RjDj, the exceptionally cool “reactive sound platform” app from Reality Jockey, which turns the iPhone’s microphone into an audio synthesizer, just got even cooler: Now available in the App Store is “Kids on DSP,” an entire album featuring collaborations from two well-known techno artists — Carl Craig and Acid Pauli — converted for [...]
Talking to Flip owners, you sense a bit of defensiveness about the new Nano. It reminds me of a political discussion where you’re talking to someone who just saw their candidate lose, despite being smarter, with better positions and shinier teeth. In a sense I can’t blame them, since — as shown by Liz and [...]
iPhone and iPod Touch games are a booming business in the App Store, but how do they stand up against the big daddies of the handheld game market?
The Nintendo DS and Sony PSP boast huge install bases of about 70 million and 35 million, respectively, and a robust game library featuring well-known, high-quality franchises; will [...]
Apple has drawn an enormous amount of flak from developers for banning a host of offerings from its App Stores. But while some rejections may seem arbitrarily imposed, Apple — like any other retailer — has every right to decide which products line its shelves. The problem, though, is that it stubbornly insists on being [...]
Tonight Apple will produce its first-ever live event streamed to the iPhone: a concert by the electronica band Underworld. Apple has apparently kept the event quiet as it doesn’t want to overwhelm the AT&T network, but if you have an iPhone you can queue it up yourself at iphone.akamai.com or underworldlive.com. The show starts at 9 p.m. PT [...]
Booyah, which is available as a free iPhone app, is a new social MMORPG from a well-funded startup of the same name. But here’s the twist: Unlike all other online role-playing games (GigaOM Pro, sub required) , you don’t improve your character by performing fantastic otherworldly tasks, like looting dungeons or slaying hobgoblins — what [...]
iPhone app developer MobilityWare just let us in on some pretty impressive revenue stats for its game Word Warp. On average, Word Warp brings in just over $10,000 a month.
That isn’t revenue from sales of the app, however, but via advertising, at an eCPM rate of $1.91 since September 2008. iPhone owners have the option [...]
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A Question: Where do consumers go to relax and consumer technology vendors go to die?
If you guessed the living room, you’d be right. While Apple is in no danger of extinction, they are no doubt aware of the struggles that a host of startups and big vendors have faced in the consumer electronics market. While [...]