Apple has selected two Bottle Rocket Apps’ iPhone apps as staff favorites on the iTunes App Store. NPR News for iPhone and Gas Buddy: Cheapest Gas for iPhone.

The NPR News iPhone app lets you stream hundreds of NPR radio stations live, listen to current and pas programs like All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Fresh Air and more. Use your playlist to custom create your own radio listening experience. Get complete news including full articles, related radio stories and photos. The NPR New iPhone app has been selected by MacWorld as an Editors Choice and won the 2009 Best News App Ever Award. Consistently rated 4 stars or higher by users, the NPR iPhone app is one of the most popular iPhone News app in history.

The Gas Buddy iPhone app has been recently updated and is consistently receiving 4 and 5 star reviews from customers. It’s the best way to find the cheapest gas in your area, or any area of North American (USA and Canada). It can be customized for USA or Canadian use, has up to date listings, maps, fuel prices and can even help you find the closest gas station when you’re running on empty. Millions of users submit gas prices making Gas Buddy one of the most successful crowd-sourcing projects of all time. Users can also use their web browser to access all of this information and more at GasBuddy.com.

Thank you again Apple for selecting NPR News and Gas Buddy as two of your iPhone Staff Favorites on the iPhone App Store.

Thanks Apple! Today Apple announced on the iTunes App Store that Doodle Bomb is one of the Best Doodle Games for the iPhone. Along with other great games like Doodle Jump, Doodle Army, Doodle Blast, Doodle Bowling and more, Doodle Bomb is showcased on the iTunes App Store starting today.

The Doodle genre is extremely popular on the iPhone and Doodle Bomb has been one of the most popular. Over 2,000,000 missions have been played. That’s a lot of doodles being blown to bits.

Thanks again Apple for picking Doodle Bomb as one of the Best Doodle Games on the iPhone.

Oh, and MacWorld picked Doodle Bomb for its iPhone App Editors’ Choice Award. We’ll keep working hard to make Doodle Bomb the best doodle game for the iPhone.

“Blast for the Cash” contest running in the full version of Doodle Bomb 1.5 now through April 4th, 2010. Over $2,000 in cash and prizes. Anyone who enters can win!

The Basics:

Enable OpenFeint in DoodleBomb 1.5 (full version). Play your heart out. Winners selected on April 4, 2010 from the online leaderboard. Don’t worry, even if you’re not a Bomb Master, you can still win great cash prizes.

Ready to play? Click Here!

The Details:

Think you’re one of the best Bomb Masters out there? Prove it and earn your chance to win your share of over $2,000 in cash and prizes! Anyone who enters can win.

1. Pick up your copy of Doodle Bomb (full version) and join the thousands of other satisfied Doodle Bombers!

2. Enable OpenFeint by tapping on the “Scores & Awards” button on the Main Menu of the app and following the instructions.

3. Be sure you associate an email address with your OpenFeint account. This is done by tapping on the Edit Profile Button in OpenFeint and then complete the Enable Account Retrieval process in the app. This email address is used to contact you if you win and you won’t be added to any marketing lists by Bottle Rocket.

4. Bombs Away! Complete missions using as few bombs and as quickly as possible. You can check your rank on the * Top Overall Scores * leaderboard. This is the sum of all your scores from each mission. We will select winners on April 4, 2010 for the following prizes:

–> Grand Prize <–
We will randomly select one of the top 5 overall scores to be awarded $1,000 cash!

–> First Prize <–
We will randomly select one of the top 10 overall scores to be awarded $500 cash!

–> Second Prize <–
We will randomly select one of the top 20 overall scores to be awarded $250 cash!

–> Third Prize <–
We will randomly select one of the top 40 overall scores to be awarded $150 cash!

–> Fourth Prize <–
We will randomly select one of the top 100 overall scores to be awarded $100 cash!

… And More … Everyone on the online leaderboard will be eligible to win one of 10 $25 Gift Certificates!

// Only one prize will be awarded per user.
// Winners outside the U.S. will be paid in US dollar value of the prize via PayPal.
// This contest is open to anyone 18 years or older.
// Void where prohibited by law. Winner responsible for any taxes or fees and must comply with any tax requirements.

* This promotion has no affiliation with Apple, Inc.