iPhone apps in Mid-TN

The Tennessean's iPhone app roundup this morning includes mention of locals Firefly Logic, Griffin Technology, gpsAssassin and others. Here are earlier VNC stories on gpsAssassin and Change:Healthcare.

TechCrunch blowsup NV firm

Nashville-based Nicholas Holland and Jackson Miller's (at left) gpsAssassin game for iPhone gets one helluva sendup on TechCrunch, by writer Jason Kincaid. Here's our earlier story on the game's launch. A year ago, Jackson Miller was presenting in the TechCrunch demo pit, a startup showcase, and hoping to launch Statzen, which has taken somewhat of a backseat to gpsAssassin, which recently passed the 10,000 simultaneous users milestone.

gpsAssassin passes 10K users

gpsAssassin, which as reported earlier by VNC was developed here locally by Nick Holland and Jackson Miller (at left), has passed the 10,000 simultaneous gameplayers mark, according to a release this morning.

More on iPod apps

[Updated June 15, 10:44 a.m.] Our earlier story on Nicholas Holland's and Jackson Miller's gpsAssassin obviously only uncovered the tip of the iceberg. For more, check out today's NBJ page-one piece (subscription), which includes not only gpsAssassins, but DeepWell developers and others. And, this Forbes piece says Apple's making at least $10MM per day from its cut of iPhone Apps Store proceeds.

SideHobby announces iPhone app approval

SideHobby LLC, a collaboration of two youthful Nashville tech entrepreneurs, announced its first online game offering has been approved for inclusion in the iPhone App Store. Read our exclusive story.