Archive for the ‘Platforms: iOS’ Category

Apple to Open up on Problems

August 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

It seems like Apple is finally speaking out about problems faced by developers. One of their executives, Phil Schiller, seems to have started to contact developers to discuss their issues.

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Digital Chocolate Tops iTunes Reviews

August 13th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It's celebration time at Digital Chocolate. The company has received it's one millionth consumer review on Apple's iTunes in about six months time.

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iPhone Developer Offers Business on eBay

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Developer Rod Cambridge has offered his app 'Top-Tens' with source code and website on eBay in the hope to find a new developer to continue building on the success of the app.

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AdMob Allows Ad Aggregation (For Now)

August 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Ad Funded Gaming, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

A few weeks back, AdMob announced that they planned to block access to their ad servers from remote ad aggregation services that are used by many (iPhone) developers. For now, those plans are on hold.

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iPhone Developers get Approval Queue Updates

August 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has released a new tool for iPhone developers that allow them direct insight on the expected launchdate of their apps once they are submitted to the approval team.

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Motally Launches Analytics for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android

August 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Flurry will be getting some competition for their in-app analytics service. A company called Motally (who was already offering these services for Wap) has launched a similar service.

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Glu’s Q209 Earnings Call

August 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Glu's earnings call has been put online. In the conversation, Greg outlines a lot of details about Glu's performance and expectations on Apple's App Store. Marketing will be key in improving their business.

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Apple Starts an App Store Sweep

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Apple has pulled well over 900 apps from the App Store, all belonging to one and the same developer. The have been pulled due to quality and licensing issues.

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Vodafone NL Prepares MyWeb for iPhone

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Vodafone NL has recently started to replace it's Live! portal by the new MyWeb portal (we wrote about the migration some time ago). As a next step, the operator prepared the portal for the iPhone.

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App Pulled? Dev Pays…

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

The whole storm around Google's Google Voice app seems far from over as Apple has pulled several similar apps offline. As a result, consumers are filing complaints and Apple expects iPhone developers to cover the refunds.