Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million in 20 Days
Since moving to the Mac App Store 20 days ago, Pixelmator grossed $1 million.
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 [...]
Dave’s All-Time Top 5 iPhone / iPad Apps
This is my list of iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps: Elements (Universal – $4.99) This is pretty much the best text editor for the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. It uses DropBox as its file system which is pretty much the best way to deal with storing files being edited. Reeder (iPad – $4.99)Reeder (iPhone – $2.99) A very well [...]
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!
Soulver 2.0 Review
Background for Those Who Know and Love Soulver I started putting this review together around March 15, 2010. At the time, the current version of Soulver was 1.4.4, which was released around March, 2007. Frankly, other than the iPhone version, I thought the project was dead. I mean, come on. No update in three years? [...]
Illinois governor Pat Quinn is proposing a 5% “iTunes tax”
Illinois governor Pat Quinn is proposing a 5% “iTunes tax” on digital downloads. 19 other states have similar taxes, and Apple already collects 7.25% sales tax on iPhone apps: Illinois governor Pat Quinn is proposing a 5% ‘iTunes tax’ on digital downloads. 19 other states have similar taxes, and Apple already collects 7.25% sales tax [...]
More App Store Removals
Apple is at it again. First it was the hypocritical removal of adult-oriented apps, and now it’s WiFi stumblers. According to Three Jacks Software: We received a very unfortunate e-mail today from Apple stating that WiFi-Where has been removed from sale on the App Store for using private frameworks to access wireless information … Hopefully [...]
Instapaper Pro 2.2 Available now
Instapaper Pro 2.2 is available for download. This release, months in development, contains many improvements and additions. A choice of pagination or tilt scrolling and a built-in dictionary with definitions from Wiktionary. Graphical Mode has been removed, allowing much faster article downloads (thank all that’s holy), a new in-app browser allowing online access to anything. [...]
Steven Frank is Frigging Awesome
Steven Frank, of the uber-awesome Panic Software, is frigging awesome. Why, you might ask? Why indeed. First, he works for the astounding Panic Software, makers of such incredible software as Transmit, Coda, and Unison. But wait! That’s not all. He also does a little hacking on the side, and today he’s come up with a [...]
