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Apple Adds Seal Hunting to Its ‘Unacceptable’ List

Following on from this morning’s post on Apple’s acceptance of the Puff Puff Pass smoking game, we now have a story on the App Store’s rejection of iSealClub.  The game is pretty much as it sounds, however the use of ’satirical’ graphics, no blood and a unique clubbing motion control system are used in its [...]

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This Week’s App Store Updates – 30th April 2010

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are eight new or updated apps worth taking a closer look at if you are: Fast & Furious Adrenaline. It may sound like just another entry into the seemingly endless F&F franchise, [...]

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Porn Bad, Smoking Good According to Apple

That’s right kids! Forget about those naughty ladies in bikini ads, you want to be practicing smoking with an application described as ‘almost as addictive as smoking for real!’ We know Steve Jobs dislikes pornography, but his morality police down in the App Store approval room obviously haven’t been given instructions to avoid [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Spirit jailbreak for the iPad should be coming soon

A jailbreak for the iPad is coming, though we are still unsure exactly when. This will be the Spirit jailbreak, which was demo’d by Dev-Team member MuscleNerd shortly after the iPad was originally released (see embed video below). Anyway, we are still waiting on a release notification of Spirit, but in the meantime the Dev-Team has [...]

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Meet the guy who found the iPhone 4G/iPhone HD [Wired Interview]

I have remained pretty quite during this whole iPhone 4G/iPhone HD mess, but wanted to pass on an interview that Wired did with the guy who found the device and kicked this all off. His name is Brian Hogan, and seems to tell a story similar to what we have already heard come from Gizmodo. [...]

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iPad Wi-Fi + 3G Launch Day Details: Apple retails stores to close at 4PM & reopen at 5PM, AT&T posts data plan fact sheet

We already mentioned that the iPad Wi-Fi + 3G was available as of today, however we also have a few extra details to share. First up, the Apple retail stores will be closing today at 4PM, and will then be re-opened at 5PM for the official launching of the iPad 3G. Nothing surprising there, after [...]

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Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G available today [Reminder Post]

Just a friendly reminder post — today is the day that you can head on over to your local Apple Store or Best Buy and grab an iPad Wi-Fi + 3G. As for details, those that originally placed a pre-order can expect a delivery as of today. And for those that are braving a store, [...]

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Lost iPhone 4G – The Day After…

In case there are still some people who haven’t heard enough about Gray Powell and his memory malfunction regarding the iPhone 4G, here is a video showing how the conversation between Gray and his boss could have gone the day after… Amusing stuff, although Scott Adams and Dilbert are still the team to beat in spoofing [...]

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Tweetie 2 gets updated (for the final time), now at version 2.1.2

Tweetie 2, or what is soon to be known as Twitter for iPhone has been updated. This latest update brings the version up to 2.1.2 and offers a fix for Foursquare as well as a “Surprise.” Just what could that surprise be? Well, in full spoiler alert mode — the surprise is the addition of [...]

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Apple Purchases Siri

We took a brief look at Siri Assistant back when it was released at the beginning of February, and marveled at its ingenuity and innovation.  It seems we weren’t the only ones paying attention to this exciting little application, as Apple were obviously hot on the trail of the company behind Siri long before this, [...]

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