Wow, just wow. 1 billion (thats no typo, billion is correct) apps downloaded from the AppStore in 9 months! That’s just crazy awesome. Apple had put a contest, where whoever was the one to download the billionth app would win a ton of sweeet stuff. The winner would receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

Lucky winner, Connor Mulcahey, 13 year old from Weston, CT won the contest when he downloaded the billionth app - Bump. As a winner he received all that awesome stuff.

The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

Congratulations, Connor Mulcahey.

- source: apple.com

Calling all iPhone developers developing for the AppStore, are you tired of them dirty pirates stealing your work? Are you tired of loosing a big chunk of money because of pirates? Say no more! RipDev comes to the rescue with Kali Anti-Piracy, it’s a service for developers that protects their applications from being pirated!

With Kali Anti-Piracy your application is being wrapped in the additional layer of protection engineered by experts in Mac OS X and iPhone OS architectures, giving potential hackers much harder time in achieving the precious “crack”. Moreover, we are constantly monitoring the current trends and news in the underground hacker communities to make sure Kali AP stays on top of the “competition”.

Compliance with the iPhone SDK

Kali Anti-Piracy uses only documented and allowed calls, therefore, it is fully compliant with the Apple iPhone SDK. Products protected with Kali AP are passing the Apple approval process and are currently successfully selling in the AppStore.

Kali Anti-Piracy isn’t free - it would be bad ass if it were - Look at the image above

Pricing Example:

Royalty fee is calculated based on the developer’s cut (70%) after Apple Inc commission (30%). Let’s take a look at how the royalty payment is
calculated by running a few examples.

• You have a $0.99 product that was sold 2500 times in the past quarter. Your cut will be (2500 * $0.99 * 0.7) = $1,732.50. Based on the volume tiers
  above, you are eligible for the discounted 4% royalty rate, which results in ($1,732.50 * 0.04) = $69.30 payable to Ripdev.
• You have a $4.99 product that was sold 13000 times in the past quarter. Your cut will be (13000 * $4.99 * 0.7) = $45,409. Based on the volume tiers
  above, you are eligible for the discounted 3% rate, which results in ($45,409 * 0.03) = $1,362.27 payable to Ripdev.

- source: ripdev.com

Update: These browsers are WebKit-Based. We probably won’t be seeing Opera or Firefox in the AppStore any time soon. But we may see Chrome, a webkit-based desktop browser by Google, in the AppStore one day. Apple is taking baby steps at the moment, and that’s just fine.

Released Web Browsers so far:

Edge Browser - Free - No loss of screen real estate to the address or navigation bars

Incognito - $1.99USD - Now you can browse without leaving a history of any kind.

WebMate: Tabbed Browser - $0.99USD - Web Mate simplifies browsing by queuing up all the links you click on, then allowing you to view them one by one when you’re ready.

Shaking Web - $1.99USD - adds a sophisticated algorithm to compensate for small hand shaking to allow for easier reading.

Apple has not made an official announcement but finally Apple has lightened up and allowed 3rd-party web browsers to be used on the iPhone!

Paramount Digital Entertainment has released a pretty neat game in the Appstore, Iron Man Aerial Assault.

Iron Man: Aerial Assault is an action-packed airborne shooter where the player uses the high-powered weaponry of Tony Stark’s armored suit to battle Iron Man’s most dangerous enemies.

Game Features:

• The latest technology: Iron Man: Aerial Assault pushes the iPhone and iPod Touch’s accelerometer and touch functions to new levels of gameplay.
• High Altitude Battles: Engage a variety of menacing enemies in mid-flight through a series of melee combat quick-time events. Battle through 12 levels as you gain precision flying and skills
• Explosive state-of-the-art weapons: Including repulsor blasts, lasers, missiles and Iron Man’s distinctive unibeam. Arsenal buttons fire weapons with the touch of a thumb

Iron Man: Aerial Assault costs a whopping $7.99USD in the AppStore

Download/Buy Iron Man: Aerial Assault - Here

Are you a craigslist fanatic? If you are, this will probably be the app you use 24/7, while standing in-line to cash that check or on that 2 hour train ride. If you don’t know what craigslist is, it’s local classifieds and forums for more than 550 cities in over 50 countries worldwide - community moderated, and largely free. Next Mobile Web has developed Craigsphone which allows you to access craigslist right from your iPhone!

From Next Mobile Web:

Why wait till you get home to post that missing connection?
Better yet, upload a picture of yourself while you’re still on the bus and if he’s got a craigsphone, perhaps you can connect right there?
The Internet is raw and beautiful because it is Us, and no is more Us then craigslist.

Next Mobile Web is honored to being craigslist to mobile people. Our first tasks were simple:

• A usable Mobile UI
• Ability to post, with photos and current location
• Clickable phone numbers
• History
• Nearby postings
• Best Of!

Craigsphone is completely Free and you can download it in the AppStore

Download Craigsphone

- source: nextmobileweb.com

Ever tried to print a photo from your iPhone? Nope, neither have I… but if you ever want to, HP has released a free application to enable you to do just that, print from your iPhone via your local network to your HP inkjet printer. This neat application also works with Apple’s famous bonjour technology

HP iPrint Photo is a fun and free application which enables easy and fast wireless photo printing to HP inkjet printers connected to a local wireless (WiFi) network.

Key features and benefits:

• Quick and easily print compelling, borderless 4×6 / 10×15 cm photos anywhere anytime from an iPhone or iPod Touch to an HP inkjet printer connected to a local Wi Fi network.
• Easily and effortlessly wirelessly print photos through a print interface developed and optimized by HP.
• Get improved print quality from image de-noise filtering technology.
• Enjoy full compatibility with Apple’s Bonjour technology, which automatically identifies HP wireless printers or other supported HP printers available on the network
• HP iPrint Photo is compatible with industry-standard Wi-Fi environments, including Apple Airport, Linksys, D-Link and netgear.

HP iPrint Photo is free and you can get it Here in the Appstore

- source: hp.com

Ever found yourself searching something on wikipedia on your iPhone? If so, then you already know how much of a pain it is to read the tiny words without having to ‘pinch’ to scale up the words.

Comoki Software has come to the rescue with Wikipedia Mobile — A native Wikipedia application for iPhone (and iPod Touch). Wikipedia Mobile formats everything nicely for the screen of your iPhone unlike the wikipedia web app where everything is cluttered and tiny.

Features include:

• Wikipedia in 28 languages and 15 languages localizations
• Outstanding article formatting including collapsible headers and expandable tables in-line with text
• Saving of articles for offline viewing
• Quick search and full-text searching
• Built-in image viewer with captions
• Finding of text with an article
• History viewer
• Font size preference in Settings applications

All those features come with the Wikipedia Mobile app at a pretty hefty price, $2.99USD

Buy Wikipedia Mobile in the Appstore - Here

Target has released an application to help you out find that perfect gift for Christmas for your loved one. Tell the app a little about the person you have in mind (Gender and age), shake the iPhone, and the app will provide a great gift idea. If you like the idea it provided, tap on the screen to add the gift to your favorites, Find it at a Target store, Buy it at Target.com or Start Over.

Looking for last-minute holiday deals and inspiration? Wrap it up with this Target Gift Globe. Tell us a little about the person you have in mind, shake the snow globe, and we’ll provide great gift ideas. it’s our gift to you to help make the holidays a little easier.

How it works:

1. Shake your iPhone to reveal gift ideas
2. Save your favorites
3. Find them at a Target Store near you OR Buy them at Target.com
4. Check off each gift as you shop

The Target application is free and you can get it in the AppStore — Here.

Not much going on in the hacking scene at the moment, but Amazon has released a native iPhone Application for your convenience! Now you can shop at Amazon with ease right from your iPhone or iPod Touch with Amazon Mobile.

The amazon app allows iPhone and iPod Touch owners to very quickly search, compare prices, read reviews, and make purchases on Amazon.com using a simple, yet elegant, interface. Amazon customers have full access to their existing cart, wish lists, payment and shipping options, order history, 1-click settings, and Prime membership benefits. All purchases made on Amazon Mobile are routed through Amazon’s secure servers just as they are on the web.

Amazon Mobile is great for:

• Buying the sequel to a favorite book while waiting for an appointment
• Comparing Prices on Amazon and 9000 other merchants to those in retail stores you are visiting
• Purchasing and gift wrapping your holiday gifts
• Browsing product images and reading customer reviews while on the bus or train
• Tracking the status of a recently placed order when you’re away from your computer
• Seeing if Amazon Remembers can find a pair of shoes for sale like the one the person sitting next to you is wearing

Amazon Mobile is absolutely free! and you can get it in the AppStore

Want to be able to watch over 46,000 videos for free? Yes? Then Joost is for you. With over 46,000 (selection of videos varies by geography) to watch from, you can watch thousands of hours of anime, comedy, music, documentaries and much more — all for free!

Joost is a new way to watch videos - music, TV, movies and more, over the internet.

With Joost on your iPhone or iTouch you can watch thousands of hours of anime, comedy, drama, movies, music, documentaries, sci-fi, and sports.

You can choose what to watch in variety of ways:

• Browsing by category
• Select “most popular” videos
• Watch our favorites
• Search for a specific video

Joost is free and you can get it Here in the AppStore