Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

Reverb Settles with FTC over Review Scandal

August 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Reverb Communications has chosen to settle a lawsuit brought on by the FTC over the deceptive reviews the company wrote on Apple’s App Store.

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New Apple Products Coming in September

August 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

On September First, Apple has booked the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco for a huge media event. As always, Apple didn’t give much hints about what is to expect.

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Apple’s Span of Control Holds Back iAd Growth

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple’s tight grip on the iAd network and content is the primary reason the network is not growing as fast as both advertisers and developers would like.

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OpenFeint Adds Send to Friend Functionality

August 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Openfeint has added new functionality that allows mobile gamers to invite their friends via e-mail and SMS in a similar way Scoreloop has been doing it right from the start.

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GDC: Mobile Games are Leading the App Store Boom

August 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Kicking off this morning was a discussion between Michael Schade (Fishlabs)Michael Bohne (Badmonkee), Nils-Holger Henning (Bigpoint) and moderator Jascha Samadi (Apprupt) about how mobile games can be successful in the competitive environment of the App Store.

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GDC: You can Buy Your Way Into the App Store (Badmonkee)

August 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 11 Comments »

During the “Mobile Games are Leading the App Store Boom” session at the GDC this morning (we will cover it later today), Michael Bohne from Badmonkey stated that Apple promotions can be bought.

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Android Users Make Less Bootycalls

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Research from datingsite OkCupid showed us that iPhone owners have more sex partners than those that walk around with an Android phone. How about the iPod Touch!?

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Apple Boots Camera+ Off the App Store

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

A few days back, we wrote about developer Tap Tap that had an update of Camera+ fail during the Apple approval process as the app held an option that allowed the volume buttons to be used to take a picture.

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Apple Breaches Through 20K iPad Apps

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Apple has breached through the 20.000 iPad applications milestone according to PadGadget and AppShopper. Last week alone, 1.500 new iPad apps have been launched.

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Apple’s New Apple TV to Run iOS!?

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 2 Comments »

Apple is speculated to not only introduce the new iPod Touch in September, but also the new Apple TV, or iTV as it will be called once again. That identity change has an important reason as well as it is expected to run iOS.

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