Tag: Appstore
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Bomb Gaza Video Game Gets Shot Down from Google AppStore
Google removed from its app store — Google Play — a mobile game that simulates Israeli attacks on Gaza. “Bomb Gaza” lets video game players drop bombs and try to avoid killing civilians. The game got the axe from Google this week after a public backlash, said the Guardian newspaper. PlayFTW developed the game in which…
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Jewish Holidays? There’s An App for That!
I wasn’t surprised that a reporter from the New York Times contacted me about mobile apps for Passover this year. I was just surprised it took her that long. Jennifer Medina, a reporter for the NY Times, called my cellphone a couple days before the first Passover seder this year. I excused myself from my…
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Best Jewish iPhone Apps
What are the best iPhone Apps with Jewish content? Here’s a quick rundown: 10. Dreidel HD By: Captain Moustache, LLP “Jews young and old… REJOICE! Hanukkah has finally hit the iPad.” That’s right, Dreidel HD lets you virtually spin the dreidel for your chance to win the pot of shekels! “This is no ordinary dreidel – it talks, it…
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Google’s App Store Offers Inspirational Hitler Quotes Apps for Android
Apple has been criticized by mobile app makers for the difficult process involved in getting their apps into the AppStore. The reason for all the red tape in this process, however, is so Apple can approve each app for content ensuring there is no hate speech or racist material in the app. In France, Apple…
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Jewish Brothers in Detroit Run jacAPPS, Successful Mobile App Company
In what could have easily been mistaken for a scene from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, two brothers sit at a conference room table in Southfield bouncing ideas off each other for mobile applications that could improve Jewish life. A small collection of iPhones and iPads sits on the table, as one brother remarks that it…