[MyAppleMenu] Mar 21, 2010

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

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**** Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store <http://kotaku.com/5497459/apple-bans-game-days-after-developer-publicly-trashes-app-store>
Stephen Totilo, Kotaku

Possibility 1: Its co-creator did spend five minutes at last week's Game Developers Conference "Indie Gamemakers Rant" to declare that he "absolutely fucking hate[s] the iPhone app store." He likened the iPhone gaming market to that served by the low-quality Tiger handheld gaming systems of the 80s and 90s, handheld devices that played crude Mega Man and Street Fighter games.

Possibility 2: Zits & Giggles' creators also kept raising the price of their game — as an experiment — up to $400 as of last week.

**** Nudity: There’s Not An App For That <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/03/21/nudity_theres_not_an_app_for_that/>
Boston Globe

By keeping control over iPhone apps, though, Apple has taken on an enormous responsibility. By and large, the company discharges it benevolently. Even so, the dustup in Germany is a warning to would-be iPhone and iPad owners: The devices aren’t fully free as long as a single company decides what can go on them.

**** Why Apple And Google Need Each Other <http://gigaom.com/2010/03/20/why-apple-and-google-need-each-other/>
Kevin Kelleher, GigaOm

Both companies will continue to play a major role on the mobile web, but I doubt either will ever gain the upper hand. This dramatic tension between Apple and Google may be around for a long time. So executives at both might as well get used to it.



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**** A Wise Unknowingness: On Violet Gibson <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100405/wineapple>
Brenda Wineapple, The Nation

The woman who shot Mussolini.



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**** Google Eyes S'pore Staff Boost, Video Deals <http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Office/Story/A1Story20100318-205361.html>
Ong Boon Kiat, Business Times

Google is poised to lift its Singapore headcount in a big way soon. The Internet search giant is also seeking to strike deals with content providers in Singapore over its YouTube online video service.