Posts Tagged ‘application’

Who Exactly Is In Charge Of The App Store? Anyone?

Okay, this situation continues to get weirder and weirder.

It’s Kill Feature Time Again At Twitter To Stay Afloat

Twitter has a history of killing off features in order to stay up. And it looks like it had to do that again today , in the wake the avalanche of tweets that are flowing in following Michael Jackson’s death

Qik Brings Live Video To The iPhone 3GS. But You Still Won’t Find It In The App Store.

Today, we got the latest version of the live-streaming app Qik , a version that will work on the iPhone 3GS. No, we didn’t get it through the App Store, because Apple or AT&T or both still won’t allow for applications that stream live video from the device to be accepted into the store

Miss Out On Your Facebook Vanity URL? Here’s Your Consolation Prize.

When Facebook’s Vanity URL landrush kicked off nearly two weeks ago, over 500,000 people registered their new names in a matter of 15 minutes. Over the following weekend, nearly 6 million users staked their claims. The most desirable names, like ‘Jason’ or ‘Mike’, were snapped up in a matter of seconds (if they weren’t already registered by a Facebook employee before the landrush even began)

Get A Free Copy Of Sarah Lacy’s Startup Book

TechCrunch Editor Sarah Lacy’s book Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good came out in paperback edition earlier this month. We posted some of the new Twitter history that she included in a new chapter included in this edition a few weeks ago

Zugara’s Augmented Reality Dressing Room Is Great If You Don’t Care How Your Clothes Fit

Augmented reality , or the blending of the real world with computer graphics on the fly, is one of the most exciting fields in tech right now. Unfortunately, there haven’t been many practical uses of the technology — we’ve seen some very impressive video game peripherals and a few Terminator-style phone overlays from companies like Layar , Sekai Camera , and Seer Android , but these still have a ways to go before they’ll hit the mainstream. Zugara , an interactive marketing agency, has built something a bit more practical for the time being.

Apple Rejects Commodore 64 emulating iPhone App That Coulda Been A Contender

It’s happened again. Apple has officially rejected an app that at first blush seems harmless and fun. This time it’s a Commodore 64 emulator from Manomio that offered a realistic joystick and keyboard, portrait and landscape gaming, and a fully licensed C64 emulator code.