PepsiCo removes iPhone app under criticism

PURCHASE: PepsiCo is removing the iPhone application that promised to help men ``score'' with different types of women about a week after it was criticised for stereotyping.

The soft drink and snack maker said in a statement it decided discontinuing the application was the ``most appropriate course of action'' after listening to ``a variety of audiences.''

PepsiCo had recently launched the ``Amp up before you score'' application to promote its Amp energy drink.

The application gave users pickup lines to woo two dozen stereotypes of women, from ``the nerd'' to ``the foreign exchange student'' and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests.

Criticism swirled on blogs and on Twitter.