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Google adds iTunes app listings to mobile search results
Google announced on Wednesday that iTunes and Android listings for mobile apps will now appear in Google search results initiated from mobile devices. Users can then hit the links to take them directly into the iTunes app page or Android’s Marketplace where they can then purchase the app. As mobile apps continue to proliferate in […]
Continue reading...Apple inexplicably bans an iPad app… or did it?
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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MyFrame is an iPad app that functions as a customizable display that gets put to work when you’re not actually interacting with the device. In other words, it’s effectively serves as a replacement homescreen that provides users with all sorts of useful information at a glance. Some of the features include a weather display, the […]
Continue reading...Apple rejects Wi-Fi Sync app from iTunes App Store
Friday, May 14, 2010
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Wirelesss iPhone syncing – it’s not necessarily a must-have, but man, it sure would make life just a tad bit easier. Apple, of course, doesn’t officially offer or support such a feature, but a wily developer named Greg Hughes recently showcased an app called Wi-Fi Sync that, you guessed it, lets iPhone and iPod Touch […]
Continue reading...Gameloft’s “iPhone Happy Hour” promotion begins today. Free downloads for all!
Monday, May 10, 2010
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You gotta love creative promotions, especially when they involve getting quality software for free. With games like Assassin’s Creed, Iron Man 2, Avatar, NOVA, and NFL 2010 under their belt, Gameloft has been one of the more successful and visible developers on the iTunes App Store. In 2009 alone, Gameloft raked in $25 million in revenue […]
Continue reading...Apple sells over 1 million iPads in 28 days
Monday, May 3, 2010
In the first month since going on sale, Apple confirmed today that it had already sold 1 million units of the iPad. In a press release issued earlier this morning, Apple announced that it took them just 28 days to hit the 1 million mark, while pointing out that iPad users have already downloaded over […]
Continue reading...Volume of app downloads on iTunes over 10x greater than on BlackBerry App World
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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RIM CEO Jim Balsillie revealed today that RIM’s BlackBerry App World has about 20 million registered users who download approximately 1 million apps daily. Apple’s iTunes App Store, in contrast, sees anywhere from 10 to 20 million app downloads every single day. Compounding things for RIM is that BlackBerry App World only has 5,000 or […]
Continue reading...Apple as a moral authority, keeping porn off the iPhone
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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There are so many Steve Jobs emails these days it’s becoming tough to keep up. One particularly noteworthy exchange that we missed last week happened in the wake of Apple’s rejection, and subsequent acceptance, of Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mark Fiore’s iPhone app, NewsToons. If you recall, Apple initially rejected the app because it satirized […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs email: No Mac app store
Monday, April 26, 2010
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If you had to describe Apple’s control of the iTunes App Store in one word, I think “inconsistent” would best fit the bill, though I’m sure a large, or perhaps vocal, contingent would make a case for “draconian.” Regardless, the fact remains that if you want to get an app onto the iPhone, it first […]
Continue reading...Apple hires Matt Casamassina of IGN as new games editor for iTunes
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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Matt Cassamassina announced this weekend that after 13 years on the payroll, he will be leaving his job as IGN’s Nintendo guru to take up residence at 1 Infinite Loop as Apple’s newly minted editorial games manager for the iTunes App Store. A brief background — Though the Casamassina name may not resonate with everyone, […]
Continue reading...Opera Mini reaches 1 million downloads in just one day
Friday, April 16, 2010
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Earlier this week, Apple accepted the supposedly super fast Opera Mini web browser into the iTunes App Store, and thus far users are downloading it with reckless abandon. In the first day of availability alone, the was downloaded over 1 million times, and it reigns supreme on the iTunes App Store (for free apps) across […]
Continue reading...The iPad is already a cash cow for some developers
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Brent Simmons discusses the profitability of his NetNewsWire app on the iPad: We’re not giving out the actual numbers, but I will tell you this, and I think this is very cool. The iPad app, within five days, made us more money than the iPhone app has in its existence over the last six months […]
Continue reading...20 days later, Opera Mini still not accepted into Apple app store – Update x1
Monday, April 12, 2010
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The reportedly blazing fast Opera Mini web browser for the iPhone still hasn’t been accepted into the iTunes App Store. Apple, of course, doesn’t take too kindly to apps which replicate the functionality of Apple’s built-in programs, though the folks behind Opera Mini maintain that their app is 100% in accordance with Apple’s developer guidelines. […]
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
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