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As virtual goods’ sales increase, so do payment and development opportunites

The estimated market in the U.S. for virtual goods in 2009 is expected to double from last year, reaching $1 billion this year, according to a recent study (Mediapost, Inside Virtual Goods).  Social networking sites, online gaming sites…

Utah case could lead to more limits on electronic messaging to children

https://donotcontact.utah.gov/Now that Utah has become the second state after Michigan to put into effect a registry that blocks adult-themed messages from some e-mails and cell phones, other states may follow. The Deseret News reports:…

Port your iPhone app to Windows Mobile

Want to earn some extra downloads?  Port that iPhone app to MS Win Mobile.  Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone application to its Windows Mobile platform.  For the details, read this case

The Favorite iPhone Apps of Five Geek Rock Stars

Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb obtained the following list of must-have apps from these 5 web übergeeks:

Flaming iPod complaints released after Apple stonewalling

burning ipod

iPods sparking and catching on fire? KIRO, the Seattle ABC affiliate, has obtained 800 pages of documents from the Consumer Product Safety Commission detailing cases of iPods catching on fire resulting in injury.…

AT&T activated 2.4 million iPhone users in 2Q 09

AT&T has reported results for the second quarter and they show that the iPhone if propelling wireless revenue to almost half of the company’s total revenue.

iPhone 3GS sales netted 2.4 million activations.   35 percent of the…

Worker commits suicide after 4G iPhone prototype goes missing

Did Apple’s iPhone manufacturing contractor in China Foxconn torture a 25 year old employee who lost one of sixteen 4G iPhones he was entrusted with causing him to commit suicide by jumping from a 12 story building to…

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