news.cnet.com - 4/23/2009
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Updated at 3:00 p.m. PT with word from Sikalosoft.
Apple issued a statement Thursday apologizing for allowing the Baby Shaker application onto the App Store.
Just hours before the App Store offers up its 1 billionth download , Apple was forced to acknowledge that perhaps the most notorious ...
news.cnet.com - 4/22/2009
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A successful game of Baby Shaker, now available
on the App Store. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)...
Updated 1:25 p.m. - Apple has pulled Baby Shaker from the App Store. If you needed any further proof that Apple's App Store approval ...
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Apple approves 'Baby Shaker' for App Store
finance.yahoo.com - 4/23/2009
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finance.yahoo.com —
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Inc. is apologizing
for allowing a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker"...
that let a player quiet a virtual crying infant by shaking the device. Apple removed the program from the iPhone's App Store on Wednesday, but ...
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Apple apologizes for `Baby Shaker' iPhone game - Yahoo! ...
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Apple apologizes over Baby Shaker app
AppleInsider —
... Published: 06:00 PM EST Apple's App Store, often lambasted for being slow and excessively conservative in its approval process, is now apologizing for having approved a game where players kill babies by shaking them to death. The Baby Shaker app was pulled two days after it was approved this Monday following a barrage of complaints forced Apple to both take the app down and issue an apology , which was obtained by CNet News.com . "This application was deeply offensive and should not have been approved for distribution on the App Store," the company said. " When we learned ...
Apple iPhone App Review Team: “Farts,” No. “Bunnies+Farts,” Si!
TechCrunch —
Hot on the heels of the Great iPhone Baby-Shaking App Debacle of 2009 we have another example of the crack Apple iPhone App Review Team in action. ...
Apple breaks App Store silence
iPhone Atlas —
... . But even then, Apple didn't explain the reasoning behind its decision to approve an application it eventually called "deeply offensive." ...
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Apple Apologizes for Approving Baby Shaker iPhone Game [Apple] —
Gizmodo
Apple has issued a formal apology for approving Sikalasoft's Baby Shaker application —an applications that required users to shake the iPhone to shut up a virtual baby—making it available in their iTunes Music Store. "We sincerely apologize for this mistake," said Apple spokeswoman ...
Apple apologizes for Baby Shaker —
CNET News - Apple
Apple issued a statement Thursday apologizing for allowing the "Baby Shaker" application onto the App Store.
Just hours before the App Store offers up its 1 billionth download , Apple was forced to acknowledge that perhaps the most notorious iPhone application ever constructed was "deeply ...
How did "Baby Shaker" slip through the cracks? —
The Apple Core
In what can only be described as an oversight (at least one can hope) Apple approved an iTunes application that displayed a picture of a baby and played a crying sound. Apple removed the app from the App Store around 1pm PT yesterday.
The “objective” of said app was to violently ...
Apple App News: Approved Baby Shaker now removed —
Phones Review
It appears that angry parents and children’s’ groups have complained to Apple concerning the Apple iPhone application Baby Shaker, and iPhone app developed by Sikalosoft and costing $0.99 from the App Store.
Baby Shaker for the Apple iPhone had the iPhoner attempting to quieten a crying baby ...
Apple removes 'Baby Shaker' from App Store —
CNET News - Apple
Apple appears to have pulled Baby Shaker from the App Store. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)
Apple has removed the Baby Shaker application from the App Store, just hours after it was discovered.
The application still shows up in the App Store search, but upon clicking on the ...
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