Apple rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone app update
Ah, power tripping at the App Store – it must be sweet.
Some dude is just sitting in his cube, sees an app update come across and decides (maybe he had a bad day or failed a trig exam) to arbitrarily reject an update to one of the most popular apps on the store, just because [...]
Tip: Clean up your AppStore folder
What you will also find is that there are multiple copies of these files; the reason being that when you update an app, instead of simply being replaced on your hard drive, it is instead given a new name. Usually this is a numeric value appended to the end of the filename, for instance, a new version of ‘casino.ipa’ becomes ‘casino 1.ipa’. 
There are probably numerous good reasons for Apple to make this behavior the default, the most likely being the need to recover from a bad or corrupt download.
SearchMe for iPhone
Searchme, Inc. has released Searchme 1.0, a new iPhone app that provides an internet search engine with a user interface designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app presents users with stacks of web pages that can be flipped through after a search and can be expanded with finger touches, without requiring the iPhone to open the pages in a web browser.
App store reviews now require purchase or download
Some good news from those of us who are tired of the inane reviews of software in the App Store. Apple is now requiring that people have actually downloaded or purchased the software before allowing them to post a review.
Major iPhone developer quits…
In fact, he says, he’s so pleased with Apple, that he’s going to work exclusively with them, and will pass on the chance to work on other platforms, like Google’s Android.
…Call me a proponent of free markets, but I think Apple needs to have a clearly-documented policy for approving submissions to the iPhone App Store, and it should be: • Publish all software submitted to Apple, as long as the software isn’t actively harmful to users, illegal, and does not violate Apple’s agreements with cell phone vendors.
Just for the record: people are stupid
I’ve gone on a few times before about how screwed up the iTunes App Store review system is, but this example pretty much nails it . The app in question is Tap Email, which let’s you click a persons picture to send them email.
AppStoreGems donate all sales to charity today
The guys over at AppStoreGems are donating all sales today to charity.
… FileMagnet – Sync and view documents form your Mac on your iPhone
iPhone – Remote Desktop Lite (Windows access)
No longer will I suffer the indignities of VNCing to my Mac just to RDP back into a server – nay, now I can keep my fat ass at the buffet and login from my iPhone natively, changing passwords and restarting machines at will.
…LITE VERSION Compared to the Lite version the full version has: – Another cool key board – Support for right mouse button – Text macro support – Can handle 20 different Host configurations FEATURES – Standard RDP protocol – 8 bit color mode for faster screen updates – Zoom and scroll as the Safari Browser – Server screen size 600×800,1024×768 or 1280×1024 – Landscape mode LIMITATIONS – Only support for Windows XP Professional. – 40 bit encryption – No sound support – Supports 2 keyboard types: US International or a Danish PC keyboard 
Shut up, already!
Have you been dismayed at the many inane and irrelevant comments have been posted by people who haven’t even tried the application, but are instead bitching that it should ‘be free’ (don’t get me started on that particular line of idiocy) or that it should have X function instead of Y function? … If you want to tell the developer that his $3.99 flashlight app should cost $.99 instead and should have an option to show an oil lantern instead of a Zippo, use the freaking ‘developer support’ link and ask them in person instead of shitting up the review section with your moronic observations.
Five great (and free) iPhone games
Then you know about this game (yeah yeah, I know it’s an ages old game, but let me use my own frame of reference for this one) – the big difference is that this version doesn’t have little bits of food particles or the germs of hundreds of weary travelers all over it.
…Yeah, exactly. 
Labyrinth – Carl Loodberg If you’ve ever played with one of these little wooden maze games in real life, you know how thoroughly frustrating they can be – mostly because the ball gets lost and you’re left with a chunk of wood with holes in it.
