Most of the time it’s hard to tell which technology stories are going to cross over into the mainstream media and become higher profile news pieces. Sometimes however, it isn’t. The current outrage surrounding the Apple baby shaker app is certainly one that would fall into the latter category.

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Late Tuesday night Amazon.com released Kindle for iPhone as a free download from the iPhone App Store. The app allows iPhone users to download and read over 240,000 ebooks that have been specifically formatted for Kindle.

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CBS has released a free mobile application via the app store that allows users of iPhones and iPod Touch’s to watch entire CBS programmes over 3G and WiFi connections via their mobile devices. The App is called TV.com and represents a first for the iPhone, an application from a major US TV studio that that provides whole TV programmes completely for free.

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It seems another company is jumping on the App Store bandwagon. Amazon, the popular online retailer, has launched an online game download store. A beta version of the store is currently available, showcasing around 600 games, of which three are available for free. The illustrious gratis titles are, Jewel Quest II, Build-a-lot, and The Scuffs, users can download these games as soon as they have installed the Amazon Games software.

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The App Store, Apple’s resource for buying and downloading applications for the iPhone or iPod touch, has reached the 300 million downloads mark. The site went live less than five months ago, taking only 61 days to climb to the hundred million mark.

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A double standard in the rules that govern inclusion in Apple’s ‘App Store’ has emerged after Google admitted that voice search programme, Google Mobile App violates Apple’s SDK. Specifically, Google Mobile App is using undocumented APIs to conduct its voice searches. This is forbidden by the rules that Apple have set out for developers wanting to create applications for the iPhone, which clearly state that developers may use, only APIs supplied in the iPhone developers kit. The offending APIs relate to the app’s proximity sensor function.

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When banker and amateur game developer, Steve Dementer thought up Trism, a puzzle game based on matching colours, he can’t have thought that he was creating a new career for himself. However, after writing the game in his spare time and placing it on the App Store, that’s just what it became. The game proved to be a huge hit and to date, has earned Steve around $250’000 dollars.

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