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Your iPhone may be full of only the most useful apps, but the iTunes App Store is a treasure trove of the rubbish, the strange, and the truly WTF? We spend our time getting down and dirty with the ...

An app which simulates the flickering of a wax candle has been hailed as the most pointless app ever developed. The 'Virtual Candle' beat a string of other useless apps, including one which mimics the ...

Yo launched to a thousand cries of people lamenting its uselessness. Now, the application that’s raised $1.5 million in funding is finally making itself useful. The company launched the Yo Store on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover how social media, mobile, and the cloud impacts our web usage. Remember years ago when Microsoft had more then 70% of ...

The vortex of pointless celebrity apps has claimed another victim. New York sports radio legend Mike Francesa unveiled a new mobile resource for his diehard fans this week. The ‘Mike’s On’ (get it?) ...

Could it be that we’re turning a critical corner, where the next important group of startups won’t be addressing superficial concerns of comfort and convenience, or devoting their energies to all the ...

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Animated versions of hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman guide players through the game, as progress is made by giving obscure answers and trying to attain a low score. Like the iPhone and ...

First, thanks for saying "Pointless" right in the headline for the article, since that much is certainly true. I can only hope that people stop throwing money at this nonsensical app sometime soon.

An App for BBC daytime gameshow Pointless launched on iOS today (February 26). The game follows the same structure as the TV series, which was recently commissioned for 204 more episodes and 24 ...

An app that became infamous for its astounding lack of utility has found a purpose: warning Israeli citizens about rocket strikes. As reported by the Times of Israel (via Valleywag), Israelis have ...