theappleblog.com - 2/3/2009
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Apple doesn’t want you to find quality apps in the App Store. Yes, I said it. The way the App Store is currently designed, Apple would rather you spend your valuable time discovering apps either by going category by category or making “staff picks” for you.
Alternatively, ...
pocketgamer.biz - 1/29/2009
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pocketgamer.biz —
Apple is planning to introduce a premium games
section to its App Store where it will sell
a range of iPhone games for $19.99, sources tell PocketGamer.biz. However, the initiative will only be open to a restricted number of large publishers, rather ...
(more)
Rumour: Apple planning $19.99 games section on App ...
appcubby.com - 2/10/2009
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appcubby.com —
This post may make a bit more sense
in light of my two prior posts: " Financial
Realities of the App Store " and " App Store Pricing (It's not a free market!) " With App Store shoppers seemingly hesitant to risk $5+ on a new app, I decided to do a ...
(more)
The Experiment | None
appleinsider.com - 1/29/2009
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How to Find Awesome iPhone Apps [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
Browsing apps in the App Store isn't quite criminal, but it's definitely not optimal for finding fantastic apps. Besides Giz's own iPhone app coverage and roundups, there are four other ways to find buried goodness. TheAppleBlog lays out four different sites that make it way easier to find the quality app gems that are wallowing, helplessly, in the toxic cesspool of utter crap that makes up most of the App Store. First up (and most highly recommend of the bunch) is AppBeacon, which requires an account, and you track ...
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theiphoneblog.com 7/22/2009 —
Just prior to iPhone 3.0 there were rumors that Apple would introduce a Premium App Store which would let high quality apps in the $10 or $20+ range enjoy some breathing room away from the “race to the bottom” pressure of the current ...
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While most of the App Store resembles Wal-Mart -- or even your local Dollar Store -- there's a good reason why one corner of it might start to look like Neiman-Marcus. Fanning the flames of last month's story , the rumored "premium" section of the App Store -- which would house name-brand ...
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appleinsider.com 1/23/2009 — A software engineer who wrote what he calls a "terrible" and "crap" app in less time than it typically takes to eat lunch has since watched it shoot to the top of Apple's App Store, where it's now generating over $200 an hour ...
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blog.wired.com 3/31/2009 —
The iPhone's App Store is becoming an increasingly juicy target for pirates, who have illegally cracked 24 percent of paid applications for free distribution.
Apple's App Store offers about 25,000 paid apps, and almost a quarter have been ...
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com 2/16/2009 — Nokia’s Ovi Store . An online app and media portal that comes “pre-integrated” on Nokia’s ( NOK ) new N97 (right), but will be available for download on a slew of existing Nokia phones come May. ( link ) Windows Marketplace . Along with a new version ...
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arstechnica.com 2/12/2009 —
Want to tie your App Store software to some sort of competition? Proceed with care. Ars readers report that Apple has been calling them regarding a new policy on contests related to App Store offerings. It turns out that apps can no ...
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appleinsider.com 7/23/2009 — Acknowledging that there is room for improvement in the current offering, Apple COO Tim Cook said Tuesday that Apple is looking for new ways to categorize software in the App Store on the iPhone and iPod touch.
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blog.wired.com 3/14/2009 —
As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers' kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week , there could be some changes to the company's App Store too.
We're hearing rumors that Apple could introduce a ...
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