Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Google’s F*** You iPhone

January 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Funbox | No Comments »

Is the Google Nexus really the Android killer? We don’t know, but there seems to be a second device out there which is called the ‘F*** You iPhone’. The device seems to do anything to sabotage iPhone users.

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App Store Passes 3bn Milestone

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

Barely four months after Apple announced to have passed 2 billion downloads on its App Store, Steve Jobs has the pride to announce that the service passed three billion downloads this month.

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IFAW Launches App for Fundraising

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

IFAW, an organization that fights cruelty to animals, has launched an funapp to raise money for its cause. The game has been created by Amsterdam based developer Sharewire.

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Developer Bypasses Apple for Updates

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS, Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

With the approval process of Apple blocking out quick updates, developer A Kurulenko seems to have found an alternative. Instead of re-supplying Apple with a new build, he updates his code over the web.

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iPhone Leading Sales in the US

December 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

In Nielsen’s latest report, the analyst shows that the iPhone is now holding 4% of the market. With this achievement, Apple has beaten the BlackBerry in one of the most important markets. BB is now second with 3.7% for the 8300 series devices.

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Apple Slashes 1K Apps for Fake Reviews

December 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | 3 Comments »

Apple has taken down all one thousand apps from a developer called MoLinker. The reason for taking them down is a huge amount of fake reviews to propel it’s title upward in the charts.

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Dutch Consumer Authorities Complaint about Apple

December 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Last weekend, Apple got slashed on Dutch TV for ignoring warrantee obligations as defined according to Dutch law. Consumer Authorities are now joining forces to try and convince Apple to operate in-line with the law.

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New iPhone Spotted

December 1st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has started field tests with a new generation iPhone. This iPhone was spotted by developer Pandav who reported it to MacRumors.com. The new iPhone identifies itself as iPhon3,1. The current iPhone 3Gs is known as iPhone2,1.

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Thanksgiving Decreases App Store Pricing

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Though we are an ocean away, it’s clear Thanksgiving has a huge impact on mobile game pricing within the App Store. Many companies have lowered the prices of their products.

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TAG Games’ First Publishing Deal in

November 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With the growing competition, it’s hard for small developers to compete on the App Store. To assist those developers, TAG announced interest in publishing third party games.