Articles Tagged ‘app store’
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Revamped iTunes And App Store Coming This Year To Desktops And iDevices Everywhere
BY A.T. Faust III on Mon February 20th, 2012
Apple is reworking its iTunes and App Store approach, focusing on accessibility, discovery, and interactivity.
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Win A $10,000 App Store Gift Card For Downloading 25 Billionth App
BY Brent Dirks on Fri February 17th, 2012
The App Store is about to hit another major milestone, 25 billion downloads. And just like in the past, the lucky app downloader can win big.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets The AppAdvice App Rejected
BY Jamie Young on Thu February 09th, 2012
The AppAdvice app gets an update rejected for the first time — because of Arnold Schwarzenegger?
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New Study Says US "App Economy" Jobs Seeing Meteoric Rise
BY A.T. Faust III on Wed February 08th, 2012
If you can't find a good job, you might want to give apps a try.
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Apple Issues Statement, Warns Devs About "Gaming The System"
BY A.T. Faust III on Tue February 07th, 2012
With a warning to developers, Apple has started responding to the most recent barrage of App Store scams.
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This New Study Claims iOS Applications Crash More Often Than Android Applications
BY Joe White on Sat February 04th, 2012
In a new study conducted by the mobile application monitoring company Crittercism, it is noted that iOS application crash more often than their Android counterparts. The results, as you can see in the above and below images, speak for themselves: most applications crash under iOS 5.0.1, while Android apps appear to be rather more stable.
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Appigo Launches New Version Of Notebook App, Adds iPad And Dropbox Support
BY Joe White on Wed January 25th, 2012
Appigo has recently launched a new version (2.0) of its popular Notebook app, in which support for the iPad and Dropbox is added.
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Apple Tweaks iTunes: Pop-Up Windows With Content Details Now In iTunes Store
BY Jamie Young on Fri January 13th, 2012
The iTunes store now sports some nifty pop-up windows for content information, previews, and other details.
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World Of Goo Has Now Been Downloaded More Than One Million Times
BY Joe White on Thu January 12th, 2012
Since World of Goo first debuted in the App Store back in 2010, the popular puzzler (which is developed by 2D Boy) has been downloaded more than one million times.
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Smartphones, Tablets, And Apps - The Greatest Gifts Of All This Holiday Season
BY A.T. Faust III on Tue January 03rd, 2012
Christmas Day activations and app downloads shatter previous records for iOS and Android devices alike.
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Apple's App Store Approval Team Rejects Steve Jobs Tribute Calendar App
BY Joe White on Sun January 01st, 2012
Apple's App Store approval team has recently rejected a Steve Jobs tribute calendar application, explaining in an email sent to its developer that the team is not accepting "these types of apps."
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Analytics Firm Distimo Runs The Numbers On App Store Bestsellers
BY A.T. Faust III on Fri December 23rd, 2011
It's no secret that most App Store sales success is reflected by consistent placing atop Apple's top charts. To that end, analytics agency Distimo put together this little piece on how many downloads it actually
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Holdouts Rejoice: Apple Fixes 3.1.3 App Store Bug!
BY A.T. Faust III on Wed December 21st, 2011
Remember this? Expunge it from your mind. Whatever the (as yet unidentified) technical issue, Apple fixed it, and things are back to normal. So, if you're still running iOS 3.1.3 or older, you can go
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If You're Still Running iOS 3.1.3, You Can No Longer Download Applications Directly From The App Store Application
BY Joe White on Tue December 20th, 2011
Since December 16, Apple fans still rocking an iPhone or iPod touch on iOS 3.1.3 have been unable to download iOS applications directly from the App Store. Instead, iOS device owners stuck running iOS 3.1.3 must purchase and download applications in iTunes and sync them across to their iPhone or iPod touch.
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App Store Scammers: Craft - Build Terrain
BY Joe White on Wed December 14th, 2011
Apple fans, avoid this application: Craft - Build Terrain. Though it might appear to be some kind of MineCraft client, the application is, in fact, a $1.99 scam that you will undoubtedly regret purchasing and downloading.
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Apple Announces 500,000 Apps Now Available In App Store
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon December 12th, 2011
Apple, moments ago, announced the App Store now offers over 500,000 apps. In addition, the Cupertino, California-based company announced that there has been 100 million apps downloaded from the Mac App Store in less than a year.
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Get Where's My Water? For Free Through Facebook
BY Tyler Tschida on Wed November 30th, 2011
Here's how to nab yourself an absolutely free copy of Disney's popular physics-based puzzle game, Where's My Water?
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Todo Gets An Update - Adds iCloud Support, Makes General Improvements
BY Joe White on Mon November 21st, 2011
The popular task management iPhone app, Todo, has received an update. Now, users of the application can take advantage of support for iCloud, meaning their pending tasks will sync between iOS devices running Todo. Furthermore, a variety of tweaks and improvements mean the $4.99 app is now better than ever before.
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Minor App Store Tweak Could Actually Prove Significant
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu November 17th, 2011
Thursdays are typically the day Apple updates their “News and Noteworthy” and “Staff Favorites” sections in the App Store and today was no exception. However, the most significant change today, at least on the iPad, wasn't the revised list of apps, but rather how they are now presented, according to news first published by MacStories.
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Is The App Store Rigged? Probably Not, But...
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon November 14th, 2011
Oliver Reichenstein, the founder and interface designer of the iA Writer app for iPad, has a problem. No matter what price his company charges for its app or Mac application, they make the same amount
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