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iTunes App Store surpasses 1.5 Billion downloads, over 65,000 apps
The iTunes App Store is a force that seemingly can’t be stopped. Today Apple announced that the app store had surpassed over 1.5 Billion downloads and now contains more than 65,000 apps from over 100,000 developers. Impressively, downloads from the iTunes App Store aren’t just growing, they’re accelerating. It took Apple about 6 months to […]
Continue reading...A year with the iTunes App Store, according to Craig Hockenberry
Monday, July 13, 2009
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Craig Hockenberry, of Iconfactory and Twitterrific fame, recently penned an article detailing a year of ups and downs with the iTunes App Store. Hockenberry lays out a number of things Apple did right, things it did wrong, and more importantly, comes up with a few ideas that we agree would work to make the app […]
Continue reading...“Pocket God” for the iPhone: A look into an iPhone app success story
Saturday, July 11, 2009
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Venturebeat has a great and worthwhile post up detailing the 2 man team behind the hit iPhone and iPod Touch game Pocket God, where users control a bunch of islanders and can determine their fate through a series of user initiated actions. If any Futurama fans are out there, it’s somewhat similar to the Godfella’s […]
Continue reading...A look back at the iTunes App Store – Part III: The bannings and the rejections
Friday, July 10, 2009
The iTunes App Store has been exceedingly successful for Apple, but the past 12 months haven’t gone off without a hitch. Since its inception a year ago, the iTunes App Store has been embroiled in controversy, and it often seemed that the unprecedented breadth and popularity of the app store left Apple confused, and unsure […]
Continue reading...A look back at the iTunes App Store – Part II: Successful iPhone Developers
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Part 1: The explosive growth of the iTunes App Store Part 3: The iTunes App Store Bannings and Rejections The iTunes App Store was revolutionary in that it made it possible for independent developers to compete on the same playing field as big time publishers. The idea that any developer with a good idea could […]
Continue reading...A look back at the iTunes App Store – Part I: Explosive Growth
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Part 2: Successful iPhone Developers Part 3: The iTunes App Store Bannings and Rejections On July 10, 2008, Apple launched the iTunes App Store and helped transform the way people look at and use their phones. Over the past 12 months, the iTunes App Store has seen its share of controversy and milestones. It’s been […]
Continue reading...Apple begins to celebrate 1 year anniversary of iTunes App Store
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
With the iTunes App Store about to turn 1 years old, Apple has already put up a special section on iTunes to celebrate the occasion. The dedicated section on iTunes contains a list of some of Apple’s favorite apps, and includes favorites such as Pandora, Brushes, the popular MLB.Com app, and Zen Bound. There’s also […]
Continue reading...RIM doubles number of available apps to 2,000, and why Apple shouldn’t be worried
Monday, July 6, 2009
RIM has doubled the number of applications on App World with the library of available titles now coming in at 2,000. At the same time, access to RIM’s App World will soon be expanding to include users from Italy, France, Germany and Spain. In the coming months, access will also extend to include users in […]
Continue reading...More on TomTom for the iPhone
Monday, July 6, 2009
A few weeks ago at Apple’s WWDC, TomTom CTO Peter-Frans Pauwels demoed what his company had in store for their upcoming turn by turn direction app for the iPhone. While a firm release date for the app is not yet known, Pauwels noted that users should expect to see the app in the iTunes App […]
Continue reading...How much would it cost to advertise an app into the top 100 on iTunes?
Thursday, July 2, 2009
About $1875 a day in ad campaigns, according to a recenty study from AdWhirl. I really don’t buy this figure at all, unless you’re referring to brute forcing a semi-crappy app into the top 100, in which case maybe its semi-accurate. While there’s been a lot of talk about how it’s becoming impossible for apps […]
Continue reading...Apple accepts, then rejects iPhone app with photos of naked women
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Update: The developer of the app wrote yesterday that he pulled the app due to an extremely high strain on his servers. Turns out he was full of it. Today Apple stated that it would not allow pornography into the app store. Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography. The […]
Continue reading...Flick Fishing iPhone app reaches 1 million downloads
Monday, June 22, 2009
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In a press release today, game developer Freeverse announced that their popular iPhone game Flick Fishing had attained its 1 millionth download this past weekend. Freeverse asserts that Flick Fishing is the first paid app to reach 1 million downloads, but we’re not too sure about that particular claim. Still, 1 million downloads is no […]
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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