Archive for the Apps Category

Apple Bans Some Apps for Sex-Tinged Content

Posted on February 22, 2010 by AMN

Apple has started banning many applications for its iPhone that feature sexually suggestive material, including photos of women in bikinis and lingerie, a move that came as an abrupt surprise to developers who had been profiting from such programs. The company’s decision to remove the applications from its App Store over the last few days [...]

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While Other Bikini Apps Are Banned, iTunes Promotes Sports Illustrated’s Sexy Swimsuit App

Posted on February 22, 2010 by AMN

Apple is getting more prudish and pulling sexy apps from iTunes. One of the new rules is no more bikini apps, unless you happen to be Sports Illustrated (or FHM or Playboy). Sports Illustrated, for instance, just released its 2010 Swimsuit app on iTunes on February 9, before the ban really started. The SI Swimsuit [...]

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Apple Causes Uproar by Pulling Boob App

Posted on February 19, 2010 by AMN

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple has decided to pull an app called Wobble iBoobs, which lets users jiggle women’s breasts, in an attempt to remove sexually explicit content from its App store. Jon Atherton, the developer of the Wobble iBoobs App, told TechCrunch.com that he received an email from Apple saying that his application was being [...]

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Black Friday? Apple Pulls Numerous Sex Apps *Updated*

Posted on February 19, 2010 by AMN

Company says complaints have led to a reevaluation of the App Store acceptance policy for sex-related applications; some developers calling it a ‘purge’ CUPERTINO, Calif.—Sex is throwing everyone for a loop. The press is painfully uncomfortable covering the subject—i.e., Tiger Woods—and Apple is twisting itself into a lather trying to find the right policy to [...]

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Apple blocks screenshots, axes sexual content from App Store

Posted on February 19, 2010 by AMN

Apple is stirring up yet another censorship brouhaha with its latest changes to App Store policy. The company recently began blocking screenshots for apps that are outside the acceptable age range in Parental Controls in iTunes. According to iPhone developer ChiliFresh, it seems that all “overtly sexual” apps might be expunged from the App Store [...]

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Did Apple Just Ban Sexual Content From The App Store?

Posted on February 18, 2010 by AMN

Apple may have just made a major change to the App Store that could render many developers’ applications worthless. We’ve just heard from Jon Atherton, the developer behind Wobble iBoobs, who says that he just received an Email from Apple indicating that his application was being removed from the App Store because of a new [...]

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Out Magazine Introduces ‘City Guides’ Mobile App

Posted on February 15, 2010 by AMN

Popular gay fashion and lifestyle magazine Out has launched a mobile application that provides original reviews of some of the world’s hottest gay-friendly destinations. “With the inside scoop on where to eat, drink, shop and play, Out’s new app is like a great date: witty, charming, connected and, best of all, available,” Editor in Chief [...]

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CyberAge Models on iPhone App

Posted on January 21, 2010 by AMN

BOULDER, Colo. — Online adult industry mainstay CyberAge has announced the release of its Models App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. According to the company, CyberAge is best known for the exceptional quality of its photography and video of the world’s most beautiful women; and now celebrates its 14 years of excellence with the [...]

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Droid does, iPhone doesn’t: The porn app store

Posted on November 29, 2009 by AMN

Oh, you knew someone was going to do this. So let’s just get it over with. And though some might think of this as a battle between the Droid and the iPhone for the nation’s morality, let’s be open-source about it: someone’s trying to make a lot of money from cell phone porn. A company [...]

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