Last week, Wizzard Media announced support for AdMob, Google’s Mobile Ad network. AdMob is the largest mobile advertising network with over 300 billion global impressions. Additionally, Wizzard announced nearly 30 audio and video Apps, available now for use on the Android smartphone.   The latest Android version of Wizzard’s App adds the popular iPhone App feature, […]

Podcasting network Wizzard Media announced on Wednesday that it has surpassed 200 podcast-related iPhone Apps in the iPhone App Store, bringing the total number of paid Apps to 260 for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. The company also announced first quarter unique monthly podcast audience numbers of 18.5 million, up slightly over the first […]

Mobile phone giant Nokia this week announced another round of staff cutbacks, alongside an announcement that it was further opening its technology to mobile application developers. Another 450 employees of the Finnish company were let go this week, on the heels of layoffs of 1700 staffers in March, and an initial reduction of 320 back […]

Earlier in the year, we reported on Apple’s banning of the Podcaster iPhone app from the App Store. At the time, Apple explained its decision like this: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. We called this a bad decision on Apple’s part, because […]

iPhone application review site 148Apps reports that Apple’s App Store has hit a milestone, now offering more than 10,000 iPhone apps.  Other interesting facts: Most iPhone apps sell for less than $2.00 Games and Entertainment are the most popular categories for iPhone apps If you purchased every iPhone app, it would cost you over $31,000. […]

A demo from Digg’s Kevin Rose of the Qik iPhone app – an app that promises to bring live streaming video broadcasting to the iPhone.  Before you get too excited, remember that Apple still has to approve this for the App Store.

i.TV – the iPhone TV Guide – has become the top App Store application after only being available three days.  i.TV (App Store link) is a TV and movie guide application for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets you find comprehensive info on the latest TV shows and new movies, based on your current location. […]

Fortune reports that Apple is threatening to kill the iTunes Store over music royalties.  The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers’ Association to raise royalty rates on songs purchased from online music stores, like iTunes, from 9 cents to 15 cents per […]

Almerica reports that Apple has rejected the hotly anticipated Podcaster iPhone application from the App Store: Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster. Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes. That’s right folks, it duplicates […]

Apple’s Let’s Rock event today offered anticipated updates to the iTunes and Apple’s iPod lines, but failed to do two things that many were hoping for: eliminate concerns over Steve Jobs’ health and offer “one more thing” – an unexpected introduction with some “wow”.  Jobs noted wryly that “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” […]