"The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it's free to download.

The publisher of the popular “The Smurfs’ Village” game for the iPhone and iPad has added a warning that virtual items such as “Smurfberries” cost real money – as much as $100 with just two taps on ...

Capcom’s Smurfs’ Village has garnered an astonishing volume of controversy since it first debuted in the App Store. The issue? Smurfs’ Village is a freemium title: free to play, but all of your ...

Has your child bankrupted you in Smurfberries? Had a child who maxed out your credit card on in-app purchases? Good news. Apple is now writing to some iTunes account holders, telling them they may be ...

NEW YORK – "The Smurfs' Village," a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it's free to ...

NEW YORK — “The Smurfs’ Village,” a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it’s free to ...

U.S. regulators are being asked to look into the situation after an eight-year-old girl purchased $1400 worth of smurfberries in the iPad game Smurfs’ Vilage. Stephanie Kay recently got a rather ...

Sorry, kids, no more spending your college fund in Smurfs’ Village. Apple this week sent word to Washington state’s Attorney General that its new iOS 4.3 update ...

Funny money is no laughing matter when parents get the credit card bill. Here is the proof. A federal class-action lawsuit against Apple claims Apple is complicit in ...

The publisher of the popular "The Smurfs' Village" game for the iPhone and iPad has added a warning that virtual items such as "Smurfberries" cost real money -- as much as $100 with just two taps on t ...

Parents want their children to become comfortable with technology. But in the course of amusing themselves with apps and games, kids can unknowingly (or perhaps knowingly) pile up huge bills on their ...