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'iMussolini' iPhone App Rules Italian App Store With Iron Fist

by Caleb Johnson on January 29, 2010 at 09:38 AM

We told you about one guy who figured out how to make a killing by developing a dirty iPhone application. When you think about it, it's sort of logical that his app sold well. (Scantily clad 3-D girls always equal tons of downloads.) But sometimes, there's just no explaining why an app rises to the top of the download charts.

For example, consider the recent success of the new 'iMussolini' application. Yes, the fascist leader who ruled Italy during World War II. According to Bloomberg News, the app shot to the number-two position on the Italian App Store charts this Wednesday with about 1,000 downloads per day. Now, this might not have even made the news, except that January 27th was also Holocaust Memorial Day. Oops!

So, what do you get when you download 'iMussolini?' For a little more than a dollar, you get a written biography of Benito, as well as video and audio clips from about 100 of his speeches. Because who doesn't want to hear some stirring fascist rhetoric on the morning commute, right?

Is this foreshadowing the reemergence of a fascist government in Italy? Probably not. But the app's creator does have some future plans for his creation. According to AFP, Luigi Marino wants to design a version of 'iMussolini' for the iPad, which was announced yesterday by Apple. Marino claims it will have more videos, a chronology of il Duce's rule, and a list of fascist slogans. Now, that should make a good stocking stuffer for your little aspiring sociopath. [From: Bloomberg News, via: Textually]

Tags: application, appstore, bizarre, funny, ipad, iphone, iphone app, IphoneApp, italy, mussolini, top, viral

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