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Will Apple unveil iOS App Rentals tomorrow?
Perhaps Apple has more surprises in store for us tomorrow than we realize. After playing around with the recently released iTunes 10.5 beta 9 – the same one that references iPhone 4S – Twitter user @SonnyDickson found some data strings which suggest iOS app rentals may be a possibility. Take a look at the image […]
Continue reading...Mark Benioff, Salesforce CEO, recounts why he gave Apple the ‘app store’ trademark
Monday, August 29, 2011
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Apple is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase ‘app store’ in connection with the Amazon App Store. Apple’s suit accuses the online retailing giant of both trademark infringement and unfair competition while Amazon asserts that term ‘app store’ is a generic phrase that doesn’t warrant trademark protection. […]
Continue reading...XKCD hilariously takes on misleading app review ratings [Comic]
Friday, August 12, 2011
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The delightfully nerdy and often hilarious XKCD comic – from the mathematically geared mind of Randall Munroe – recently tackled the misleading nature of app store star ratings. But even more pertinent, we think, is Munroe’s take on the the hilarious and pointless nature of many app reviews one typically stumbles across on iTunes. Nothing […]
Continue reading...App developers in Germany barred from submitting apps to Amazon on account of Apple lawsuit
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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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 […]
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Monday, October 3, 2011
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