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Some iPhone apps may require FDA regulation

iphone-stethoscope-trimmed-150As more iPhone apps are released for medical purposes such as diagnosis and treatment of symptoms, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and other health-related purposes, Apple‘s mobile device is garnering more attention from the FDA.

Don Witters of the

iPhone app developers can’t utilize GPS for advertising

Apple has announced that the GPS feature in iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS may be accessed only to provide what the company describes as “beneficial information.”  The restriction means no advertising using Apple’s Core Location framework.

iFart Mobile Creator Introduces My App Creator!

Our client Infomedia has introduced My App Creator, a complete turnkey system that anyone can use to create their own iPhone app and have it placed before tens of millions of iPhone and iPod Touch owners…

Apps industry on the rise, says Gartner study

Gartner Inc. reports good news for the apps industry. The world’s leading information technology research and advisory company predicts that the mobile application stores will take in $6.2 billion in consumer spending in 2010 and another $0.6 billion in worldwide

Facebook privacy settings you should get to know

Facebook recently modified its privacy settings; so should you. What may seem private may very well be public to all of cyberspace.

In an interview with e-Commerce Times, Arnstein & Lehr attorney Misha Kerr made the…

Google China attacked, future uncertain

Google has announced that its Chinese service will no longer censor its search results, according to the British news site Guardian. The decision follows recent cyber-attacks against Google and an increase in Chinese government controls on Internet access for its…

Apps Law Blog adds contact forms for trademark and copyright registration

If you are an apps developer, marketer, or just want to be one, then sooner or later you will have questions or need assistance registering a trademark or copyright for your app.  We’re here to help!

Want to register a…

Monitoring Off-Duty Conduct on the Internet: Facebook, Blogs and Social Networking Media

On February 25, 2010 from 1-2:30 EST, ALI-ABA will offer a cutting-edge seminar on best legal practices for employers concerned about employee use of social networking.

Paul Starkman

The on-line seminar will address employers’ monitoring of employees’ off-duty blogging, texting and…

Fastcase released on iPhone-Amazing start for mobile legal research

Screenshot 6Billable hours just became more mobile.  It was announced today that  Fastcase has released the first ever legal research app for the iPhone and all other Apple mobile devices.  According to PRweb.com, Fastcase is the largest law library…

Man Treats Haiti Earthquake Wounds Using IPhone App

The Today Show has broadcast a piece about Dan Woolley, a filmmaker with Compassion International, who was making a film in Haiti about the impact of poverty there when the earthquake hit and trapped him for 65 hours in an…

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