Jonny Evans - Not invented here: Apple’s secret applications
With Apple preparing to face the 'antenna-gate' music at a media event tomorrow, today seems a good day to explore another big Apple secret -- that not all the software used internally is 'Made In Cupertino'.
Amazon Frantically Improving Kindle App To Fight Off Apple’s iBooks
Amazon isn't taking Apple 's impressive entry into the e-book market laying down. This morning it announced the ability to embed video and audio content in the Kindle applications that run on iOS, which powers iPhones, iPods, and iPads.
News: Apple posts iPad Guided Tours (iLounge)
Apple has posted a number of iPad Guided Tour videos on its website. Each one is several minutes long, and explains how to use one of the device’s applications. Individual tours are available for Safari, Mail, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, iBooks, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Apple’s iPad Guided Tour videos are available for viewing now on the company’s website. ...
Wi-Fi Stumblers Disappear from Apple App Store (Mashable)
We wrote repeatedly about Apple’s odd and often unfair application approval process. Instead of fixing it , Apple is just getting weirder and weirder about what apps are allowed in the store. The latest example is the sudden disappearance of several Wi-Fi stumbler applications from the app store. Cult of Mac noticed that Apple has removed apps such as WiFi-Where , WiFiFoFum and yFy Network ...
News: Apple pulling Wi-Fi detectors from App Store? (iLounge)
Apple has pulled several Wi-Fi detection applications from the App Store, according to a Register report. The reports states that Apple has pulled the apps, which actively scanned for nearby available Wi-Fi networks, because they used a “private framework.” “We received a very unfortunate email today from Apple stating that WiFi Where has been removed from sale on the App Store for using private ...
10 Billion Songs Sold by Apple’s iTunes Store (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
The number-crunchers at Apple aren't counting just profits these days. Less than two months after it announced three billion applications had been downloaded from its App Store, the computer giant boasted Thursday that its iTunes Store has sold its 10 billionth song.
Apple pulls sexually explicit apps from iTunes (Washington Post)
Apple purged several sexually explicit applications from iTunes this week. Parents had complained that children were getting hold of apps such as Naughty Trivia and Sexy Scratch Off in the freewheeling online marketplace.
News: Apple allows sweepstakes, contests in apps (iLounge)
Apple has modified its iPhone SDK agreement to allow for both sweepstakes and contests within applications. The new rule, found in section 3.3.17, states, “Your Application may include promotional sweepstake or contest functionality provided that You are the sole sponsor of the promotion and that You and Your Application comply with any applicable laws,” adding that developers must “clearly ...
Back to the Future: How Apple is Becoming More Like a Carrier Every Day (TechCrunch)
Editor's note : Is Apple going too far with its restrictions on developers? Alistair Goodman thinks so and explains why in this guest post. He is the CEO of 1020 Placecast , a location-based mobile advertising startup. Apple’s recent behavior bears an increasing resemblance to carriers with respect to the walled garden they are creating around the iPhone. Restricting applications, restricting ...
Google Applications May Reach 150,000 in 2010 Amid Apple Chase (BusinessWeek)
Google Inc.’s Android mobile software may offer as many as 150,000 applications by the end of 2010, as the company chases Apple Inc. for downloads, according to a mobile-application research firm.