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Apple hints App Store rules may loosen with iPhone OS 3.0
appleinsider.com - 5/5/2009
Apple hints App Store rules may loosen with iPhone OS 3.0
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Following the rejection of an iPhone app for content the developer didn't produce itself, Apple has given signs it may allow more risque software on the App Store once iPhone OS 3.0 and its enhanced parental locks become a reality.
Sketchy "Baby Shaker" iPhone App Yanked From App Store
iphonesavior.com - 4/30/2009
Sketchy "Baby Shaker" iPhone App Yanked From App Store
— iphonesavior.com — Just days before Apple is gearing up to celebrate hitting an epic milestone of one billion App... Store downloads, controversy has taken the lion's share of headlines surrounding a new app that encourages quieting annoying, crying babies depicted in ... (more) Sketchy "Baby Shaker" iPhone App Yanked From App Store

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iPhone 3.0's Parental Controls to Loosen App Store Restrictions?
macrumors.com - 5/4/2009
iPhone 3.0's Parental Controls to Loosen App Store Restrictions?
— macrumors.com — In the wake of Trent Reznor's vocal objection to Apple's App Store content-based rejection policies, it seems... that the iPhone 3.0 update may provide the solution. iLounge reports that Makayama's Newspaper(s) [App Store, $0.99] applicat... (more) iPhone 3.0's Parental Controls to Loosen App Store ...

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theappleblog.com - 4/29/2009
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4: Multiple iTunes Accounts
— theappleblog.com — In iPhone OS Beta 3, there was a hint of a new feature that would presumably let... a user change settings of the built-in App Store. With iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4, seeded to developers earlier today , it has turned out to be a useful new feature: users ... (more) iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4: Multiple iTunes Accounts

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Phones Review:  iPhone OS 3.0 will allow Page 3 type content in App Store

O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone:  NiN's Rob Sheridan on iPhone Application Rejection

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iPhone OS 3.0 will allow Page 3 type content in App Store
Phones Review — ... It seems the big news is that Apple is to ship new parental controls in iPhone OS 3.0 which will enable adult content to be placed in the Apple iTunes App Stroe and thus downloaded onto the Apple iPhone according to a report on appleinsider. ...

NiN's Rob Sheridan on iPhone Application Rejection
O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone — ... film 'Scarface' completely uncensored, or buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto where you can be rewarded for beating up prostitutes. How does that make sense? While Apple's rejection of an application based on arbitrary and inconsistent standards, is nothing new, the attention being paid to this particular rejection is significant and could prompt Apple to add more structure and transparency to the iPhone application approval process. On Monday, Aidan Malley of AppleInsider reported that Apple may be prepared to allow explicit content with the introduction of more capable parental ...

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