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Happy Anniversary, Apple App Store! Now About That Discovery Problem…
Welcome to the new undiscovered country.
Apple Is Giving Away Apps and Games Ahead of the App Store’s 5th Birthday
These aren’t dumpy apps and games, either — there are some good options here.
Apple May Purge Some App-Finding Apps, but Don’t Panic
Is Apple getting ready to crack down on iOS apps that help you find other apps? That’s the word going around in the tech world, at least, after Apple booted AppGratis from its store.
Apple’s Wrongheaded, Dangerous Censorship of Satirical Sweatshop for iPad
Apple’s removal of the satirical iOS game Sweatshop from its App Store continues a dangerous precedent of censorship.
Is Apple’s Dropbox-Related App Rejection Process Getting Ridiculous?
Apple rejecting apps that use online storage repository Dropbox? The nerve! How could they? Why would they? Another nefarious Cupertino ploy to harangue developers and take over the world? Not exactly, though the company is …
Google: Android Apps Have Tripled to Nearly Half a Million Since Last Year
Google has something to boast about at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, it used the event to announce that its Android Market had accrued an impressive 150,000 apps. Today, the company announced that the …
Apple to Developers: App Store Placement Scams May Get You Expelled
Be honest, developers: Have you ever thought about finagling your Apple App Store rankings? Hiring someone who promises to get your app into the top 10 or 20 view spots for a “fee”?
The temptation’s (almost) understandable: …
Robots Get Their Own App Store
Starting soon, people will be able to download apps for their personal robots just like they download apps for their iPhone or iPad.
Closing on Half a Million: Google’s Android App Store Turns 400,000
Google’s Android Market just passed the 400,000 application mark last weekend, ringing in the New Year by closing the distance to Apple’s App Store, reports Netherlands-based app store stats tracker Distimo. Make that the “total …
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10 Awesome iPhone Apps You Can’t Get Anymore
Every once in a while, an app will show up in the iOS App Store that’s not meant to be there, obviously in violation of one rule or another but overlooked by Apple’s approval team. Here are 10 great iPhone apps that Apple banned …