A MLB.com At Bat ’12 Conversation…
Stephen: So what do you think about the changes they made this year? Dave: Has the new MLB.com At Bat come out? From what I saw in the iOS App Store, the 2011 version is still there. I haven’t looked at the 2011 version in a while. I suppose I check it out while I [...]
Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million in 20 Days
Since moving to the Mac App Store 20 days ago, Pixelmator grossed $1 million.
Angry Birds to become an animated series
Earlier this week, there were reports that Angry Birds, the casual iOS game that is sweeping the mobile market, was in talks with some folks to make an animated series out of the property. Well, it appears that the rumors are true, AppAdvice.com has an article quoting Rovio Mobile CEO, Mikael Hed that it’s all [...]
OMG! Atomic Web Browser supports downloads!
RichTech’s Atomic Web Browser [$0.99] has been updated recently to add a download manager to allow the browser to download files that can then be sent to DropBox, Emailed, or opened by an external app on your iDevice. I’ve been on the fence between Atomic Web Browser and Life Web Browser [$2.99]. Now that Atomic [...]
Doodle Jump Creator is Trying to Trademark Doodle
Well, this is fun. Lima Sky, Doodle Jump creator, is trying to trademark doodle. The word doodle. As the article notes, there are several games on the App Store with doodle in their title. And I don’t find the artwork in Doodle Jump particularly unique. The doodle guy reminds me a lot of Q*Bert. The [...]
Hargrove’s App picks for 2010
Here is the Angry Birds interview we discussed during the show. And here are my picks for 2010. iPad Game Pinball HD – I don’t play many games on the iPad but when I do, this is it. It’s fast and furious fun, although The Deep is the only table that really impresses me. The [...]
Hargrove’s All-Time Top 5 iPhone / iPad Apps
Okay, here’s my All Time Top 5 iPhone / iPad Apps. While they’re listed in no particular order, they’re coincidentally listed in the order that I use them the most. 1Password Remember The Milk Reeder Instapaper Pastebot We’ll discuss these in more detail in the next podcast, so be sure to check it out!
App Store not profitable for Apple
According to MacStories.net, the App Store only contains 19% paid apps and of those apps, the average selling price is $1.49. Now that sounds pretty bad, but according to the article, apple makes $180M a year gross. Now that sounds like a lot, but Apple makes $33.7B a year gross. So not so much. Still, [...]
WIRED Magazine on iPad pushes 24,000 downloads in one day
Electronista.com is reporting today that the WIRED Magazine application that was recently released in the App Store for iPad sold over 24,000 copies in just 24 hours. Wired mag on iPad pushes 24,000 downloads in one day | Electronista: Wired today set a possible benchmark for e-reading after its New York Bureau Chief John Abell [...]
WIRED Magazine hits the iPad
Most of the new digital magazines that have hit the App Store for the iPad haven’t really inspired me to want to purchase. However, WIRED Magazine has just recently hit the App Store for $4.99 and I am a pretty big fan of WIRED, so I went ahead and splurged. It’s a big download, 527 [...]
