148Apps Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Rumor: Rovio's new game is Casey's Contraptions

by Mike Schramm (May 9th, 2012)

148Apps has done a little bit of digging, and has possibly discovered what Angry Birds creators Rovio are up to next. Rovio recently released a thank you/teaser video for a full billion Angry Birds downloads, and in the very end of that video, a character appears: It's a younger kid, with some ...

2011 Best App Ever winners announced

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2012)

Jeff Scott of 148 Apps has announced the winners for the Best App Ever for 2011, and you can review at the official site right now. Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick was the overall winner in the iOS devision (which is a great app, but probably also benefited from actually promoting the Best App Ever ...

Voting now open for Best App Ever awards

by Mike Schramm (Jan 3rd, 2012)

Voting has been opened up for the 2011 Best App Ever nominees. These awards have been put on every year for a few years now by our friends over at 148 Apps, and they feature many of the greatest apps you'll find on the iOS store, chosen by users. To vote on this year's awards, head over to the ...

Best App Ever winners announced, Angry Birds wins big

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2011)

148Apps' own Jeff Scott just handed me an actual piece of paper here in the Macworld press room, and on it there are all of the Best App Ever winners listed. You can read the full list online in PDF form, but we'll spoil a few of them for you. Best App Ever for 2010? None other than a little app ...

148Apps creates an App Hall of Fame

by Mike Schramm (Oct 11th, 2010)

Jeff Scott of 148Apps has finally revealed his App Hall of Fame project -- he started it up about a month ago, and asked a number of personalities around the iPhone/iPad app scene (including yours truly) to nominate and then vote on a few App Store apps, with the eventual goal of inducting them ...

2008 Best iPhone App Ever winners announced

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2009)

The voting only went underway a while ago, but they've just announced the winners for the 2008 Best App Ever awards, celebrating (according to 148apps.com and the people they got to nominate and vote in their contest) the best iPhone apps of last year. As I said for the voting, you can probably take ...