Wizzard Media today announced the launch of 22 new iPhone Apps available for sale in the App store, including an App for the very popular Tiki Bar TV. This brings the total number of Apps on the Wizzard Media Network to 152, with more being uploaded weekly. The price of the new Apps range from $1.99 to $3.99 each. “Now, podcasting becomes a platform that converts audiences to revenue, accelerated by the micropayment billing process that Apple has created with the App store” The Tiki Bar TV App (2.99) delivers all the latest episodes of the wildly popular Tiki Bar TV comedy video podcast series starring Dr. Tiki, Johnny Johnny, and Lala. The show first started releasing its 5 to 10 minute episodes in iTunes on March 13, 2005 and since then its popularity has gained the cast recognition in Forbes and Business Week as innovators and leaders in video podcast entertainment. Like the Tiki Bar TV App, the twenty-two newly launched Apps are iPhone® companion Apps for popular podcasts on the Wizzard Media Network. They offer audiences one-click access to the podcast episodes directly on their iPhone or iPod® Touch, exclusive bonus content and new social communication features, creating an unprecedented level ...

Flurry, Inc. and Pinch Media, two leading smartphone application analytics providers, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to merge. This merger will solidify the companies’ combined position as the mobile application analytics market leader on the world’s fastest growing digital media platforms: iPhone™ and Android™. As a combined company, Flurry and Pinch Media analytics services will be running on more than 80% of all iPhone, iPod Touch and Android handsets worldwide. According to Morgan Stanley’s recent Mobile Internet Report, the iPhone is growing faster than the Internet did during the 90s. With 57 million iPhone OS units sold over its first nine quarters, iPhone OS penetration is more than three times greater than what AOL and Netscape achieved, combined, over the same period of time. Additionally, comparing iPhone OS sales to other historically successful hardware launches, iPhone OS outperforms the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Apple iPod and RIM BlackBerry. Additionally, Gartner Research recently forecasted that Android adoption will overtake iPhone adoption within three years. Going forward, the company will leverage consumer insight gained by tracking usage on 4 out of every 5 iPhone OS devices and 2 out of every 3 Android OS devices to accelerate ...

Apple has been growing and growing faster than any other computer company, the success of the iPhone, the Halo effect and the mass adoption of Macs everywhere have placed Apple in everybody face, but this growing popularity has come with a high price: Quality. Apple is known for its dedication to details on its products, from the package to the device Apple is the master, but recently and because of the high demand Apple products and services have been suffering some kind of Quality Distrophia, first the 3G connectivity in some iPhones, Mobileme undelivered promises, iPhone harline cracks on its surface and now ipods in Japan overheating. Apple must be in extreme stress trying to satisfy million of ipod and iphone users worldwide, delivering on times and competing in hundred of markets, but the most strange thing is that the iTunes Store serves million of users daily and I haven't heard of any undelivered promises, the iPod was suffering some surface cracks, but was resolved in its next version. This kind of situation is what rivals are waiting, just for a single spot where they can take on Apple and its products, so Apple must take these situations seriously and resolve ...