Earlier this week we gave Apple’s app review team props for accepting into the iTunes App Store Skyfire, an app which enables users to watch Flash video content on their iOS device. The app works as a layer on top of Safari as Skyfire’s servers convert Flash video into HTML 5 video whereupon it’s then […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Comments Off on Does the real money in mobile reside with in-app purchases?
While mobile advertising remains a burgeoning business with billions of dollars in play, new data from Flurry suggests that the real money in mobile may be in-app purchases. The chart below tracks advertising revenue vs. revenue derived from the sale of virtual goods across iOS devices. Note that because Android still doesn’t support in-app purchases […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Comments Off on Find iOS apps in a jiffy with “App of the Day”
In the spirit of Google Instant Search, which has since been emulated in countless ways on a number of other websites, App of the Day is a super quick way to find apps on the iTunes App Store.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Comments Off on Apple Mac App Store developer guidelines
Apple’s policing of the iTunes App Store has always generated a consistent stream of criticism from developers and users alike. From inexplicable app rejections to hypocritical app acceptances, Apple has often toed the line between a company innocently trying to figure out how to manage an unprecedented online app store and a company exercising blind […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The days of rummaging through store shelves at Comp USA or through the pages of MacWarehouse for Macintosh software are long gone. Come January 2011, Apple’s newly announced Mac app store may very well become the primary method for users to browse, discover, and download quality Mac software. There’s no denying that Apple’s app store for […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 25, 2010
Apple’s newly erected page for the upcoming Mac App Store reveals that users, for the first time, will be able to buy apps from Apple’s suite of iLife and iWork software separately. As you can tell from the screenshot below (if you look extremely closely), Apple is planning on selling standalone apps from iLife, such […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 20, 2010
A busy day and a slew of new developments from Apple’s “Back to Mac” event earlier today, one of which was Steve Jobs announcing that Apple will launch a Mac App Store in 90 days. The Mac App Store will follow the iPhone App Store and will offer developers a 70/30 split on sales. As opposed to […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Comments Off on Apple accepts, then removes BitTorrent app from iTunes
So yeah, Apple recently loosened up their developer guidelines in a big way. Not only does Apple now allow developers to code for the iPhone using cross platform development tools, but a number of previously rejected iPhone apps are now finding their way back into the iTunes App Store. But that’s all old news. What […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Comments Off on Apple has approved official Google Voice app
TechCrunch reports: The App Store review office at 1 Infinite Loop has officially frozen over: we’ve gotten word that the official Google Voice application is on its way to the iPhone in the next few weeks. In fact, we’ve heard from a source close to Google that it’s already been approved — Google just needs […]
Continue reading...Monday, September 13, 2010
Comments Off on New developer guidelines from Apple clamp down on app name squatters
In addition to the much ballyhooed changes Apple made to its developer license agreement last week regarding cross platform development tools and app review guidelines, Apple also made a point of clarifying its position on app name squatting. As with any venture where vast sums of money change hands, the iTunes App Store is no […]
Continue reading...Friday, September 10, 2010
Comments Off on Did the growing popularity of Android prompt Apple to revise its app review guidelines?
The Wall Street Journal speculates that Apple’s recent change of heart regarding its app store policies was rooted not only in the FTC’s anti-trust investigation, but also due to mounting pressure from Google’s Android OS. Some analysts said the changes show how threatened Apple is by the increasing momentum of Google’s Android Market. App development […]
Continue reading...Friday, September 10, 2010
Comments Off on In wake of Apple’s updated developer guidelines, Google Voice appears ready to return to iTunes
Apple on Thursday made waves in the developer community when it loosened up its restrictive app store policies in a number of ways. For example, developers can now code for the iOS platform using whatever development environment they choose, whether it be cross platform or not. Moreover, and much more interestingly, some previously rejected apps […]
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Comments Off on SkyFire nets developers over $700,000 in just one weekend