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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Skype Launches Application for iPhone and iPod ...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Grouper external link    Tue, Mar 31

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By info@crackle.com (newsinfusion) For more information visit www.newsinfusion.com LAS VEGAS, March 31, 2009 – Skype announced that its highly anticipated application, Skype™ for iPhone, will be available on the Apple App Store beginning today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generati...

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Original at Grouper external link    Tue, Mar 24

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By info@crackle.com (MultiVuVideo) Match.com, the world's largest online dating company, announced the availability of a free application on the Apple App Store. The Match.com application takes the most useful and popular features of the Match.com online experience and brings them to the revolutionary iPhone and iPod tou...

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Aug 16

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By rss@youtube.com (TwistedShrapnel) Get Palringo @ the app store for free! This tutorial will show you how to setup the Palringo IM app Author: TwistedShrapnel Keywords: MSN iPhone Gmail AIM touch iPod Apple App Store iTunes Free Client Added: August 16, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Jul 10

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By rss@youtube.com (automatedhomeuk) A two minute tour of the free iPhone and iPod Touch application from Apple Author: automatedhomeuk Keywords: app apple appletv application control iphone itunes remote tv Added: July 10, 2008

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Rate Steve Jobs Approves Knocking Live Video App Personally

Original at Gizmodo external link    Wed, Dec 2

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By Kat Hannaford Apple didn't approve of the use of a private API in Pointy Heads Software's Knocking Live Video app, which allows iPhone users to stream live video to each other over 3G and Wi-Fi. After pleading to Steve Jobs to reconsider their verdict, Apple got back to developer Brian Meehan the next mor...

Rate Comentário sobre Illusion Labs lança Labyrinth 2 na iPhone App Store por Tweets that mention Illusion Labs lança Labyrinth 2 na iPhone App Store | MacMagazine -- Topsy.com

Original at BLOG.MACMAGAZINE external link    Tue, Dec 1

By Tweets that mention Illusion Labs lança Labyrinth 2 na iPhone App Store | MacMagazine -- Topsy.com This post was mentioned on Twitter by BLOG.MACMAGAZINE and Fábio – Fabinho, Sempre Apple. Sempre Apple said: Illusion Labs lança Labyrinth 2 na iPhone App Store http://bit.ly/4TEgyW [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by BLOG.MACMAGAZINE and Fábio - Fabinho, Sempre Apple. Sempre Apple s...

Rate News: Developer Appeal to Steve Jobs Results in App Approval

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Tue, Dec 1

After hiving his company's iPhone app rejected by Apple, Pointy Heads Software developer Brian Meehan made a personal appeal to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, or at least his e-mail in-box, a move that he said resulted in a reversal.

Rate Fring Announces First Video VOiP For The iPhone — And They’re Half Right (Updated)

Original at Wired external link    Tue, Dec 1

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By John C Abell Updates with iTunes customer reaction) See Also: AT&T Relents, Opens iPhone to Skype, VoIPApple Rejects Google Voice App, Invites RegulationTest: Fring Brings VoIP To iPhone With Mixed ResultsBlowback: Does Fringe Keep It Fresh in Season 2 Debut?Ears-On With Skype for iPhone

Rate Rejected App Gets Special Approval From Steve Jobs Himself

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Tue, Dec 1

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By Darrell Etherington Knocking Live Video uses an interesting take on streaming video. Unlike Qik, which is designed to stream video to multiple clients, Knocking streams from one iPhone to another. (…) You simply launch the app and “knock” another iPhone user with Knocking Live Video installed. That user will...

Rate Ted Landau's User Friendly View: Apple Requires DigiDNA to Modify iPhone App

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Tue, Dec 1

Yet another iPhone App Store approval/rejection mystery. This one involves a file-viewing feature of DigiDNA's FileAid app. Apple surprisingly objected to the feature and forced DigiDNA to remove it — even though the app (with the feature) had been approved and available in the App...

Rate News: Steve Jobs intervenes in App Store rejection, approves iPhone 3G video streaming app

Original at iLounge external link    Tue, Dec 1

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple CEO Steve Jobs has personally intervened to reverse the rejection of an iPhone and iPod touch application for what is believed to be the first time. Ars Technica reports that Brian Meehan of Pointy Heads emailed Jobs directly following the rejection of the company’s live video stre...

Rate News: Apple Rejects Droid Promo App for the iPhone

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Tue, Dec 1

The Droid smartphone won't be seeing any publicity on the iPhone thanks to Apple's rejection of the iDroid app from its App Store. The iDroid app was designed to run on the iPhone and iPod touch, but did nothing more than advertise the Droid smartphone.

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Original at BusinessWeek external link    Mon, Nov 30

By Peter Burrows Dear Steve, Remember dropping out of school to drop in other classes to make it as an entrepreneur? I have admired you as an entrepreneur. I am a life long entrepreneur. I have never given up. I push my own rock up my mountain no matter how long it takes to get to the top, and love every minute of the j...

Rate Apple to Take iPhone's Maps App to 'the Next Level'

Original at MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors external link    Sun, Nov 29

MacRumors has found a new Apple job listing seeking an iPhone Software Engineer to join the iPhone and iPod Touch Maps team with the goal of taking the iPhone's built-in Maps App to "the next level": We want to take Maps to the next ...

Rate iPhone App Store Rejects Find a New Home

Original at Slashdot external link    Sat, Nov 28

By kdawson eldavojohn writes "A new site called App Rejections (somewhat slashdotted already) aims to provide a home for misfit apps. With Apple offering no documents or discussions on the matter of application rejections, this site might become a popular place to pick forbidden fruit. Could a thi...

Rate iPhone App Rejections Get Highlighted on New Site

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Fri, Nov 27

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By Darrell Etherington For example, the most recent article at the time of this writing is about how Star Wars Trench Run was accepted despite containing a huge image of an iPhone, something which has been a pretty boilerplate reason for rejection of apps put out by much smaller studios and independent devs befo...

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Moo an IMPULSIVE REVIEW of “Cows in Space” App

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Wed, Nov 25

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By RJ Huneke This mooing application for the iPhone is a hit, because of the humor surrounding the shocking premise, and the fact that the game is incredibly fun, engaging and difficult. The graphics, sound and playability are all up to par in the “Cows in Space” game, which is created by Donut Games, th...

Rate iPhone and iPod: Water damage is not covered by warranty

Original at Apple Support external link    Tue, Nov 24

If an iPhone or iPod has been damaged by water or a liquid containing water (for example, coffee or a soft drink), the repair is not covered by the Apple one (1) year limited warranty or an AppleCare Protection plan (APP). iPhone models and iPod models that were built after 2006 have built-in...

Rate Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

Original at Gizmodo external link    Mon, Nov 23

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By Dan Nosowitz Phil Schiller Talks App Approval, Avoids Saying Much of Anything...Microsoft Reiterates Smackdown on Pirate Xbox Users...iPhone Magnification Camera Mod Came From the Recycle Bin...Another Anonymous Netbook/Sleeping Aid Hits Wireless Carrier...

Rate There Can Be Only One: Part Deux

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Nov 20

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By John Herrman App developers have it hard enough on the iPhone; on Android, they've got to keep prices just as low, and sell to a much smaller audience. So how are some of them coping? By packing up and leaving, like Gameloft. Finance director for the company, Alexandre de Rochefort, says that even a compan...

Past Month

 

Rate Steve Jobs Responds to Passionate App Developer, Curtly

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Adam Frucci Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here's the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, Best, John Devor And Steve replied: Steve Sent from my iPhone

Rate Opinion: Cut the Drama: Private APIs, the App Store & You

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Andrew Bednarz These two headlines are actually the same story, a fact that was made quite apparent by a popular direct iPhone-to-iPhone messaging App called Ping!. On Ping!’s Facebook Page, the developer announced that the much-anticipated version 1.2 of Ping! has been rejected by Apple:

Rate Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Nov 17

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By Dan Nosowitz Genius Bar App Won't Help if Your iPhone Is Broken Rumor has it that Apple is planning to add a Genius Bar app to the App Store (appappappapp) that will let you make appointments, track your place in line, and curse the world when you realize you can't use the app because your iPhone is broken,...

Rate Opinion: Apple’s App Store Approval Process Now Includes an Automated Layer

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Tue, Nov 17

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By Darrell Etherington It’s also technically fair, since Apple has said all along that private APIs are off-limits. The published reason being that Apple can’t confirm that said APIs will remain stable from release to release of the iPhone OS, meaning that something based on them might break every time an updat...

Rate Product News: Report: Apple Planning Apple Store Concierge App for iPhone

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Mon, Nov 16    4 related articles

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Apple is planning on releasing an iPhone concierge app for its fleet of Apple Stores, according to reports. According to the reports, the app will allow users to schedule Genius Bar appointments, One-to-One Shopping, and other Apple Store services.

Rate News: Apple Changes Stance, Approves Bobble Rep iPhone App

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Mon, Nov 16

The Bobble Rep - 111th Congress Edition iPhone application that Apple rejected for allegedly ridiculing public figures landed on the App Store on Saturday when the Mac and iPhone maker reversed its stance and decided the app was fine after all.

Rate Entelligence: Got game?

Original at Engadget external link    Sun, Nov 15

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By Michael Gartenberg There was a lot of buzz last week when Apple announced that there now more than 100,000 applications in iPhone App Store, and more than two billion apps downloaded. Those are impressive numbers. A former Palm executive recently told me that in the heyday of Palm OS, two thirds of users never i...

Rate To Play With Giants, App Devs Risk Getting Squashed

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Nov 13

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By Brian X. Chen Hello, Chair submitted Appsaurus to Apple this week and nervously awaits Apple’s approval. The team is hoping it does not face the same outcome as Podcaster, an app Apple rejected in September 2008. The Podcaster app enabled the iPhone to download podcasts and listen to them on the fly. Appl...

Rate NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Fri, Nov 13

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By Tim Stevens Update: George Yu, a developer who wrote this implementation for Jing Li, commented to let us know that the choice to go with the iPhone was made because it was "cool," but he soon realized that choice was a "horrible mistake." We're guessing that could have something to do with an apparent l...

Rate NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?

Original at Engadget external link    Fri, Nov 13

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By Tim Stevens Update: George Yu, a developer who wrote this implementation for Jing Li, commented to let us know that the choice to go with the iPhone was made because it was "cool," but he soon realized that choice was a "horrible mistake." We're guessing that could have something to do with an apparent l...

Rate Hot Forum Topic: In-app Sales: What’s Apple’s Cut?

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

Today TMO readers are talking about the iPhone, the App Store and how much Apple makes off of in-app purchases.

Rate Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Thu, Nov 12    1 related articles

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By Joseph L. Flatley We always said that if Apple's arbitrary, inconsistent, and quite frankly baffling approval process didn't get straightened out soon, the defections were going to pick up pace -- and what do we have here? Joe Hewitt, the developer of the well-loved and highly regarded Facebook iPhone a...

Rate Facebook app developer rejects App Store, irony ensues

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, Nov 12    1 related articles

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By Joseph L. Flatley We always said that if Apple's arbitrary, inconsistent, and quite frankly baffling approval process didn't get straightened out soon, the defections were going to pick up pace -- and what do we have here? Joe Hewitt, the developer of the well-loved and highly regarded Facebook iPhone a...

Rate News: Apple Improves App Store Review Process Feedback

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

iPhone and iPod touch application developers are finally getting a little more feedback from Apple on their status in the App Store review process. Instead of simply being told the average time from submission to approval, developers can now see when their app is being reviewed and when i...

Rate Apple lets devs bite their nails in real time as iPhone apps navigate approval process

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Wed, Nov 11

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By Chris Ziegler Apple's App Store approval process is one of the great black boxes in the mobile industry, a bizarre place ruled by emotion, erratic logic, and an uneven application of censorship that has driven some developers to the very brink of insanity since the day of iPhone OS 2.0's release. Well, fo...

Rate Apple lets devs bite their nails in real time as iPhone apps navigate approval process

Original at Engadget external link    Wed, Nov 11

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By Chris Ziegler Apple's App Store approval process is one of the great black boxes in the mobile industry, a bizarre place ruled by emotion, erratic logic, and an uneven application of censorship that has driven some developers to the very brink of insanity since the day of iPhone OS 2.0's release. Well, fo...

Rate Apple offers progress reports on apps waiting for approval

Original at CNET News.com external link    Wed, Nov 11

Developers can now track their iPhone application's progress via status updates from the App Store review team.

Rate News: MAD Artist Lashes Out at Apple for Rejecting iPhone App for Political Caricatures

Original at pheedcontent.com external link    Tue, Nov 10

Apple has (inexplicably) rejected an iPhone app that "ridicules public figures," and the artist who developed the caricatures in question is lashing out at Apple for doing so. The app, Bobble Rep - 111th Congress Edition, is an iPhone app that offers the name and information, including c...

Rate Sonos “ZonePlayer S5” IMPULSIVE REVIEW

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By RJ Huneke Once the “Sonos Controller” App is downloaded for free in the Apple Store, the iPhone, or iPod Touch, becomes a customizable remote control. One can access all of the music from the network, make play-lists, tweet their friends, change the volume, or access Internet radio from the palm of...

Rate Public Radio App lets you resume 'This American Life' whenever you please

Original at Engadget external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By Darren Murph Now that you've got an NPR-lovin' stereo in your bedroom, the only thing missing in your otherwise completely fulfilled life is an NPR application that enables you to listen to your favorite programs whenever, wherever. If we just rung your bell, you can now drift away and die happy. Availa...

Rate Opinion: The iPhone’s Other Killer App

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By Charles Jade That latter comment sounds eerily familiar, not at all unlike predictions about iPod competitors in 2004. Back then, the iPod’s success was attributed to everything from the iTunes ecosystem to Apple marketing, but what really set the iPod apart was the interface, especially the paten...

Rate Opinion: The iPhone’s Other Killer App

Original at The Apple external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By Charles Jade That latter comment sounds eerily familiar, not at all unlike predictions about iPod competitors in 2004. Back then, the iPod’s success was attributed to everything from the iTunes ecosystem to Apple marketing, but what really set the iPod apart was the interface, especially the paten...

Rate Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Available on the App Store

Original at MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors external link    Wed, Nov 4    7 related articles

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Apple today officially announced that more than 100,000 apps are now available from the App Store."The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch c...

Year 2009

 

Rate Patch: Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes [IPhone]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By John Herrman Apple can permanently patch the blacksn0w exploit in their next firmware update. You must download Cydia's "On File" system in case Apple blocks more exploits in future updates. It's still safe to run the tool, but keep in mind that Apple can—and probably will—patch the core exploit used b...

Rate “Truth or Dare” IMPULSIVE REVIEW of Application

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Sat, Oct 24

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By RJ Huneke Grade: A When Apple said there was an App for everything, did they mean it? Look at the “Truth or Dare” application, and think on it. The “Truth or Dare” App for the iPhone is exactly what the name suggests, a Truth or Dare game. Download the free version, or splurge $1.99 on an [...]

Rate My Thoughts: Apple’s Conflicting Stand On Piracy

Original at Apple Gazette external link    Fri, Oct 16

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By Lia This constant move on keeping the iPhone hack-free definitely shows that Apple is very much against piracy. But I guess I kind of understand why Apple is more vigilant with keeping the iPhone piracy-fee. In a way, I see it as Apple’s way to protect the iPhone App developers.

Rate Opinion: Rumor Has It: Apple Developing Radio App for iPhone and iPod touch

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Wed, Oct 14

By Liam Cassidy The ZuneHD has it. The latest iPod Nano has it. Even a chunky digital watch I owned when I was seven years old had it. I’m talking FM Radio, and the latest rumors tell us Apple is working on its very own native Radio.app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Rate Opinion: Rumor Has It: Apple Developing Radio App for iPhone and iPod touch

Original at The Apple external link    Wed, Oct 14

By Liam Cassidy The ZuneHD has it. The latest iPod Nano has it. Even a chunky digital watch I owned when I was seven years old had it. I’m talking FM Radio, and the latest rumors tell us Apple is working on its very own native Radio.app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Rate Podcast: TomTom Prices Car Kit for iPhone App

Original at tidbits_podcast (Feedburner) external link    Tue, Sep 29

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) TomTom will sell its car kit - a complement to its iPhone app - for $119.95 in the United States, £99.99 in the UK, and €99.99 in Europe. The car kit will ship in October 2009. The iPhone software is not included; TomTom offers several apps, each for a different part of the world. In what appears to be n...

Rate Podcast: Pantone iPhone App Offers Enjoyable Color ExplorationVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at tidbits_podcast (Feedburner) external link    Mon, Sep 21

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By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) Because it's impossible to describe what a program about color does - I might as well dance about architecture - and because Apple doesn't have demo versions of iPhone apps, I created a 4-minute tour as a movie that should give you a good sense of how the program works.

Rate Somebody has to say it: it’s time for iTunes Lite

Original at Techcrunch external link    Wed, Sep 9

By Devin Coldewey Facebook integration. Tweeting my music interests. AppleTV. Full-screen album extras. App management. An entire online store. Smart playlists. CD burning. Ringtone creation. Tips the scales at 88MB. All this in what is essentially the only music player on OS X. At some point enough is enough, and...

Rate Apple Announces iTunes 9, "LPs," Video Camera For the iPod Nano

Original at Slashdot external link    Wed, Sep 9

By Soulskill Apple just finished their latest press event, and they revealed a number of new services and features for their products. They kicked things off by saying that iPhone OS 3.1 is now available. It will add the Genius recommendation technology to the App store, giving users suggestions on whic...

Rate Podcast: Vonage App Coming to iPhone

Original at tidbits_podcast (Feedburner) external link    Tue, Sep 1

By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) With Vonage on an iPhone or iPod touch, you could have your home or office landline number also ring on your iPhone or iPod touch. And placing calls using the Vonage app while connected to a Wi-Fi network would also enable you to avoid using minutes from your cellular calling plan.

Rate Opinion: Apple Responds to FCC's App Store Questions

Original at tidbits_podcast (Feedburner) external link    Fri, Aug 21    3 related articles

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By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) Apple and AT&T -- In the response, Apple says, in the context of whether Apple acted in consultation with AT&T in rejecting the Google Voice app: Apple alone makes the final decisions to approve or not approve iPhone applications.

Rate AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Fri, Aug 21

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By Nilay Patel Filed under: Handsets, ATT, Apple AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rate AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store

Original at Engadget external link    Fri, Aug 21

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By Nilay Patel Continue reading AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of...

Rate App Store Lessons: App Emergencies

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Aug 12

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By Erica Sadun Bad things happen. Despite all your user testing, sometimes an iPhone app release hits the wild with unexpected results. I recently heard about one application upgrade that passed Apple review, but that crashed when run on handsets that had a previously installed version of the app. Anoth...

Rate Five Apps for movie nuts

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Sun, Aug 9

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By David Winograd Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review Then came the iPhone/iPod Touch and things got considerably easier, although there is no clear demarcation of what service sells what, or where. I want to give you two alternatives, each using one of the two competing services.

Rate What Apple could borrow from Domino's

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Fri, Aug 7

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By Dave Caolo Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple Corporate, Developer, App Store Ged and his coworkers at The Iconfactory have been waiting 12 days (as of this writing) for Apple to approve Ramp Champ, their next iPhone game. As Ged describes in the post, the waiting wouldn't be so bad if they knew wh...

Rate App Store rejections tied to third party rights infringements

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Aug 5

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By Erica Sadun It's obviously premature to assign an external motivation to Apple and TUAW has no evidence whatsoever that Apple is using these rejections to pave its way to a new market. At the same time, the timing of these rejections couldn't be worse. With Apple rumored to enter the e-book market somet...

Rate Opinion: FCC Queries Apple, AT&T, and Google about Google Voice App

Original at tidbits_podcast (Feedburner) external link    Mon, Aug 3    3 related articles

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By editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Publishing) It looks as if Apple won't be able to fall back on the utterly lame "I can't go into granular detail" answer for why certain applications have been rejected and removed from the App Store. On 31-Jul-09, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent letters of inquiry to Apple, AT&...

Rate Patent nonsense: News that could change the way we work and play

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Sun, Aug 2

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By Steven Sande Last week provided a lot of legal fun for Apple, complete with news of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sending a letter to the company asking for information about the removal of the Google Voice app from the App Store, and word that upstart Mac cloner Psystar has retained a...

Rate Hands on (a little late) with GV Mobile for jailbroken phones

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Fri, Jul 31

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By Erica Sadun Filed under: iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage, App Review TUAWHands on (a little late) with GV Mobile for jailbroken phones originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rate Yeah, there's an app for that. But for how long, and at what cost?

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Jul 30    3 related articles

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By Michael Jones As the developers of GV Mobile and VoiceCentral recently discovered, Apple can take an app that was previously given the all-clear, decide that it now duplicates native functionality of the iPhone, and yank it from the App Store in a matter of minutes. Needless to say, there are some serio...

Rate The Google Voice rejection: What's needed now

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Jul 29

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By Erica Sadun When it comes to "duplicate functionality", Apple doesn't seem to have any problem allowing applications like AT&T co-branded Virtual Recptionist (iTunes link) in App Store. Virtual Receptionist provides custom call forwarding to three phone numbers, in a similar manner to Goo...

Rate Update: Promo codes again allowed for 17+ apps

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Sun, Jul 26

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By Michael Jones Filed under: iPod Family, Apple, iPhone, App Store Thanks to the developers who sent this in!Update: Promo codes again allowed for 17+ apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rate How Apple's App Review Is Sabotaging the iPhone

Original at Slashdot external link    Mon, Jul 20

By kdawson snydeq writes to recommend Peter Wayner's inside look at the frustration iPhone developers face from Apple when attempting to distribute their apps through the iPhone App Store. Wayner's long piece is an extended analogy comparing Apple to the worst of Soviet-era bureaucracy. "Determ...

Rate Patch: News: Apple quietly approving racy new 17+ content?

Original at iLounge external link    Mon, Jul 20

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has begun allowing racy new content into appropriately-labeled applications, a new update suggests. Based on the tales of woe web site, F-MyLife by enormego has been updated to version 1.5.4, which, according to the release notes posted to the App Store listing, “[e]nables the ‘Sex...

Rate App Store Lessons: No promo codes for apps rated 17+

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Jul 16

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By Michael Jones So where is the problem? It's in the new app rating system that was released a few weeks ago. As it stands, neither the 3.0 software nor iTunes display parental warnings when using a promo code to purchase apps with a mature (17+) rating, so Apple has made the promo code functionality unavaila...

Rate First Look: Postman 2.0

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Jul 9

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By Christina Warren I hadn't really noticed, but it turns out there are lots and lots of postcard apps in the App Store. It makes sense, the iPhone (and to an extent, the iPod touch) is a great virtual postcard device. Snap a photo while on vacation, add a quick message and send it off via e-mail, all from within the i...

Rate Who exactly is in charge of the App Store? Anyone?

Original at Techcrunch external link    Thu, Jun 25

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By MG Siegler Okay, the situation surrounding the App Store and its approval process continues to get weirder and weirder. As you may have heard, an application featuring nudity first appeared in the App Store yesterday. Today, that app was removed, which everyone presumed was a move by Apple. But the de...

Rate Opinion: Apple pulls adult-content app from App Store, anyone surprised? Updated

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, Jun 25

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By Nilay Patel And just like that, the iPhone App Store is once again safe for children, people at work, and those who enjoy the iron fist of an anonymous application reviewer gently controlling their hardware / software ecosystem. Yep, the "Hottest Girls" application has been yanked after just a few ho...

Rate Opinion: Apple pulls adult-content app from App Store, anyone surprised? Updated

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Thu, Jun 25

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By Nilay Patel And just like that, the iPhone App Store is once again safe for children, people at work, and those who enjoy the iron fist of an anonymous application reviewer gently controlling their hardware / software ecosystem. Yep, the "Hottest Girls" application has been yanked after just a few ho...

Rate Opinion: App Store Lessons: the game changer rejection

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Thu, Jun 11

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By Erica Sadun originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Rate Patch: News: Apple releases iTunes 8.2 ahead of iPhone OS 3.0

Original at iLounge external link    Mon, Jun 1    10 related articles

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has released iTunes 8.2, the latest version of its digital media management software. According to Apple’s release notes, iTunes 8.2 supports “iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update,” and also includes “many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.” In April, App...

Rate iPhone OS 3.0 previewed and App Store changes

Original at Phones Review external link    Mon, May 18

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At Apple's event today, the iPhone 3.0 firmware was previewed and Apple also introduced some features which should have been there from the beginning; however we also learn that it is all about the Apple iTunes App Store, according to product-reviews. ...

Rate About those iPhone App Store revenue numbers

Original at Techcrunch external link    Thu, May 14

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By MG Siegler I don't think it's a stretch to say that Apple's App Store has been more successful that even Apple ever imagined. It entered a market that had been completely controlled by carriers and handed the keys over to third-party developers to make their own apps. Just over nine months later, over 3...

Rate Opinion: SlingPlayer For iPhone Is Wi-Fi-Only

Original at VARBusiness external link    Wed, May 13

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After more than a year of anticipation, SlingMedia's SlingPlayer Mobile for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch launched Wednesday in Apple's App Store, letting iPhone users watch and control live TV and DVR functions on their iPhone from their SlingBox ...

Rate Opinion: App Store Roundtable: After Sales Support

Original at The Apple external link    Tue, May 12

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By Gavin Bowman As Darlington mentioned, Apple has just recently started providing developers with access to crash reports via iTunes Connect. Trent Shumay, of Finger Food Studios, is one of many developers welcoming the new addition: GigaOM: Review: Blackberry App World. Verdict: Good EnoughGigaO...

Rate Opinion: App Store Roundtable: After Sales Support

Original at TheAppleBlog external link    Tue, May 12

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By Gavin Bowman As Darlington mentioned, Apple has just recently started providing developers with access to crash reports via iTunes Connect. Trent Shumay, of Finger Food Studios, is one of many developers welcoming the new addition: GigaOM: Review: Blackberry App World. Verdict: Good EnoughGigaO...

Rate iPhone OS 3.0 now being used for App Store admission reviews

Original at Engadget Mobile external link    Thu, May 7

By Nilay Patel So this is interesting -- we were just forwarded an email from Apple informing iPhone developers that all future App Store testing and review will occur on iPhone OS 3.0 to prepare for a smooth transition this summer, and that incompatible applications won't be approved. Seeing as we're al...

Rate iPhone OS 3.0 now being used for App Store admission reviews

Original at Engadget external link    Thu, May 7

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By Nilay Patel So this is interesting -- we were just forwarded an email from Apple informing iPhone developers that all future App Store testing and review will occur on iPhone OS 3.0 to prepare for a smooth transition this summer, and that incompatible applications won't be approved. Seeing as we're al...

Rate Opinion: The Week in iPhone Apps: ONE BILLION APPS [IPhone Apps]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By John Mahoney • Paul van Dyk Pitches You the Paul van Dyk iPhone App • Apple Hits One Billion Apps • Apple Apologizes for Approving Baby Shaker iPhone Game • Ask a Ninja iPhone Game Preview • iPhone 3.0 Will Have "Jibbler" Voice Controls, Talk Back to You Like iPod Shuffle

Rate Billionth iPhone App Downloader Scores Freebies; Developer Wins Too

Original at Wired News external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By Eliot Van Buskirk Nine months after Apple began selling apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, 13-year-old Connor Mulcahey of Weston, Connecticut downloaded the billionth application from the iTunes store. Apple, predictably, is celebrating the latest in its long run of iPhone- and iPod-related success...

Rate A secret look into the iPhone App Review Process: It’s run by eight-year-olds

Original at CrunchGear external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By John Biggs Hot on the heels of the Great iPhone Baby-Shaking App Debacle of 2009 we have another example of the crack Apple iPhone App Review Team in action. Alkali Media, a little programming shop run by three college grads, decided to make a crude soundboard and entitled it, fittingly, CrudeBox. The...

Rate Podcast: Apple Yanks Crass "Baby Shaker" iPhone AppVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at TidBITS external link    Wed, Apr 22

Following a day-long eruption of protest on Twitter and in blogs, on Wednesday afternoon Apple removed an app from the App Store that allowed iPhone and iPod touch users to shake a picture of a baby to stop it from crying. The Baby Shaker app, which was posted for sale for 99 cents on Monday, is...

Rate Patch: Apple releases second beta of iPhone 3.0 Software to developers

Original at Apple Insider external link    Tue, Mar 31

Apple on Tuesday afternoon provided its vast developer community with a second beta release of iPhone Software 3.0, which arrived alongside a promise by the company to gradually open its live Push Notification service and In-App Purchasing to beta testers in the near term.

Rate Podcast: Apple Adds Petite Aluminum Keyboard

Original at TidBITS external link    Tue, Mar 3

Apple last week released a new Apple Keyboard, which offers Apple's sleek aluminum look and two extra USB 2.0 ports, but no numeric keypad. The keyboard costs $49 and requires that you be running at least Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard. In the recent past, if you wanted a small aluminum keyboard from App...

Rate Apple's Updated Safari Browser: Hedging The App Store Bet

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Tue, Feb 24

At the same time, however, he thinks Apple is smartly preparing to play in this future mobile Web, while currently cashing in on the App Store. He marvels that Apple made it possible for iPhone users to add their favorite websites on the home page of the device, next to all the apps they've dow...

Rate How to Change Carrier and Banner On IPOD Touch or IPhoneVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Feb 18

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By rss@youtube.com (colling223) This is a quick video on how to change the carrier and Banner on IPod Touch or IPhone Author: colling223 Keywords: Apple Ipod IPhone App Store Jailbreak Added: February 18, 2009

Rate How To: Remote AppVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Feb 17

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By rss@youtube.com (rav07) Here is a short video on how to install and use the remote app for the iTouch/iPhone! Author: rav07 Keywords: Apple App PC Ipod Touch iPhone mitch625 themightym94 macintoshgeek12 thecreativeone room setup nice cool help how to Added: February 17, 2009

Rate Opinion: Test your hearing with Audiometry for the iPhone

Original at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) external link    Wed, Feb 4

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By Mike Schramm Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Software, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone, App Store via textually.org]Test your hearing with Audiometry for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of f...

Rate Opinion: Apple Approves Smutty iPhone App By Mistake

Original at Two for Elbowing external link    Mon, Dec 8

By chuqui Can we (and should we) expect all the apps Apple approves to be safe and secure? If Apple screws up, who is negligent for the damage caused? This time, Apple's mistake may have only involved naughty wallpaper, but next time, it could be something worse. Oh, the horrors. Apple isn't perfect.

Rate External Link: iPhone Developers Can Now Give Out Review Copies

Original at TidBITS external link    Thu, Dec 4

By ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst) Ars Technica is reporting that Apple has finally eliminated one of the top developer complaints about the iPhone App Store by making it possible for iPhone developers to give reviewers (or friends and family) a free copy of an app.  Copyright © 2008 Adam C. Engst. TidBITS is copyright © 2008 T...

Rate Opinion: Apple approves third-party email client for the App Store, violates its own policies

Original at Engadget external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Joshua Topolsky Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. No big deal, press releases about new iPhone applications show up in our box in large bundles every day -- but this one was different. According to the release, the program is the "the first wide email iPhone app that suppor...

Rate iPhone 2.2 Update Review: Go Get It Now

Original at Gizmodo external link    Fri, Nov 21

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By Jesus Diaz iTunes and App Store • App store reorganization: The UI has been sightly reorganized and polished. The categories, for example, now display bigger and with icons. As I speculated in our iPhone 2.2 rumor round-up, the icons shown seem to show the top free application. Fixes

Rate Opinion: You Actually Have to Own iPhone Apps to Slam Them Now [IPhone Apps]

Original at Gizmodo external link    Mon, Sep 29

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By matt buchanan Unlike their usual tack lately, Apple is doing something at the App Store that actually helps developers. Before, you could review—and slam—any app you wanted willy-nilly, even if you didn't own it. That changed over the weekend—now you have to own an app before you can review it, preventi...

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