Advertising Age reports that Facebook will block apps that incorporate advertising that fail to comply with Facebook guidelines.  Two types of advertisements may no longer run on Facebook: Anything that sends "user data received from Facebook to ad networks," which limits the potential for behavioral targeting.

Want to earn some extra downloads?  Port that iPhone app to MS Win Mobile.  Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone application to its Windows Mobile platform. 

While no one admitted any wrong, two former officers of Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. and the company have agreed to pay a total of $650,000 in civil penalties in connection with a Securities & Exchange Commission investigation of NSP's Brazilian subsidiary.

Horizon Group Management, LLC, one of Chicago's "premier apartment leasing and management companies," has sued a former tenant, Amanda Bobben, for libel over a tweet she posted on her public twitter feed.

BPCouncil, an international brand protection organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, is featuring a segment discussing iPhone App trademark issues, showcasing the recent InfoMedia v. Air-O-Matic dispute, commonly known as iFart v.

GUEST COLUMN by Judith L. Grubner, Esq., Arnstein & Lehr Partner and Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader Some of us remember when parents would chase their children out to play in the sun, with no protection other than play clothes. 

Apple has rejected Google’s official Google Voice app, and has removed from the App Store several Google Voice-related apps that had previously been accepted. A Google spokesperson confirmed the ban of Google Voice in a statement to eWEEK July 27: Apple did not approve the Google Voice application we submitted six weeks ago to the Apple App Store.

Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb obtained the following list of must-have apps from these 5 web übergeeks: Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress likes smart travel social network Tripit Chris Messina, open source community organizer likes Twitter client Tweetie Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup Global likes note taking service Evernote Baratunde Thurston, Web Editor at The Onion likes Twitter client Tweetie Andy Baio, founder of Upcoming.org

Several hours after our post on increased media coverage of the potential danger of supplement use by high school athletes, the Food & Drug Administration held a press conference and issued a public health advisory on body-building products and steroids.

The pros have rules. The NCAA has its rules. And now there is a media awakening that steroid use in high schools deserves attention.  Newspapers have focused on the subject in recent articles.