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Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app

by Mel Martin (Sep 28th, 2010)

iPhone travel app What Country describes Italy as "Pizza, Mafia, Pasta and Scooters." That isn't sitting too well with Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who says that the app's description of her country is offensive. She is threatening legal action against the developers, Apalon ...

Wacky Apple lawsuit of the day: Apple conspiring with Italian Mafia

by Steven Sande (Jul 20th, 2009)

Just when you think you've heard everything, along comes an Apple lawsuit that simply defies reality. Beverly Hills, CA resident Gregory McKenna has filed a 124-page complaint in a U.S. District Court in Missouri against Apple and a group of other defendants, including the F.B.I., the St. Louis ...

Mafia Wars out now on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2009)

Unfortunately, the classic mobile game of Dope Wars (I played hours of it on my old TI-80) still hasn't been allowed on the App Store -- Apple reportedly wasn't happy with the drug-themed gameplay, and so there are only "sugarcoated" versions there now (including one that is literally about sugar, ...