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Today the New York Times is reporting that Amazon has bought out Lexcycle, the company behind the excellent Stanza ebook reader for the iPhone. No financial details were disclosed. By this move, Amazon seems strengthening its presence on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

According to Lexcycle’s blog:

We are not planning any changes in the Stanza application or user experience as a result of the acquisition. Customers will still be able to browse, buy, and read ebooks from our many content partners. We look forward to offering future products and services that we hope will resonate with our passionate readers.

We are excited to join forces with a company that has innovated on behalf of readers for over a decade and is a pioneer in ebooks. Like Amazon, we believe there is a lot of innovation ahead for ebooks and we could not think of a better company to join during this exciting time.

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Team17 has revealed these exclusive pictures of their classic invertebrate artillery game, Worms, playing on an iPhone. The classic version of Worms first released in 1995 and now they are bringing their original version to the iPhone.  Yeah, it's a logical step since iPhone has became a popular gaming platform.

...the iPhone title uses a 2D environment in which the idea is to destroy your opponent’s team of militant worms.  Players take it in turns to launch various weapons, including exploding sheep, with the winner of each round either the first to wipe their rivals out, or the person with the most health points left when the time runs out.

On the iPhone and iPod touch, the touchscreen is used for aiming and scrolling, with pinch-zooming seemingly supported for navigation around the 2D game area.  We’re hoping there are both local and remote two-player modes, where you can either play against friends by passing the iPhone between you, or over an internet connection.

Judging by these screenshots, seems Worms for iPhone and iPod touch will be available on the App Store very soon.

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Apple on Friday revealed that Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old from Weston, Connecticut, as the winner of its billion app countdown contest. He downloaded Bump (which allows users to send contact information between iPhones) --the App Store's billionth download, to his iPhone.

Apple awards Mulcahey a MacBook laptop, an iPod Touch, an Apple Time Capsule backup system and a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

Connor said he learned he won through an e-mail sent to his iPhone on Thursday as he was on the way home from baseball practice. The vice president of iTunes had written him personally to congratulate him.

Apple had apparently tried to call his home first, Connor said, "But my mom pretty much said, 'I don't believe you,' and hung up.

"I was pretty surprised, but I felt sorry for all those other people who tried hard to win."

Congratulations, Connor!

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Apple on Friday revealed that Connor Mulcahey, a 13 year-old from Weston, Connecticut, as the winner of its billion app countdown contest. He downloaded Bump (which allows users to send contact information between iPhones) --the App Store's billionth download, to his iPhone.

Apple awards Mulcahey a MacBook laptop, an iPod Touch, an Apple Time Capsule backup system and a $10,000 iTunes gift card.

Connor said he learned he won through an e-mail sent to his iPhone on Thursday as he was on the way home from baseball practice. The vice president of iTunes had written him personally to congratulate him.

Apple had apparently tried to call his home first, Connor said, "But my mom pretty much said, 'I don't believe you,' and hung up.

"I was pretty surprised, but I felt sorry for all those other people who tried hard to win."

Congratulations, Connor!

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