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Wednesday
24Feb2010

DoubleTap Episode 12

Yikes, if Apple keeps up this pace of removing apps, we'll be out of apps to talk about each week! Ok, not very likely... This week we look at Auditorium, and Knife Toss (previously reviewed here) and of course discuss Apple's decision to remove thousands of apps. Let us know if there are any you're going to miss:

 

Wednesday
20Jan2010

DoubleTap Episode 10

We're turning back the clock this week with a look at iPity, a Mr. T quote generator, and Wind OS, which "emulates" the good old days of Windows on your iPhone. Admittedly, the Wind desktop looks like Vista rather than 3.1, but the sound is pure 1980's computing.

And of course we've got a little bit of app store news in there as well:

 

Thursday
14Jan2010

App Developers To Help Haiti

As first reported on Mashable, several iPhone app developers (and Mac developers) are planning to donate all of their earnings (beyond processing fees) to help Haiti earthquake victims.

The effort is spearheaded by Mike Piatek-Jimenez, creator of the Seasonality Mac app, and participating developers will be listed on IndieRelief.com. January 20th has been set as the date to make purchases count. We'll have to see the final list of on-board developers, but there's a very good chance this will be your chance to buy a fart app and to have the best chance you might ever have at justifying the purchase.

Wednesday
23Dec2009

DoubleTap Episode Seven

It's time for the final DoubleTap of 2009. In this episode, we take a look at the racing game Ridge Racer Accelerated, and the monkey strategy game, Tiki Towers. We also offer our predictions for the app store in 2010:

 

Friday
11Dec2009

iTunes Web Strategy: One Store To Rule Them All

When Apple acquired Lala last week, it looked certain that it was either to start a subscription component of iTunes, or to pick up some smart people with smart ideas.

Maybe, Apple's about to zig when you expect them to zag: Maybe iTunes, and more importantly, a future iTunes with books and magazines for a different device, is going to the web to be more... compatible.

The publishing world is already rallying around a few emerging e-publishing file standards, and it doesn't look like Apple will be able to barge in with a competing format. So why not open iTunes on the web, and start using the industry's format? It's a win-win for Apple: they appease publishers by "caving" to their format requirements, while also creating a store that can sell content to the occasional Kindle or Nook owner in addition to Apple tablet owners.

Disney, who, as you probably know, has a single biggest shareholder by the name of Steve Jobs, has been discussing a concept called Key Chest, which would allow you to buy media once, and watch it anywhere digitally. How can you do that if the media you purchase is locked inside the walls of iTunes? Simply make iTunes content accessible to a myriad of devices. I realize how out of character it would seem, but we could very well see Apple open API's to developers, and give the manufacturer of any device the tools necessary to allow playback of iTunes content. While Apple is tight-lipped on earnings from the App Store and iTunes, I think it's safe to say we're past the "just above break even" point Apple still claimed in June 2008. And hey, you might as well make a few bucks from the people who choose to buy a non-Apple device by making the store web-accessible, and content easily playable on a ton of devices.