Posts Tagged ‘ App Store ’

Coming Soon: Qik Live Video Streaming For The iPhone

Oct 20th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Streaming Video, Video

A demo from Digg’s Kevin Rose of the Qik iPhone app - an app that promises to bring live streaming video broadcasting to the iPhone. 
Before you get too excited, remember that Apple still has to approve this for the App Store.



I.TV Most Popular iPhone App

Oct 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Video, iPhone

i.TV - the iPhone TV Guide - has become the top App Store application after only being available three days. 
i.TV (App Store link) is a TV and movie guide application for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets you find comprehensive info on the latest TV shows and new movies, based on your current location.
Here’s a [...]



Apple Threatens To Kill iTunes Store Over Music Royalties

Sep 30th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Fortune reports that Apple is threatening to kill the iTunes Store over music royalties. 
The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers’ Association to raise royalty rates on songs purchased from online music stores, like iTunes, from 9 cents to 15 cents per track. 
“If [...]



Apple Bans Podcasting App From App Store

Sep 12th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone

Almerica reports that Apple has rejected the hotly anticipated Podcaster iPhone application from the App Store:
Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster.
Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.
That’s right folks, it duplicates the functionality of [...]



Apple “Let’s Rock” Event Delivers No Surprises

Sep 9th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple’s Let’s Rock event today offered anticipated updates to the iTunes and Apple’s iPod lines, but failed to do two things that many were hoping for: eliminate concerns over Steve Jobs’ health and offer “one more thing” - an unexpected introduction with some “wow”. 
Jobs noted wryly that “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” but [...]



iPhone 3G Launch Turns iPhone Into Mobile Publishing Platform

Jul 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple today put the iPhone 3G on sale and officially launched the App Store with more than 500 downloadable applications.
While the iPhone 3G is an important release, the App Store transforms the device from being a cell phone to being a platform.
For people interested in new media, today marks the day that the iPhone becomes [...]



Apple WWDC Update

Jun 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

While the Steve Jobs keynote at the WWDC was underwhelming to many, there’s been a lot of interesting related news that’s come out in the last two days:

Most iPhone apps are going to be free - Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, took some time Monday following Steve Jobs’s opening keynote to chat with 20 Apple developers. He [...]