Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Adult Ban Kills 5.000 Apps on App Store

February 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last Friday we wrote about Wobble/iBoobs being removed from the App Store as Apple tightened the rules about adult/erotic apps. According to a call the developer had with Apple, 5.000 apps are banned.

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App Store Adds 12 new Markets

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though they might not sound like big money makers, Apple has added 12 new markets to the App Store in which you can now start to sell your apps and mobile games.

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Apple Bans Suggestive Games

February 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Adult Games, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Wobble, probably one of the most erotic non-erotic apps on the app store and several other apps showing babes have been removed from iTunes after Apple changed its guidelines.

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Apple Increases OTA Download Limits

February 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

This news didn’t really come via an announcement from Apple itself, but it seems like Apple has started to change the download limits for items that are being downloaded over a regular 3G connection.

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iPhone OS 3.0 Turns Free

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Good news for the iPhone development community. Apple has decided to let iPod Touch owners freely upgrade their devices to firmware 3.0. With this move, the company hopes to improve app availability.

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Apple Starts Blocking Jailbreakers

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple has started to lock-out jailbreakers from the App Store. We received a screenshot and statements by e-mail from the community detailing the lock-out.

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MWC: Operators Unite Against the App Store

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Something interesting is about to happen as 24 operators world-wide have shown the intention to create a Wholesale Applications Community. This community is a new platform for app and game delivery.

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Fujitsu not the Only iPad Trademark Owner

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems Apple will have a lot more trademark issues with their iPad when they enter Europe. Apart from Fujitso claiming the name in the US, STMicroelectronics claims it in Europe.

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Apple Disallows Android Referencing

February 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last week we notified our readers that Apple no longer allows any LBS data to be used for purely advertising reasons. Now, the giant disallows developers/publishers to mention Android.

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Apple Bans LBS Advertising

February 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has put a blog post online in which it asks developers not to use LBS data purely for advertising. Instead, Apple is pushing developers to do something useful with it.