App Store

Apple Adds New Features To App Store

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.25.2012

This week the Apple App Store rolled out its new "Editors' Choice" and "App Of The Week" features, both of which highlight apps for users and promise ...

Why Apple Is the True Legacy of Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show

Brad Spirrison | Posted 05.23.2012

Brad Spirrison

Like The Tonight Show, the App Store is not just about blockbusters, but also more niche titles that appeal to a variety of tastes.

Classic Toy Makers Get Creative In The Digital Age

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.18.2012

For the toy industry, times have been tough. Sales at some of the biggest companies like Mattel and Hasbro have fallen as toy makers compete for the s...

The 7 Creepiest Apps Ever

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.07.2012

Social discovery apps like Highlight can be great tools for those looking to connect and meet up with people around them, even if meeting for the firs...

iPad Owners: Beware Of App Store Fraud

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.16.2012

For new iPad owners, a word from those who have come before you: Fraud at Apple's App Store, the brand's virtual mall for digital merchandise, is out ...

Someone's About To Win $10,000

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 05.03.2012

Someone is about to win $10,000. Just over two weeks after announcing a countdown to 25 billion app downloads, Apple has revealed that the mileston...

Older Apple Devices Can't Download Apps?

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 12.21.2011

UPDATE: Our Aol sister site Engadget reports that Apple appears to have fixed the bug, and that users running iOS 3.1.3 are again able to download app...

The Critical Juncture in Children's Mobile Media

Daniel Donahoo | Posted 01.15.2012

Daniel Donahoo

If we as parents, educators and developers want to maintain quality children's educational apps, it's time to take a step back and reassess our expectations: $.99 is not sustainable.

Gerry Smith

Apple Punishes Researcher For Finding Potential Security Flaw

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.08.2012

In the cybersecurity world, most hackers fall into two categories. "Black hats" exploit flaws to cause chaos. "White hats" report flaws so they can be...

Steve Jobs and the Art of Transforming our Lives

Suren Ramasubbu | Posted 12.10.2011

Suren Ramasubbu

I was told Steve Jobs was ill. I noticed his frail appearance at WWDC 2011 but dismissed the hoopla around his health. I never doubted for a second th...

Apple Pulls Allegedly Racist App

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has removed a mobile app, called "Jew or Not Jew?", from its online App Store in France. The...

Rod Kurtz

What Are Your Favorite Apps?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 08.15.2011

Whether you're loyal to iPhone, BlackBerry or Android, most of us can't imagine being separated from our trusty smartphones for more than a few minute...

Amazon's New iPad App Sidesteps Apple App Store Restrictions

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.10.2011

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday revealed new video and book-reading services that are designed for the iPad but bypa...

Apple's Milestone, Gadget Car Crashes, And More Must-See Stats

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.10.2011

"Numbered," our weekly digits digest, is bringing you the numbers behind the news. This feature highlights the top new stats, facts, and figures to...

Apple Loses Bid To Protect 'App Store'

Posted 09.06.2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc's attempt to quickly stop online retailer Amazon.com Inc from using the "App Store" name, ac...

Book Publishers' Last Hope?

guardian.co.uk | Posted 08.17.2011

How lucrative are iPad book-apps? UK studio Ustwo revealed some figures at Thursday's Futurebook Innovation Workshop conference in London indicating t...

How Apple Approves Apps

AdWeek | Posted 07.23.2011

Last week, Apple went to Washington, D.C., to answer questions from U.S. lawmakers about consumer privacy in the mobile marketplace. The visit was tri...

REPORT: Android Market Spawning Faster Than Apple

TechCrunch | Posted 07.05.2011

There's no doubt Android Market will at some point offer more applications for download and/or purchase than Apple's App Store, as the latter's growth...

PETA Counters Controversial 'Dog Wars' App

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.28.2011

Animal rights organization PETA has released a free iPhone app in response to the release of polarizing Android app "Dog Wars," a mobile game featurin...

App Store Rejects Immigrant-Smuggling Game

Posted 06.28.2011

(Russell Contreras, AP/Huffington Post) -- An iPhone game developed by a Boston company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through ...

A First Look At The Army's App Store

Wired | Posted 06.27.2011

If all of the bureaucratic and security hurdles can be overcome, the Army will soon launch its version of an app store, where soldiers can download Ar...

Apple Announces Impressive Quarter

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 06.20.2011

Apple just reported its second quarter revenue for 2011, and the Cupertino-based company brought in over $24.67 billion, thanks in no small part to st...

From Smartphones to a Smarter World: The Impact of Mobile Tech

Raymond Schillinger | Posted 06.20.2011

Raymond Schillinger

The vanguard of the mobile revolution -- the smartphone -- has usurped the roles of countless other devices that until recently were considered necessities of modern life.

Apple Sues Amazon Over App Store Trademark

bloomberg.com | Edvard Pettersson and Don Jeffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued Amazon.com Inc., saying the online retailer is using Apple’s “App Store” trademark for a mobile-software developer progra...

Apple: 'App Store' Trademark No More Generic Than 'Windows'

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple wants the App Store all for itself--the term "App Store," that is. In response to Microsoft's suit against Apple's trademark filing for the phra...