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10 Silliest and Controversial Apple Apps Banned from iTunes

by Shadab DurraniMarch 21, 2017March 21, 2017iPhone / AppsLeave a Comment

Owning the world famous apple iPhone is everyone’s dream. Apart from its catchy features, using apple apps is one of the most important reasons of owning iPhones. You can buy apps for anything at all, from losing weight to finding recipes or even for the prices of the latest cars. Apple has made our lives a hell of a lot easier than it was in the past. According to the last year’s statistics, apple offered more than 500,000 apps, out of which, iPhonies downloaded 100 million apps from the iTunes.

However, there are several apps that were banned from the apple store due to different reasons including sexually offensive, political concerns, and too partisan. Stick around to know the ten ridiculous iPhones apps that were shut down.

1. Beauty Meter

Reason: Sexually Offensive

This app was released for fun where users could upload their pictures for reviews and feedback from other app users. The critiques were given on face, body, or clothes. The person uploading the picture was rewarded from 1 to 5 stars, depending on how good or bad the picture was. It went fine in the beginning, but when a nude picture of a 15-year-old girl was spotted with 5,000 rates, Apple closed this app forever.

2. iBoobs

Reason: Sexually Offensive

The most pathetic app Apple has ever introduced was iBoobs where women used to upload pictures of their breasts that were rated according to their gravity, mass, spring, firm, and back. It created havoc in many countries since it was easily accessible for the teenage girls, too. It couldn’t last long and was banned for promoting the sexual trend.

3. I am Rich

Reason: Unknown

Some people dream to be rich while others desire only to appear rich. This app did nothing except showing a radiant red diamond on the phone’s screen that looked real. The app was worth $999.9 and don’t be surprised that eight people (six from the United States and two from Europe) actually bought this expensive ploy, dividing the money into $5,600 for the app developer and the remaining for Apple.

4. Me So Holy

Reason: Religious Concerns

The religious groups around the world came down hard on Apple with the release of this app. For me it was stupid of Apple, to be honest! What’s stupider than putting your head on the holy figures of different religions? It wasn’t fun of course and enraged almost all the religious groups because it mocked them all. Soon after the harsh criticism, Apple accepted it as objectionable content and banned it.

5. Herb Converter

Reason: Narcotics

It made the weed-takers and dealers to calculate every ounce of weed and convert them into grams. It helped sellers in their business dealings and consumers to know the amount they are consuming. The actual reason of banning was the unavailability of important features such as marijuana availability and prices. It could be improved, but Apple decided to ban it after the frequent complaints of stoners.

6. Prohibition: Dope War 2

Reason: Narcotics

All the oldies must know about the 1980s game, Drug Wars. This app was actually a modern version of that game and it was fun to play, too. Once downloaded, the user had to collect as much money as possible within 30 days through narcotics dealings. Apple realized after its launch that the title was too blunt to release in the market, and replaced the name with Candy Wars where the drug was substituted with candies.

7. Slash

Reason: Offensive

This app was harmless and inoffensive, but what happened after its release took everyone’s breath away. The featured photo of this app was a knife and it actually played this crazy theme when users mimicked the stabbing action with their phones. The app was quickly shut down by Apple when some kids were found stabbing in U.K. Yeah, it seems crazy, but I bet you would end up doing the same if you had used this app.

8. Obama Trampoline

Reason: Politician’s Defamation

Even though this app was nasty, it was cool to play around. The user was allowed to choose one politician out of the 18 given. It also featured the bottomless caricature of Bill Clinton that was pretty much offensive. The user had to bounce him/her off the Oval Office (trampoline). The target was to pop the balloons floating in the Oval Office with the head of the figure chosen. The app was blocked by Apple, given the reason of public figure’s defamation.

9. Puff

Reason: Sexually Offensive

It’s actually sad to know Apple has launched a number of sexual apps in the past. There also came a point when people started criticizing Apple for this reason, and the release of app Puff was one of those times. It featured a beautiful Japanese girl and the user could actually peek into her skirts by blowing into the microphone. The same could be done by swiping the screen rapidly. If you blew harder, the girl could shriek, too.

10. Baby Shaker

Reason: Infanticide Promotion

It was a nasty idea to stop the baby on screen from crying by rigorously shaking your phone until the two prominent red marks appear on eyes. It could harm the phone and the child protection groups showed severe anger and expressed extreme disapproval over the release of this app. It didn’t take long for Apple to throw this app into the waste bin.

This amazing app lets you stay connected on-the-go with the people you care about

by Shadab DurraniJuly 11, 2016July 12, 2016Apps / Android / iPhoneLeave a Comment

How often do you find yourself in a state of dilemma when signing your child’s permission slip for a school trip or allowing them to spend the night at a friend’s place? May it be your daughter going out at night, a date with your partner, a ski trip or a business meeting, at many times during the day we find ourselves wondering where our loved ones are at the moment? Where today’s world seems to have shrunk; playgrounds have evolved, children have become more independent and are ready to explore their horizons and travel far and wide- a parent’s heart is never at ease. But worry no more, because finally an app is here that promises to keep you and yours connected wherever you are!

What Is Wave?

An answer to all your prayers and available for free on the iOS App Store as well as Android’s Google Play Store, Wave is a location app that allows you to locate your contacts in real-time on a private map for a limited period of time. It is dubbed as the easiest way to locate your friends and family and is a must-have app for everyone who owns a smartphone.

How Does It Work?

What makes Wave a go-to location app is perhaps its remarkable simplicity and ease of use. What you need to get Waving, is a compatible smartphone with enabled location services/GPS and an internet connection. And this is all that you really need to do to set up the Wave app:

Launch the Wave app, pick a contact and request to see each other position for as long as you wish.
Your contact will receive a push notification indicating that you wish to open a wave with them for a particular amount of time.
Once your contact accepts your request, you will be able to see each other on a dynamic, live and private map as your pin on the map follows your movements in real-time.
You can also set a Meeting Point, leave a message on a board, create Group Waves with up to 10 people and chat with every member of active wave.
How many times a day do you look at your wrist? Well that is about to change, because Wave has a full fledged Apple Watch companion App to take your Wave experience to the next level

Who Is It For?

The creators of the app believe that every open Wave brings people together in real life. And joining people always mean the beginning of something new and beautiful. The app can prove to be more than useful at many times during the day. For instance, you can open a wave with your mother when you go out at night, Keep track of your friends on your way to a group hangout or outdoor sports like a hike through the woods, and know where everybody is. You can even set up your client’s addresses as meeting points and check everyone’s on their way, or show you care by opening a wave with your date and letting them know that you’re on your way.

So Wave is for everyone; everyone who owns a smartphone and cares about their loved ones!

What makes Wave so Amazing?

Although the application doesn’t bring anything too phenomenal in term concept, but tucked away under Wave’s seamless and beautiful user interface is a masterwork of software engineering and ingenious Multi-OS optimization that plays in synchrony to present an experience like no other. Moreover, every single push notification and all movement data registered into the Wave app is encrypted and never saved on its servers. Wave seems to have achieved what no other location app could- Simplicity and uncompromised privacy! And this is perhaps what has earned Wave testimonials putting it much ahead of apps like Apple’s Find My Friend and Google Latitude. It has appeared in more than 100 specialized media and has been selected for some of the world’s most renowned technology and creativity summits, including Dublin’s Web Summit and the 4YFN Congress where Wave earned its place as an official Alpha Startup.

So get Wave app right now and show your loved ones that you care!

Tagged : connected / GPS / location app / wave

How to Restore Deleted Photos on Your iPhone or iPad

by maryJuly 2, 2016July 2, 2016iPhone / AppsLeave a Comment

A picture is worth a thousand memories behind them which are far from forgotten. Looking back the old family photos is actually a “feel-good” way to live back in the past again.

As technology evolves, all these albums are replaced by folders in photo apps on our computer’s hard disk. Accidentally deleting these photos results in a huge loss. But nowadays, various operating systems provide different ways to retrieve these pictures within their specific predefined time and space constraints. Actually, all the photo apps provide numerous features which need to be overlooked in detail, but mostly ignored by the user.

These techniques for recovery of files increase with the advancement in iOS. In windows, there is a Recycle Bin option to retrieve those pictures, but it fails when these files are deleted directly from the flash drives.

iOS 8, provides an easy way to restore deleted photos on your iPhone or iPad while keeping the condition of predefined time constraint. The procedure is very simple:

Open the photo application on your phone.
In the main menu, you will find all the different albums saved.
By scrolling down, you will find a folder with the name of ‘Recently Deleted’ which will be containing all the pictures you have deleted in the last 30 days.
Select the picture and tap on the Recover button on the bottom navigation. For multiple photos, there is the option to recover all photos back too.

Do keep in mind the time constraint, all the pictures deleted a month ago will no longer be retrieved.

Tagged : ipad / iphone / phone / pictures / recover pictures / recycle bin

Discover places to explore and learn about your destination with this iPhone app

by Shadab DurraniJune 25, 2016June 26, 2016Apps / iPhoneLeave a Comment

Summer is a great time of the year to pack your bags and set off on an adventure; explore new parts of the world, meet new people and go to places you’ve never been to before. But where the benefits are umpteen, traveling can at times seem rather overwhelming. We often find ourselves enthusiastically flipping through the pages of a tourism magazine only to shrug at the very thought of the hassles of planning a travel. However, contrary to popular belief, traveling has never been easier. And given the advent of the digital age and the plethora of mobile travel guide applications available, planning a trip today accounts for little more than a press of a button!

Available in the IOS App Store for a competitive price-tag of $0.99, Modern Atlas is one such application that brings trip planning within the palm of your hand. The application features travel guides and maps to over 21,000 cities and has information on more than 1.5 million landmarks and hidden gems. The guides are written by independent travelers from Wikivoyage and Wikitravel and thus provide you with recommendations for the best places to see, eat, and sleep while on your trip.

When it comes to visual interface, Modern Atlas offers a clean and minimalist aesthetic that seamlessly fuses with the overall IOS design. The user interface is well organized and easy to maneuver through, as various businesses and spots of interest at your destination appear colour-coded and the Avenir typeface makes text legible and easy to read. The application also features subtle animations that make the user experience more interactive; as one moves from one part of the app to another. Furthermore, the application also puts great emphasis on visuals, and exhibits beautiful snaps of selected destinations that are photographed by actual travelers. This gives the users a taste of what they are likely to experience in their travel and inspires them to pursue their travel dreams. And even if you aren’t traveling anytime soon, it’s always nice to learn about different places around the world, and if you like what you see, it’s never too late to add a destination to your bucket-list!

When launched, Modern Atlas welcomes the users with a few introductory screens that acquaint them with the application’s features and walks them through the process of getting started with the first map guide. Which is as easy as typing a city or a landmark in the search bar. Once a point of interest is selected, Modern Atlas, then takes you to that spot using Apple maps, which are well integrated with the application and the whole process is rather seamless. Modern Atlas quickly pulls up all relevant data from sources like Wikivoyage and Wikitravel, and as spots on the map start to populate, you can access pop-up detail boxes with a single touch and read up about the spot. And if you like the spot, you can quickly save it by tapping on the ‘star’ icon. The map also allows users to use multi-touch gestures for ease of access and enable 3D Flyover mode to take a virtual tour of the destination. Modern Atlas’ functionality, allow it to not only be used to find out about the destination before visiting it, but it can also prove to be very handy at the moment. Either way, the application provides a lot of information, including how to get to a particular spot, to its historical significance and tips on how to make the stay safe and comfortable.

They say that the world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only one page. And now that you have the world within the palm of your hands, now is a better time than ever to fire up Modern Atlas, pick a destination and pack your bags for an adventure of a life-time.

Tagged : destination / iphone / location / travel

11 Free iPhone only Apps that will make your Android buddy jealous

by Shadab DurraniJune 17, 2016June 17, 2016Apps / iPhoneLeave a Comment

A best aspect regarding owning an iPhone is that you get a considerable measure of the most up to date applications first before they land on Android.

It may not be reasonable, but rather it’s an incredible advantage for iPhone clients.

You can appreciate the best travel applications, exclusives from Instagram and Adobe, and effective photograph applications.

In these 11 Free iPhone only apps, you are ensured to discover something new — simply don’t boast a lot to your buddy with Android phones.

Hitlist curates the best travel deals for you.

Hitlist is a trek booking application that spares you cash by letting you know when the best time is to travel while giving you distinctive destination alternatives.

However, the issue with numerous applications is that they constrain you to invest a particular effort and spot. Hitlist works by giving you a cluster of better places and times, expanded to spare you cash.

Fresh Air is a beautiful weather app.

Outside Air is a flawless climate application that underlines visuals with its moderate climate diagram. You can look forward so as to perceive how the climate will be later on, and it additionally interfaces with your timetable application to give you figures on up and coming arrangements.

NYT Now is a brilliant and free news app.

The New York Times has made one of the best news applications with NYT Now. There’s a whole group at The Times that is in charge of ensuring that it is always redesigned with not simply breaking news — and highlights — from the distribution, additionally with highlights from different news outlets. What’s more, the good to beat all is its effectively edible breakdowns of the day’s news highlights.

Overcast magically erases the pauses in podcasts so you can listen faster.

Cloudy is the best application for listening to podcasts and, because of a major new redesign, it’s free. This implies you can access “keen rate” — which takes away delays to accelerate the podcast — voice help, and downloading on the cell system.

Photoshop Fix brings powerful photo-editing tools to your phone for free.

Photoshop Fix is another standalone application from Adobe that severs a number of Photoshop’s modifying abilities and offers them to you for nothing. You can do things like smooth or hone “objects” — think skin — or utilize the “condense” instrument to reshape any region as though it were fluid.

Paper is the best sketching app for iPhone.

Paper for iPhone is an application that extends the thought of what “taking notes” implies on your phone.

You can utilize it to make everything from records to presentations that incorporate outlines and diagrams. It essentially interprets the experience you have composing on “paper” to your phone — bringing back all the assignments that more customary note-taking applications need.

Giphy Cam helps you make insane GIFs out of everyday moments.

Giphy Cam is another application that resemble Photo Booth, on Mac PCs, for making GIFs.

You pick channels and foundations — like flying tacos or hallucinogenic twirls — and afterward hit the record catch to make your own GIF. You can then spare it to your phone or post it to online networking so your companions can respect your GIF diversion.

“Mr Jump” is the new “Flappy Bird.”

“Mr Jump” is an enchanting platformer that strolls the almost negligible difference amongst addictive and troublesome. You control Mr Jump as he bounces his way crosswise over gulch gaps and jumps over spikes, and the most recent extension presents new levels and another plane pack capacity.

Hyperlapse from Instagram transforms your shaky footage into a stunning time-lapse.

As of not long ago, to make smooth time-slip recordings, you required costly tripods and adjustment gear. Fortunately, Hyperlapse from Instagram utilizes its picture adjustment strategies to smooth out unsteady footage, and the outcomes are great. It’s incredible for catching games minutes, auto rides, climate, swarms, and adventures by walking.

Litely is great for adding subtle filters.

Litely is an effective photograph application for adding unobtrusive channels to your photographs, giving them a film-like tone. You can tap the screen with two fingers to see what your photograph looked like before including any presets, and the application’s nondestructive altering highlights imply that you never need to stress over losing your unique.

Pedometer++ is a great way to keep track of your daily fitness.

Pedometer++ is ideal for monitoring your day by day action and wellness objectives with a speedy look. There’s two brisk approaches to check your day by day progress. You can swipe down and see the Pedometer++ gadget in your iPhone’s Notification Center, or you can check the small red identification on the application symbol, which shows your present strides.

“Afterpulse” is a gorgeous new shooter for iOS.

“Afterpulse” is a third-individual shooter that keeps on obscuring the line among portable and console-amusement illustrations. In case you’re an aficionado of recreations like “Honorable obligation” and “Riggings of War,” then you’ll adoration “Afterpulse’s” quick pace and online multiplayer matches.

The amusement additionally takes a shot at Apple TV, so on the off chance that you like to diversion with a physical controller rather than touch-screen controls, then you can utilize one of Apple’s affirmed Bluetooth controllers for a slight high ground.

Tagged : Afterpulse / apps / free / Fresh Air / Giphy Cam / Hitlist / Hyperlapse / iphone / Litely / Mr Jump / Overcast / Paper / Pedometer / Photoshop Fix

Sony is Planning to Bring PlayStation Games to Android and iPhone

by Shadab DurraniJune 13, 2016June 21, 2016Android / Gaming / iPhoneLeave a Comment

As of late Sony set up “Forward Works”, a division that is going to handle portable gaming. This will be Sony’s second cut in the versatile business, with the first being PlayStation Mobile . (In any case, we as a whole know how that turned out) Irony is naming your handheld gadget PS Vita and having it pass on faster than I can sort this sentence. (Vita signifies “Life” in Latin)

The PS Vita was one out of not very many gadgets that utilized Play Station Mobile.

The Independent reported this new organization will “convey new administrations towards the continually growing keen gadget market.”

Sony Computer Entertainment (Which will be known as Sony Interactive Entertainment from April first onward) reported that Forward Works will utilize PlayStation’s Intellectual property in its versatile diversions.

It was expressed that Forward Works’ first titles would be gone for clients in Asia basically as the fundamental central station is situated in Tokyo, Japan. On the off chance that the outcomes turn out to be attractive Sony will then extend the idea to whatever remains of the world.

Forward Works will be driven by At sushi Morita, SCE’s leader in Japan and Asia.Hopefully Forward Works will have the fancied reception PlayStation Mobile neglected to figure it out.

Tagged : android / games / iphone / playstation / Sony

This phone case lets an iPhone run Android

by Shadab DurraniJune 8, 2016July 12, 2016Android / iPhoneLeave a Comment

Nick Lee, a developer famous under his name for putting weird and wacky operating systems on Apple gadgets has after including Windows 95 on an iPhone, worked his way into bringing a full fledged version of Android to an iPhone, a very long shot though!
However this high tech advancement comes with a slight catch. You’d have to own a special, 3D-printed smartphone case to avail what Lee worked his technicalities for.

To make this work, Lee cloned the Android Open Source Project (ASOP) and accustomed a version of Android Marshmallow that he could run on a self bought board. Next up, he created a lightweight case enclosed in a 3D enclosure that he had got printed in the size of an iPhone. The case combined the board, a battery, a boost converter and a resistor. The first draft turned out to be not any less heavier than a brick and looked like something Phone stores would sell, say, 15 years ago or so.

But after progressively working on the design, Lee slimmed it down to craft an enclosure not any larger than the usual smartphone battery case wherein he included HDMI openings, USB ports and an SD card slot. The YouTube demonstration pretty much explains the entire procedure including the slipping over on a light plastic sheet upon the components before the placement of the iPhone is done on top.

Lee works as a CTO in Tendigi, a mobile design and development studio in Brooklyn and uses their IOS app to communicate with the case as well as load his customized Android version on an iPhone 6S’s display. No wonder he was able to boot Android by customizing the Tendigi App on the iPhone’s Home Screen.

The task took too many a days and practically fell over the edge, but the fascination to take up and look over the intricacies of the task was more than worth the time and effort.

Tagged : android / case / iphone / phone