Publishers fight Apple over striptease iPhone app
Mar 11, 2010 Apple
Shake the phone and the girl loses another item of clothing. Apple wants a German girlie publication to modify its striptease iPhone app so that the girl stays covered by a bikini. Publishers are angry. “Today they censor nipples, tomorrow editorial content,” one said.
iPhone Developer Ngmoco Justifies the Freemium Model
Mar 11, 2010 Apple
While Ngmoco has emerged as one of the iPhone’s top original developers, they’ve also lost a lot of fans by sticking with a model they call “freemium,” even to the detriment of some of their most popular games.
It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship
Mar 11, 2010 Apple
The App Store censorship horse may have been beaten to dead, but the German media –now under Apple’s fire– isn’t surrendering. Hopefully, their blitzkrieg will be successful, and the European Union will open an investigation that the US would follow.
Apple axes iPhone apps that simply reproduce
Mar 10, 2010 Apple
Following reports that Apple began rejecting App Store software with “minimum user functionality,” the iPhone maker has now set its sights on applications that employ a “cookie cutter” formula.
EFF: All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple
Mar 10, 2010 Apple
The entire family of devices built on the iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) have been designed to run only software that is approved by Apple..Software developers who want Apple’s approval must first agree to the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement.
Apple’s Secret iPhone Developer Agreement Goes Public
Mar 10, 2010 Apple
The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program…
Apple’s Long History of Lousy First Reviews
Mar 10, 2010 Apple
Though the iPad has drawn some harsh reviews, it’s hardly the first Apple product to get trashed (at first). A look back at 25 years of “flops”
New play likens Steve Jobs to a modern-day Willy Wonka
Mar 9, 2010 Apple
A new play about tight-ship-running Apple CEO Steve Jobs is set to be staged at California’s Berkeley Theatre early next year, penned by one of America’s leading playwrights.
Apple’s New Stance On ‘Cookie Cutter’ Apps
Mar 9, 2010 Apple
In the wake of Apple’s sudden decision to remove nearly all “sexy” applications from the App Store, we’ve been hearing that the company is also clamping down on so-called “cookie-cutter” applications
iPad boom begins: Accessory makers rush to market
Mar 9, 2010 Apple
There’s a lot at stake over the iPad extras market. Research group ABI Research estimates that 4 million media tablets will be sold in 2010, ramping up to 57 million by 2015. “This year alone, the accessories business for the iPad will be many hundreds of millions of dollars.”