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Some final notes of interest from Apple’s earnings conference call
Here are a few interesting tidbits relayed by COO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer from Monday’s earnings conference call. In the last quarter, Apple sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter, a fact which Apple is more than pleased with given the economic environment. Apple’s operating margin was the highest ever, […]
Continue reading...Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco has an iPhone app
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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In a move that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, outspoken Bengals Wide Receiver Chad Ochocinco (or Chad Johnson if you wanna keep it old school) recently came out with his very own iPhone app that lets users keep daily tabs on #85 via exclusive photos, videos, and tweets. And if you just can’t […]
Continue reading...Adobe’s Photoshop.com iPhone app nets 1 million downloads in just a few days
Monday, October 19, 2009
Last week, Adobe released its Photoshop.com Mobile app for the iPhone. The app, naturally, is a striped down version of Adobe’s popular Photoshop editing program and so far it’s off to a more than impressive start. John Nack, writing for Adobe, writes that the app has already been downloaded over 1 million times in less than 2 […]
Continue reading...Apple enables in-app purchases for free apps
Thursday, October 15, 2009
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Apple sent an email to developers today informing them that free apps will now be allowed to implement support for in-app purchases, a feature which up until now has only been available for paid apps. TechCrunch comments: This will also have a massive impact on free games that thrive on the sales of virtual goods, […]
Continue reading...Shazam gets some increased funding from the iFund, planning to roll out new features
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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The New York Times reportsthat the popular mobile music recognition app Shazam was recently infused with an undisclosed amount of capital from iFund, which if you recall is the venture capital firm that was established with the express goal to invest in unique and compelling iPhone applications. Shazam, which has already been downloaded well over 10 […]
Continue reading...Apple patches up common iPhone jailbreaking exploit
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
MobileCrunch reports: For the past seven months, jailbreaking (opening an iPhone to applications not signed by Apple for installation) has relied on an exploit dubbed “24kPwn”. We’ll skip the technical voodoo for the sake of not putting you straight to sleep, but here’s the important bit: in the latest batch of iPhone 3GS units to […]
Continue reading...Pepsi apologizes for iPhone app that many are calling sexist
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
In response to mounting criticism, PepsiCo yesterday apologized for an iPhone app that many argue is offensive and objectifying to women. The controversial app is called “AMP UP Before Your Score“, and was recently released as a way to promote Pepsi’s AMP energy drink. The app itself is essentially a cheat sheet that supplies guys […]
Continue reading...Why iTunes really consists of 2 separate app stores – a developers perspective
Monday, October 12, 2009
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Marco Ament recently wrote an interesting piece discussing some of the recent hoopla over the iTunes App Store and its ability, or lack thereof, to provide developers with a sustainable income. Not too long ago, Ged Maheux of Iconfactory wrote that the app store is “broken”, and as an example, he cites the recent experiences […]
Continue reading...Report: BlackBerry’s App World is the most expensive app store
Monday, October 12, 2009
In a recent report encapsulating data from September, app store analytics company Distimo found that BlackBerry’s App World holds the distinction of being the most expensive mobile app store. The report found that the average price for an app on BlackBerry’s App World is more than three times higher than apps found on Apple’s iTunes […]
Continue reading...Report: Squatters in iTunes App Store a growing problem
Friday, October 9, 2009
A recent report in recombu describes the growing problem of squatters in the iTunes App Store – a term which refers to developers who register catchy sounding iPhone app titles but don’t actually submit an app of the same name to iTunes.
Continue reading...Lil Jon app coming to the iPhone, fails to impress
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sorry Lil Jon, but this soundboard app you have in the works ain’t got nothin’ on the “I am T-Pain” app. If anything, it’s kind of annoying. Ya heard?! Check out the video after the break.
Continue reading...iPhone App Store Developers aren’t getting rich, and why that’s not a problem
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Newsweek recently published an article premised on the argument that most developers in the iTunes app store, contrary to popular public opinion, aren’t in fact getting rich. The problem with this argument is that it rests entirely on the ill-conceived notion that all developers should be getting rich, simply by virtue of releasing an iPhone […]
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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