{"id":13403,"date":"2008-12-29T17:09:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T00:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/12\/29\/why-katherine-wants-an-iphone.html"},"modified":"2008-12-29T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T00:09:40","slug":"why_katherine_wants_an_ip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/29\/why_katherine_wants_an_ip.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Katherine wants an iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Either it’s a sign of the Apocalypse, or (if Katherine’s current sense of humor is typical) an indication that a lot<\/em> of 8-year-olds are using iPhones. <\/p>\n

iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day \u00bb VentureBeat<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Apple\u2019s App Store is currently experiencing a plague of fart applications. Last week, I detailed one day in which at least 14 new fart apps were accepted into the store<\/a>. And now, just in a quick search, it looks like there are about 50 apps all dedicated to making fart noises on your iPhone or iPod touch. Classy, I know, but why are there so many?<\/p>\n

Because apparently there\u2019s big money in fart apps \u2014 nearly $10,000 a day for the most popular ones.<\/p>\n

Developer InfoMedia (Joel Comm), which makes iFart Mobile [iTunes link<\/a>], has been releasing download statistics<\/a> for the app each day since it launched. The $0.99 app has been in the top 100 paid apps every day since its launch, and has seen great growth. In fact, yesterday it hit the number one overall<\/em> position with over 13,000 downloads. MacRumors ran the numbers<\/a>, factoring out the 30 percent cut Apple takes from each sale, and determined that, yesterday alone, iFart Mobile made its developers $9,198.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Apparently this is the (silent but deadly) killer ap that Apple was looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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