engadget.com - 5/11/2009
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Sigh. Just as we thought Apple's ridiculous App Store approval process was about to get better with the advent of parental controls in iPhone OS 3.0 , it goes and pulls another boneheaded move that makes us wonder if the entire system isn't hopelessly broken forever. This time the company's ...
wired.com - 5/19/2009
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wired.com —
Despite Apple’s reputation for being a notorious gatekeeper
with its iPhone App Store, there’s a way to...
sneak in content such as porn, profanity or potentially malicious code, with no hacking required: Easter eggs. Apple initially ...
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Want to Fool Apple’s App Store? Plant an Easter Egg
ilounge.com - 5/11/2009
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ilounge.com —
Apple has rejected iPhone developer Maza Digital’s Drivetrain
application, a remote control for Transmission, a BitTorrent client...
for Mac OS X and other platforms. After an initial email stating that Drivetrain required “unexpected additional time for ...
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News: Apple rejects BitTorrent control app Drivetrain
appleinsider.com - 5/5/2009
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appleinsider.com —
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.
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Apple hints App Store rules may loosen with iPhone OS 3.0
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Wacky App Store rejections du jour
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Bad Apple, iPhone, App StoreIf it's Monday, there must be a few more stories of iPhone apps rejected for curious and spurious reasons. Today's contenders are up to the line... and away they go! First, it's Maza's Drivetrain app, a remote control for the Transmission client for Bittorrent running on the user's computer. Rejected! In this case, the reason is that Bittorrent is sometimes used for the trading of third-party copyrighted material. Yeah, but... um... the iPhone app isn't a torrent client at all, ...
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