Every once in a while, an app will show up in the iOS App Store that’s not meant to be there, obviously in violation of one rule or another but overlooked by Apple’s approval team. Here are 10 great iPhone apps that Apple banned …
Apps & Software
‘Napster’ Is No More
After being bought out in October by eternal archrival Rhapsody, music subscription service “Napster” has shut down. Heading to Napster.com now gets you an explanation of what happened and a Rhapsody sales pitch.
I put “Napster” in quotation marks–-a practice I’ve followed, albeit inconsistently, for years–-because the …
While Siri Won’t Tell You Where to Get an Abortion, ‘These Are Not Intentional Omissions,’ Apple Says
Despite her many talents, Siri won’t help you if you want to get an abortion. This week women around the U.S. have been reporting that Apple’s new iPhone 4S digital assistant won’t locate abortion providers — but she will …
iPhone Tip: Get Home Screen Widgets for Quick Settings Tweaks [UPDATE]
The iPhone doesn’t do widgets, at least not officially. But thanks to developer Jeff Broderick, iPhone users can now add settings widgets to their home screens, providing shortcuts to airplane mode, brightness, Bluetooth and …
Google’s iPad App: Almost Chrome, and Trouble for Apple
Google has earned a reputation of late for releasing troubled iOS apps. Gmail was so buggy in its initial state that Google had to pull it from the App Store. Google+ was temperamental too, and even now it lags behind its Android …
Apparently, Congress Needs Two iPad Apps to Help It Get Things Done
For everyone who feels as if there are times when Congress doesn’t seem to collectively know how to do their jobs, take some comfort in the fact that this week saw the announcement of not one, but two iPad apps created …
New Skype Beta Lets You Call Facebook Friends, Doesn’t Fix Interface
No, it doesn’t remedy Skype’s kludgy, five-steps-backward Mac interface, but the new Skype beta for OS X (and standard version for Windows) will allow you to call Facebook friends if you so desire. It’s available now, and …
‘Occupy Flash’ Wants Adobe’s Plugin to Die Now, Not Later
It wasn’t enough for Adobe to put the kibosh on the mobile version of its Flash media plugin—a group riffing on the Occupy Wall Street movement wants to see Flash buried six feet under.
Occupy Flash describes itself as “the …
The Best Holiday Shopping Apps for Black Friday and Beyond
It’s every man for himself on Black Friday, so why not call on some smartphone apps to give you a hand? Armed with a smartphone and these holiday shopping apps, you might actually stand a chance against frenzied shoppers and …
AOL’s Thoroughly Modern AIM
I use my AIM instant-messaging account every day, but I can’t remember the last time I used the AIM software. Instead, I use iChat, Meebo, Imo.IM, and other third-party clients that work on AIM’s network. AIM’s app itself …
Google Music Store Launched with Free Track Sharing, Exclusive Content
Google Music is now open to everyone in the U.S. It’s a free service that you can use to store up to 20,000 of your songs on Google’s servers and stream those songs to compatible devices.
Songs can now be purchased directly …
“We've fixed the bug and notifications are now working, and the app is back in the App Store.”