Shake Baby Until It Dies Update

shakebabytweet We went live with the our Baby Shaker story early this morning around 1:00am PST, including an announcement on Twitter. The first retweet was at 5:30am PST by @Dixwifey. From there, the word started to spread. We made a timezone re-tweet at 10:45am PST and after that, all hell broke loose with multiple re-tweets, passionate comments and outcries towards Apple requesting that Baby Shaker be removed from the App Store.

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At 11:07am PST, CNET broke the Baby Shaker story on their site (crediting KRAPPS). Shortly thereafter, Tech Crunch broke the story (crediting CNET). Twitter was going off with Baby Shaker tweets and retweets (still is at the time of writing). At approximately 3:30pm PST, mainstream media has picked up the Baby Shaker story: New York Times, Boston Herald, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and more by the minute via Google News search.

In the end, the people were heard and Apple removed Baby Shaker … but not without exposure to a seriously flawed application approval system.

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Child abuse is not funny … shaking a baby on your iPhone until it dies is just F’ed up (just read the viewer comments below for real life child abuse horror stories) and not a laughing nor entertaining matter.

 

To conclude, reading the various Baby Shaker buzz, we’ve been noticing that Apple fanboy thinks Apple can do no wrong … saying Baby Shaker is not Apple’s fault, rather the developers. Uhhhh, WRONG NUT JOB! Apple is 100% responsible for the products they sell. Doesn’t matter if they developed it or not … if Apple sells it, they are responsible for the product … so STFU Apple fanboy and mix in a dose of reality.

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Comments

  • My Opinion

    Didn't anyone chase your link from the first story to the site freely hosted at Google Sites? It's still there (6PM CDT). Chase that link, then the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom. Google needs to shuck that stuff, too.

    More than one person/company can be in-the-wrong at the same time.

  • My Opinion

    Didn't anyone chase your link from the first story to the site freely hosted at Google Sites? It's still there (6PM CDT). Chase that link, then the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom. Google needs to shuck that stuff, too.

    More than one person/company can be in-the-wrong at the same time.

  • My Opinion

    Didn't anyone chase your link from the first story to the site freely hosted at Google Sites? It's still there (6PM CDT). Chase that link, then the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom. Google needs to shuck that stuff, too.

    More than one person/company can be in-the-wrong at the same time.

  • My Opinion

    Didn't anyone chase your link from the first story to the site freely hosted at Google Sites? It's still there (6PM CDT). Chase that link, then the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom. Google needs to shuck that stuff, too.

    More than one person/company can be in-the-wrong at the same time.

  • My Opinion

    Didn't anyone chase your link from the first story to the site freely hosted at Google Sites? It's still there (6PM CDT). Chase that link, then the “Report Abuse” link at the bottom. Google needs to shuck that stuff, too.

    More than one person/company can be in-the-wrong at the same time.

  • Robyn Love Sprague

    I am beyond words — I just had a letter to the editor published today in my local paper recognizing this week as Shaken Baby Awareness week and to see this makes me want to throw up…..
    Robyn Love Sprague – mom of 6 beautiful gifts; the oldest, Jack, a survivor of Shaken Baby from his babysitter, Nancy Hobgood Brookbank 🙁

  • Robyn Love Sprague

    I am beyond words — I just had a letter to the editor published today in my local paper recognizing this week as Shaken Baby Awareness week and to see this makes me want to throw up…..
    Robyn Love Sprague – mom of 6 beautiful gifts; the oldest, Jack, a survivor of Shaken Baby from his babysitter, Nancy Hobgood Brookbank 🙁

  • Robyn Love Sprague

    I am beyond words — I just had a letter to the editor published today in my local paper recognizing this week as Shaken Baby Awareness week and to see this makes me want to throw up…..
    Robyn Love Sprague – mom of 6 beautiful gifts; the oldest, Jack, a survivor of Shaken Baby from his babysitter, Nancy Hobgood Brookbank 🙁

  • Robyn Love Sprague

    I am beyond words — I just had a letter to the editor published today in my local paper recognizing this week as Shaken Baby Awareness week and to see this makes me want to throw up…..
    Robyn Love Sprague – mom of 6 beautiful gifts; the oldest, Jack, a survivor of Shaken Baby from his babysitter, Nancy Hobgood Brookbank 🙁

  • Robyn Love Sprague

    I am beyond words — I just had a letter to the editor published today in my local paper recognizing this week as Shaken Baby Awareness week and to see this makes me want to throw up…..
    Robyn Love Sprague – mom of 6 beautiful gifts; the oldest, Jack, a survivor of Shaken Baby from his babysitter, Nancy Hobgood Brookbank 🙁

  • We know that reporting the link to Google was advised in the previous article's comments … perhaps priority #1 was to get Apple to remove Baby Shaker from iTunes and next item on the agenda, take down the Baby Shaker site via Google.

  • We know that reporting the link to Google was advised in the previous article's comments … perhaps priority #1 was to get Apple to remove Baby Shaker from iTunes and next item on the agenda, take down the Baby Shaker site via Google.

  • We know that reporting the link to Google was advised in the previous article's comments … perhaps priority #1 was to get Apple to remove Baby Shaker from iTunes and next item on the agenda, take down the Baby Shaker site via Google.

  • We know that reporting the link to Google was advised in the previous article's comments … perhaps priority #1 was to get Apple to remove Baby Shaker from iTunes and next item on the agenda, take down the Baby Shaker site via Google.

  • We know that reporting the link to Google was advised in the previous article's comments … perhaps priority #1 was to get Apple to remove Baby Shaker from iTunes and next item on the agenda, take down the Baby Shaker site via Google.

  • 5:30pm PST … the dev's Baby Shaker site has been removed … nicely done!

  • 5:30pm PST … the dev's Baby Shaker site has been removed … nicely done!

  • 5:30pm PST … the dev's Baby Shaker site has been removed … nicely done!

  • 5:30pm PST … the dev's Baby Shaker site has been removed … nicely done!

  • 5:30pm PST … the dev's Baby Shaker site has been removed … nicely done!

  • I WONDER how come Apple could play with the emotions like this.. I hope apple won't repeat the same mistake again in future..

  • I WONDER how come Apple could play with the emotions like this.. I hope apple won't repeat the same mistake again in future..

  • I WONDER how come Apple could play with the emotions like this.. I hope apple won't repeat the same mistake again in future..

  • I WONDER how come Apple could play with the emotions like this.. I hope apple won't repeat the same mistake again in future..

  • I WONDER how come Apple could play with the emotions like this.. I hope apple won't repeat the same mistake again in future..

  • Wow really awful

  • Wow really awful

  • Wow really awful

  • Wow really awful

  • Wow really awful

  • Miles Edgeworth

    Of course apps like this should not be allowed. Of course it is horrible. Of course someone overlooked something.

    Get real people, things like that happen all the time. They shouldn't, but they do. People are not perfect and guess what: Apple is run by people and so is their approval process.

    Blogs like this one illustrate plainly why there is a difference between journalism and so called “blogging”. The one is a carefully learned craft and the other all too often just the venting of personal anger towards someone or something.

  • Miles Edgeworth

    Of course apps like this should not be allowed. Of course it is horrible. Of course someone overlooked something.

    Get real people, things like that happen all the time. They shouldn't, but they do. People are not perfect and guess what: Apple is run by people and so is their approval process.

    Blogs like this one illustrate plainly why there is a difference between journalism and so called “blogging”. The one is a carefully learned craft and the other all too often just the venting of personal anger towards someone or something.

  • Miles Edgeworth

    Of course apps like this should not be allowed. Of course it is horrible. Of course someone overlooked something.

    Get real people, things like that happen all the time. They shouldn't, but they do. People are not perfect and guess what: Apple is run by people and so is their approval process.

    Blogs like this one illustrate plainly why there is a difference between journalism and so called “blogging”. The one is a carefully learned craft and the other all too often just the venting of personal anger towards someone or something.

  • Miles Edgeworth

    Of course apps like this should not be allowed. Of course it is horrible. Of course someone overlooked something.

    Get real people, things like that happen all the time. They shouldn't, but they do. People are not perfect and guess what: Apple is run by people and so is their approval process.

    Blogs like this one illustrate plainly why there is a difference between journalism and so called “blogging”. The one is a carefully learned craft and the other all too often just the venting of personal anger towards someone or something.

  • Miles Edgeworth

    Of course apps like this should not be allowed. Of course it is horrible. Of course someone overlooked something.

    Get real people, things like that happen all the time. They shouldn't, but they do. People are not perfect and guess what: Apple is run by people and so is their approval process.

    Blogs like this one illustrate plainly why there is a difference between journalism and so called “blogging”. The one is a carefully learned craft and the other all too often just the venting of personal anger towards someone or something.

  • im sorry to say that this may just be the start of it, im sure someone disturbed will be picking helpless animals soon enough.

    Im suprised PETA hasnt tried to push the line with anti-fur app yet…

  • im sorry to say that this may just be the start of it, im sure someone disturbed will be picking helpless animals soon enough.

    Im suprised PETA hasnt tried to push the line with anti-fur app yet…

  • im sorry to say that this may just be the start of it, im sure someone disturbed will be picking helpless animals soon enough.

    Im suprised PETA hasnt tried to push the line with anti-fur app yet…

  • im sorry to say that this may just be the start of it, im sure someone disturbed will be picking helpless animals soon enough.

    Im suprised PETA hasnt tried to push the line with anti-fur app yet…

  • im sorry to say that this may just be the start of it, im sure someone disturbed will be picking helpless animals soon enough.

    Im suprised PETA hasnt tried to push the line with anti-fur app yet…

  • I just want to say that I am what you would call an “Apple Fanboy”. Well, not as much as some, but still. When I heard about this app this morning, I just couldn't believe what I heard.

    I don't know how many people Apple has “screening” the apps before they are released, and how much education they have. However, Baby Shaker is clearly an app that should never have seen the light of day. Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of other apps that also should not be in the AppStore right now, but it appears that Apple doesn't seem to mind them being there.

    As someone currently developing an app for the store myself, I see all too often applications out there that probably took the developer all of 5 minutes to write and are out there in the store attempting to sell for $1 and on rare occasions $1,000. When I see the $1000 apps, I report them to Apple right away. I don't care what their content is, the app had better be worth $1000 if they are selling it for $1000. Don't show me a single screenshot of a title screen and not have a website backing the software up. Otherwise I'm calling SCAM.

    Anyway, I don't know if it was your site or someone close to your site that first brought this app to Apple's attention, but good for you for doing so, who ever did it! As fans of Apple and the iPhone/iPod touch, we need to make sure that Apple does the right thing with situations like these.

  • I just want to say that I am what you would call an “Apple Fanboy”. Well, not as much as some, but still. When I heard about this app this morning, I just couldn't believe what I heard.

    I don't know how many people Apple has “screening” the apps before they are released, and how much education they have. However, Baby Shaker is clearly an app that should never have seen the light of day. Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of other apps that also should not be in the AppStore right now, but it appears that Apple doesn't seem to mind them being there.

    As someone currently developing an app for the store myself, I see all too often applications out there that probably took the developer all of 5 minutes to write and are out there in the store attempting to sell for $1 and on rare occasions $1,000. When I see the $1000 apps, I report them to Apple right away. I don't care what their content is, the app had better be worth $1000 if they are selling it for $1000. Don't show me a single screenshot of a title screen and not have a website backing the software up. Otherwise I'm calling SCAM.

    Anyway, I don't know if it was your site or someone close to your site that first brought this app to Apple's attention, but good for you for doing so, who ever did it! As fans of Apple and the iPhone/iPod touch, we need to make sure that Apple does the right thing with situations like these.

  • I just want to say that I am what you would call an “Apple Fanboy”. Well, not as much as some, but still. When I heard about this app this morning, I just couldn't believe what I heard.

    I don't know how many people Apple has “screening” the apps before they are released, and how much education they have. However, Baby Shaker is clearly an app that should never have seen the light of day. Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of other apps that also should not be in the AppStore right now, but it appears that Apple doesn't seem to mind them being there.

    As someone currently developing an app for the store myself, I see all too often applications out there that probably took the developer all of 5 minutes to write and are out there in the store attempting to sell for $1 and on rare occasions $1,000. When I see the $1000 apps, I report them to Apple right away. I don't care what their content is, the app had better be worth $1000 if they are selling it for $1000. Don't show me a single screenshot of a title screen and not have a website backing the software up. Otherwise I'm calling SCAM.

    Anyway, I don't know if it was your site or someone close to your site that first brought this app to Apple's attention, but good for you for doing so, who ever did it! As fans of Apple and the iPhone/iPod touch, we need to make sure that Apple does the right thing with situations like these.

  • I just want to say that I am what you would call an “Apple Fanboy”. Well, not as much as some, but still. When I heard about this app this morning, I just couldn't believe what I heard.

    I don't know how many people Apple has “screening” the apps before they are released, and how much education they have. However, Baby Shaker is clearly an app that should never have seen the light of day. Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of other apps that also should not be in the AppStore right now, but it appears that Apple doesn't seem to mind them being there.

    As someone currently developing an app for the store myself, I see all too often applications out there that probably took the developer all of 5 minutes to write and are out there in the store attempting to sell for $1 and on rare occasions $1,000. When I see the $1000 apps, I report them to Apple right away. I don't care what their content is, the app had better be worth $1000 if they are selling it for $1000. Don't show me a single screenshot of a title screen and not have a website backing the software up. Otherwise I'm calling SCAM.

    Anyway, I don't know if it was your site or someone close to your site that first brought this app to Apple's attention, but good for you for doing so, who ever did it! As fans of Apple and the iPhone/iPod touch, we need to make sure that Apple does the right thing with situations like these.

  • I just want to say that I am what you would call an “Apple Fanboy”. Well, not as much as some, but still. When I heard about this app this morning, I just couldn't believe what I heard.

    I don't know how many people Apple has “screening” the apps before they are released, and how much education they have. However, Baby Shaker is clearly an app that should never have seen the light of day. Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of other apps that also should not be in the AppStore right now, but it appears that Apple doesn't seem to mind them being there.

    As someone currently developing an app for the store myself, I see all too often applications out there that probably took the developer all of 5 minutes to write and are out there in the store attempting to sell for $1 and on rare occasions $1,000. When I see the $1000 apps, I report them to Apple right away. I don't care what their content is, the app had better be worth $1000 if they are selling it for $1000. Don't show me a single screenshot of a title screen and not have a website backing the software up. Otherwise I'm calling SCAM.

    Anyway, I don't know if it was your site or someone close to your site that first brought this app to Apple's attention, but good for you for doing so, who ever did it! As fans of Apple and the iPhone/iPod touch, we need to make sure that Apple does the right thing with situations like these.

  • dsaf

    Child abuse?

    There's an app for that, too.

  • dsaf

    Child abuse?

    There's an app for that, too.

  • dsaf

    Child abuse?

    There's an app for that, too.

  • dsaf

    Child abuse?

    There's an app for that, too.

  • dsaf

    Child abuse?

    There's an app for that, too.