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App developers in Germany barred from submitting apps to Amazon on account of Apple lawsuit
Apple back in May sued Amazon for trademark infringement, alleging that the “Amazon’s App Store” was too similar in name to Apple’s own iTunes app store. Amazon, not backing down, countered that the ‘app store’ designation is too generic to warrant trademark protection. Meanwhile, Microsoft, on its own accord, has challenged Apple’s ‘app store’ trademark [...]
Continue reading...Google Books removed from iTunes App Store for TOS violations – Report
Monday, July 25, 2011
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For some reason, Google Books appears to have been wholly removed from the iTunes App Store. First observed by 9to5Mac, they theorized that it might have been a temporary glitch, but it’s now been quite a few days and still no sign of the app. Users attempting to access the Google Books app page are [...]
Continue reading...33 new countries gain access to the iTunes App Store
Sunday, July 24, 2011
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Over the weekend, Apple informed developers that apps on the iTunes App Store are now available in 33 additional countries. They include: Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Iceland, Montserrat, Nigeria, Oman, St. Kitts and Nevis, [...]
Continue reading...iOS users downloading more apps and paying more for them – Report
Thursday, July 14, 2011
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Stalwart Apple bull Gene Munster recently came out with a report analyzing the smartphone app market and in particular highlighting the bustling iOS ecosystem. Some of the more interesting tidbits relayed by Munster include the following: - The average iOS user in 2011 downloaded 83 apps compared to 51 in 2010. - The average selling [...]
Continue reading...Why the Whitepages ‘Localicious’ app is launching on Android before the iPhone
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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The Whitepages launched its Localicious mobile OS app today, but you won’t find it in the iTunes App Store just yet. Indeed, if you want to download the app, you’ll have to check out that Android Market instead. Here’s why, courtesy of All Things D: Although WhitePages still sees iPhone owners as a key target, [...]
Continue reading...iOS app store reaches 15 billion download milestone
Thursday, July 7, 2011
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Apple today announced via a press release that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from the iOS app store since its inception in July of 2008. All told, the iOS app store houses over 425,000 apps with 100,000+ of them being dedicated iPad apps. “In just three years, the revolutionary App Store has grown [...]
Continue reading...Mac App Store volume pales in comparison to iOS app store
Thursday, July 7, 2011
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When Apple first introduced the Mac App Store, they released a promotional video wherein Scott Forstall explained that the Mac app store would usher in the same sort of developer goldrush that accompanied the roll-out of the iOS app store. To call that an overstatement would be, well, an understatement. That’s not necessarily because the [...]
Continue reading...iTunes now touts over 100,000 dedicated iPad apps
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Even more than the smartphone market, a bustling app store is a requirement to compete in the burgeoning tablet market. And in that regard, absolutely no one can compete with Apple. Earlier today, MacStories pointed out that the number of dedicated iPad apps now surpasses 100,000. That’s multiple orders of magnitudes greater [...]
Continue reading...Apple acquiesces to Taiwan demand for 7 day app store return policy
Monday, June 27, 2011
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The iTunes App Store was borne amidst controversy, albeit of the nerdy variety. Some apps were inexplicably banned while others were hypocritically allowed entry. Apple was sometimes doing too much policing of the iTunes app store and sometimes it wasn’t doing enough. Over the past few years, however, an equilibrium was reached and now it’s [...]
Continue reading...New “Project Spartan” initiative from Facebook looks to circumvent iOS App Store
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Given how similar Apple and Facebook are to the extent they both want to wield absolute control over their products, the latest rumor emanating out of Silicon Valley isn’t all that surprising. TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook is working hard on a new secretive initiative dubbed “Project Spartan” that will be an entirely new HTML [...]
Continue reading...Apple co-opting third-party app features in iOS 5: Fair or Foul?
Monday, June 13, 2011
Apple’s iOS 5 update brings with it a number of long sought after changes, from a revamped notification system to the ability to use the volume button to take a photo. The unfortunate but inevitable fallout that results from a major iOS update like this is that Apple often replicates the functionality of third party [...]
Continue reading...Apple now okays cheaper subscriptions outside the iOS ecosystem
Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Well it appears that Apple’s app store guideline adjustments extend far beyond the new restriction on DUI checkpoint apps. Back in February, Apple’s stance on in-app subscriptions generated a fair amount of controversy for a number of reasons, one of which was Apple’s requirement that publishers offer iOS subscribers the same type of deals made [...]
Continue reading...New App Store guidelines ban DUI checkpoint apps
Thursday, June 9, 2011
In late March, four US Senators banded together and wrote a letter to Apple asking that they remove apps that alert users as to the whereabouts of DUI checkpoints. “With more than 10,000 Americans dying in drunk-driving crashes every year,” the letter stated, “providing access to iPhone and iPad applications that alert users to DUI [...]
Continue reading...Infinity Blade for iOS clears $10 million in earnings
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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Infinity Blade from Epic was one of the most successful app launches in iTunes history when it debuted late last year. With extremely positive reviews and a reasonable price point, the game grossed over $1.6 million in revenue in just its first few days out on the market. Since then, sales have remained steady enough to [...]
Continue reading...Latest OS X 10.6.8 build facilitates Snow Leopard to Lion upgrade via Mac App Store
Monday, May 30, 2011
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With Apple continuing to work towards a world where the primary means of accessing software is via downloading as opposed to retail packages, it didn’t come as much of a surprise when reports surfaced this past May relaying that OS X Lion will be available as an upgrade download on the Mac App Store. We’re [...]
Continue reading...Did Apple freeze approval process for apps that use in-app purchasing?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
This is either an eerie coincidence or bad news for developers. TUAW has heard from a number of developers that there’s something amiss in Apple’s App Store approval process for apps that make use of Apple’s in-app purchasing APIs. As a matter of policy, Apple requires developers to test in-app purchases (IAP) with a test [...]
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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