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Skype WiFi for iOS lets you buy internet access by the minute

Skype WiFi for iOS lets you buy internet access by the minute

Skype WiFi is a new app for iPhone and iPad that lets you pay for internet access by the minute rather than by the hour or day.

 

Instagram: 150 million photos shared - GigaOm

Thanks to celebrities and its excellent usability and engagement techniques, Instagram, one of my favorite iPhone-based photo sharing apps has crossed another milestone in its charmed life — 150 million ...

 

Apple yanks 'The 3rd Intifada' app

The computer giant Apple Inc. agreed Wednesday to remove an application called the "The 3rd Intifada" from its popular App Store for iPads and iPhones.

 

Bits: iPhone App Helps the Blind With Currency

A new iPhone application is designed to help blind people identify United States currency in real time by speaking the denomination aloud.

 

Apple Faces Scrutiny Over In-App Purchases By Kids

Apple Faces Scrutiny Over In-App Purchases By Kids

While publishers are grumbling about Apple’s new enforcement of in-app purchases for content, parents and one lawmaker are also raising questions about the way Apple handles in-app payments in apps aimed at children. According to the Washington Post, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D – MA) on Tuesday urged the Federal Trade Commission to review the way Apple markets its apps because of questions about the ease with which children are buying items in games.

Senh: Sure, none of the developers knew about his.

 

Church Approves 'Confession' App for iPhone

Church Approves 'Confession' App for iPhone

An iPhone app aimed at helping Catholics through confession and encouraging lapsed followers back to the faith has been sanctioned by the Catholic Church in the United States.

 

Parents are iRate over kids' game fees

Parents are iRate over kids' game fees

Over the winter break from school, 8-year-old Madison worked to dress up her simple mushroom home on the iPhone game Smurfs' Village. In doing so, she also amassed a $1,400 bill from Apple.

 

Kids Go On Expensive Buying Sprees In iPhone Games

Kids Go On Expensive Buying Sprees In iPhone Games

"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it's free to download.So where does the money come from? Kelly Rummelhart of Gridley, Calif., has part of the answer. Her 4-year-old son was using her iPad to play the game and racked up $66.88 in charges on her credit card without knowing what he was doing.

 

Apple finally approves Google Voice app

Apple finally approves Google Voice app

Apple began carrying Google's free voice app for iPhone on Tuesday, after the application hung in limbo for more than a year.

 

PayPal Races To Fix IPhone App Security Flaw

Internet-payment provider PayPal said its iPhone application contained a security flaw that could allow a hacker to access users' accounts and has rushed out an update to correct the problem.

 

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