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iPhone farting-app rivals clear up the stink

You have, perhaps, been taking additional fiber since you heard about the iPhone farting-app litigation.

iFart was fingered by Pull My Finger for using a phrase redolent of nothing more than a very happy night among very sad people.

I can now reveal that the evil odor is over. Fresher air has prevailed. The two farting apps have partaken of a peace pipe and declared the spat to have blown over. They have even created a new app to prove that the air is now safe to breathe.

However, should you have not had so much as a sniff of … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 940: The legend of black fart

Rafe coins a new name for a port of the iFart application for the BlackBerry. But really the show is much more about variable pricing coming to iTunes, The Pirate Bay rolling out VPN for you, and robot soccer teams one day killing us all.

Listen now: Download today's podcast EPISODE 940

Report: variable pricing comes to iTunes Apr. 7 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10205535-27.html

New Microsoft ads attack Apple on price http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10205757-82.html

WWDC in June http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10205232-37.html

The Pirate Bay to roll out secure $5 per month VPN … Read more

iFart Mobile to Pull My Finger: You stink

The iPhone farting app market is starting to get pretty noisy.

iFart Mobile, maker of an app that simulates farting noises, asked a court on Friday to rule that it can use the term "pull my finger" without risking trademark infringement claims by another iPhone fart app named, you guessed it, Pull My Finger.

InfoMedia, which developed iFart Mobile, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in Colorado District Court and named rival Air-O-Matic as defendant.

In a blog posting, InfoMedia said it filed the complaint after an attorney for Air-O-Matic asked the company to pay $50,000 to … Read more

Updated App Store Rules include: iFarting in, iBoobs Out and more

The Apple iTunes App Store boasts over 10,000 applications and approximately 300 million downloads just six months after its launch, although App Store rules have been relaxed, the ecosystem is still more restrained than some would like.

We've written about many of the barred apps (here and here ). At issue has been Apple's often inconsistent interpretation of the iPhone app approval rules. Acting in it's own interest and those of it's partner AT&T, Apple has blocked tethering and VoIP apps from the iTunes App Store, and taken other measures to protect the bandwidth … Read more