Microsoft objects to App Store trademark request

Sometimes product names are too generic to be trademarked and other times the competition just whines about trademarks because they intend on using the popular...
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Rumor: GSM iPhone users to get WiFi HotSpot access with iOS 4.3

Hours after Verizon announced the built in HotSpot functionality that would be available with the CDMA iPhone, a rumor started circulating the internet. According to iPhoneHellas.gr,...
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Apple drops iPhone 3GS price to $49, but will it last?

Drastic price drops rarely happen with Apple products, and when they do occur (usually iOS devices) it signals the coming of a new product. Late...
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A new era: Verizon to carry the iPhone

Today in New York City, Verizon Wireless announced that it will be carrying Apple’s iconic iPhone. Yes, you read that right.  The unicorn is real....
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Rumor: Best Buy to get Genius Bars and expanded Apple service

Apple’s consumer level customer support is second to none, and Best Buy’s customer support probably holds the penultimate position, right above cellphone carriers. They’re a...
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You need an administrator account to delete Mac App Store applications

Protecting your investments is important, but requiring a user to enter administrator level credentials when trying to delete an app from the Mac App Store...
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Socialite now available on the Mac App Store

There are a number of apps on the Mac App Store that focus on “social networking,” but none of them, at least to date, allow...
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Huge piracy bug arrives alongside the Mac App Store

If the Mac App store is supposed to be a secure and pirate free eco-system, why is it that I can buy an application, send...
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So long trials: Pixelmator going Mac App Store exclusive

The transition was probably inevitable, but most of us were not expecting developers to take their applications Mac App Store-only so soon. In an announcement...
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Our 5 favourite Mac App Store games not named Angry Birds

Being the top paid application doesn’t necessarily make your application great. It’s pretty easy to jump on the Mac App Store, look at the Top...
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Was LEGO Harry Potter too much for the Mac App Store?

If you find yourself looking for Lego Harry Potter this morning on the Mac App Store, and you’re starting to wonder if you’re crazy because...
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Mac App Store: over one million downloads on day one

Today Apple has announced that the Mac App Store has topped one-million downloads in the first 24 hours. A pretty good number considering that the...
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No API access for the Mac App Store

There are a lot of websites out there that have made a killing off of iTunes and iOS App Store API access. Any websites that...
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Mac App Store actually called App Store, despite no iOS apps

While digging around for a Mac App Store icon, I found myself searching my applications folder for an application titled “Mac App Store.” I couldn’t...
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Mac App Store finds Apple software, but not others

I had a dream when it came to the Mac App Store, and while I knew it would never be more than that, for a...
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It’s January 3rd, iOS alarm clock bug fix nowhere to be seen

Has the world come to rely on their intelligent cellular telephonic devices to wake them on time for work, school, and life in general, all...
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Saudis say “Hell No” to MobileMe, block it because of “terrorist” concerns

The Saudis apparently think that MobileMe is either a plague on humanity, against some kind of moral edict, or a security concern, because they’ve blocked...
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Apple Television, will it be in our future?

Since Apple released the Apple TV four years ago, both Apple loyalists and analysts alike have been predicting that Apple will release an all-in-one Apple...
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