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Third-party vendors launch Black Friday sales

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iskinfxse-story-04.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A host of companies have begun Apple-related Black Friday sales, such as Yazsoft, which is offering 40 percent off of Playback, ShareTool and Speed Download 5 for the Mac. iSkin is selling Mac, iPod and iPhone accessories for 50 percent off or more, with a particular emphasis on gear for older Apple platforms. DEVONtechnologies has posted a 25 percent discount on all of its software, including I...

Save Benjis+ iPhone app adds support for barcode scanning

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/savetemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sol Robots has released Save Benjis+, an app that builds upon the company's previous App Store utility that had allowed users to compare product prices. The app works with the iPhone�s camera to help simplify the process by automatically scanning barcodes. It provides data on over 5 million items from hundreds of different stores, while allowing users to search for items by criteria such as produc...

eBay launches separate Deals app for iPhone

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ebaydeals.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />eBay has launched Deals, a second free iPhone app. Likewise meant as a companion to the eBay website, the title differs from its sibling by concentrating exclusively on auctions with no bids and less than fours remaining. Users create custom searches, which screen matching listings for bidding. The app also highlights several categories, such as Daily Deals....

Amidio releases DJ MP3 mixing app TouchDJ

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/touchdjtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Amidio has released a DJ-style MP3 mixing app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Touch DJ. The software allows users to manipulate two MP3 files and take advantage of �Visual Mixing,' a feature which provides side-by-side graphic displays of both track waveforms. Customization controls include scratch looping, positioning, equalization, or effects and pitching functions, all of which can be done in re...

Airfoil Speakers Touch update restores product graphics

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ast.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Rogue Amoeba says it has released v1.0.2 of Airfoil Speakers Touch, a companion app for the company's Airfoil desktop client. The former streams various forms of Mac audio to handhelds. The update makes only one change, which is to restore images of Apple hardware and software to in-app displays....

Schiller responds to App Store approval criticisms

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/philschiller.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Speaking in an interview, Phil Schiller -- Apple's senior VP of worldwide product marketing -- has responded to ongoing criticisms of the App Store approval process. A number of developers have complained that it may take weeks or months for an app to be approved. Even after such delays an app can still be rejected, sometimes for what may be considered arbitrary criteria....

EA Mobile releases Monopoly app for the iPhone

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/monotemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />EA Mobile has expanded its line of iPhone and iPod touch games with the release of Monopoly. The app is based on the original board game, unlike the company's Here and Now edition that was previously released on the App Store. Players must choose a 3D token to move around the board and purchase properties, win money, and attempt to control key areas to push out their competitors. Shaking the devic...

Apple's App Store API screening flawed, says developer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/postage.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new automatic screening technique Apple is using for the App Store appears to be backfiring, claims developer Rogue Sheep. The screening is believed to be aimed at catching unauthorized APIs, blocked under Apple's submission rules. A number of the apps trapped so far are allegedly ones using Three20, an Objective-C library. Rogue Sheep's Postage has in the past relied on some Three20 code, an...

Twitter turns on geolocation feature

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:55:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/twitter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Twitter today added its promised geolocation feature for tweets. The addition gives any app using the API, but not the Twitter site itself, the option of tagging posts with a location as well as to automatically draw on the location for position-based features, such as finding tweets in a certain area. It isn't exclusive to GPS-equipped devices and will work with Wi-Fi and other methods that can...

Apple retail workers to get new iPod touch apps?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:15:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/easypay_sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple Store workers will soon have more apps for their iPod touch-based EasyPay handhelds, a source claims. The devices are currently meant to run Easy Touch, an app which handles roaming checkouts in tandem with an attached card reader and barcode scanner. Apple is gradually retiring an assortment of Windows CE-based checkout units, which have been criticized as slow and unreliable....