Posts Tagged ‘Apple’

Promocodes Go International

December 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

After years of nagging by the industry, Apple finally gave in. From now on it is possible for developers to hand out promocodes to anybody in the world instead of US only.

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Single Station Radio Apps Considered Spam by Apple

November 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Bad news for companies whose business models are to release dedicated apps for internet radio stations. Apple started rejecting the first bunch of them on behalf of article 2.20 of the iOS App Review Guidelines.

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Foxconn Upgrades iPad Production

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

Foxconn has opened up a second factory to produce iPads for Apple. The first factory (in Shenzhen) was able to produce 2.5 million units a month. This means Foxconn will be outputting around 7.5 million units in Q4 through this facility.

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iOS 4.2 Rolls Out

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

Good news for iPad owners World-wide. They will finally be able to do some multi-tasking and play games with Game Center support built into them as Apple started rolling out iOS 4.2 yesterday evening.

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Over 300 Developers Mixed OpenFeint with GameCenter

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

OpenFeint has announced that 300 developers now support both OpenFeint and Apple’s GameCenter in their apps and games. Openfeint’s userbase doubled since the introduction of GameCenter support.

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Steve Wozniak: Android Will Dominate

November 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | 1 Comment »

Steve Wozniak is in Holland to open the Science & Technology Summit in The Hague. During his stay, Steve took the time to have an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.

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Cut The Rope Passes 3 Million Sales

November 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems developer Zeptolab managed to create one of the world’s most beloved little green monsters as Cut The Rope has managed to sell 3 million copies.

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The Smurfs Demonstrate the Danger of In-App Payments

November 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

It seems parents all over the world have something to fear from now that kids are playing Smurfs’ Village on their iOS devices as kids seem to be plundering creditcards to acquire virtual Smurfberries.

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iAd Coming to Europe (and Japan)

November 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has announced it will finally bring the iAd platform to Europe, only six months after (a rather slow) release in the United States. iAd will also be taken to Japan through Dentsu.

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iOS 4.2 Rolling Out This Friday!?

November 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Following the release of several iOS 4.2 apps for iPad on the App Store, it looks like consumers can start enjoying iOS 4.2 as of this Friday. The new iTunes should be launching by tomorrow.

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