is what it'll look like. More »
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Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Google's free turn-by-turn navigation for Maps is the news this morning, and even in Beta, they got a lot right. It has Google tech, like Street View and satellite imagery, and even voice-powered search. Here's what you need to know. More »
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Augmented Reality iPhone/Android App Tracks Where Government Bailout Dollars Went
Layar has a new augmented reality app function for iPhone and Android that's ~~delightfully~~ depressingly topical: It'll let you see exactly where bailout money went, via recovery.gov, which is pretty sweet since you sort of own all that stuff! More »
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This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week's incidentally infringing app roundup: NASA enters the iPhone's orbit, Earthworm Jim is ALIVE, your handset learns two tricks it should've known already, rhythm gaming goes pro, and Loopt users crudely proposition one another. More »
#software

Ninite Helps You Upgrade To Windows 7 By Installing Up To 58 Great Apps At Once
Simply put, the Ninite installer is one of the easiest ways to get many of your favorite apps loaded up after that fresh Windows 7 upgrade. More »
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ReelDirector Brings Video Stitching and Effects to iPhone
The 3GS already has barebones video trimming tools, but Nexvio's iPhone editing app picks up Apple's slack by adding in titles, basic effects and, most importantly, clip stitching. More »
#gizexplains

Giz Explains: Why Stuff Crashes (And Why It Happens Less Often Now)
You're working on the most important document you've ever typed and suddenly—boom: Blue screen. "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED." What the hell just happened? More »
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What On Earth Is Mozilla's Mystery iPhone App?
Mozilla's CEO says an iPhone app is due within a few weeks, and that it'll "surprise people." I mean, that's neat and all, but the most exciting possibility—Firefox—would be the least surprising. So, uh, what is it? More »
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EyeTV iPhone App Allows For Streaming Over 3G Through Built-In Backdoor (Update: And It Works Again!)
The EyeTV iPhone app is supposed to allow you to stream media from a computer to an iPhone over a Wi-Fi connection, but it comes with a little bonus that must've slipped past Apple's approval process: streaming over 3G. Updated. More »
#android

Put Your Android Lock Screen to Work with FlyScreen
There's a ton of unused space on the Android lock screen. Sure, there's a nice big clock and notifications appear as needed, but couldn't it be doing something more useful? It can, with FlyScreen. More »
#iphoneapps

The App Store Effect: Are iPhone Apps Headed for Oblivion?
It's uncanny. When known software gets repackaged for iPhones and iPod Touches and passes through the hallowed gates of the App Store, something happens: Almost invariably, it gets cheaper. Waaay cheaper. Good right? Well, not always. More »

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