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Games and Mobile Phones: Apple Bans Off-Color Apps

Apple is known the world-over for innovation and making technology easy to use for the consumer. The iPhone is one of Apple's most popular and widely-used products.  The applications, or as they are more affectionately know as "apps", for the iPhone, are popular with many customers, and used for a range of activities, from wiling away their leisure time  to simplifying daily routines.

When a few of the apps for the iPhone were found to be a bit racy...partial nudity displayed on the screen...they were immediately pulled.  In response to parents who voiced objections about the ability for their children to see inappropriate content, Apple recognized that a large portion of their end-user population is school-aged children and banned the apps.

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