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Apple to iPhone developers: Please make your apps less useful
Apple strikes again. Normally, when an iPhone/iPod touch app gets updated it’s good news. Woo hoo — new features, new fun! iStat users who updated their app to the latest version that became available this afternoon however, were in for a little surprise… From iStat developer Bjango’s ...
Apple to offer ready-made ringtones
Apple to offer ready-made ringtones
news.cnet.com — Apple has obtained the rights to offer ready-made ringtones for the iPhone and managers are trying to... have them available in time for next week's press conference , music industry sources told CNET News. Owners of Apple's iPhone have long had ... (more) Apple to offer ready-made ringtones
uTorrent iPhone App Rejected by Apple, Goes Underground
uTorrent iPhone App Rejected by Apple, Goes Underground
torrentfreak.com — µMonitor is a handy iPhone application that allows users to control their uTorrent client on the go.... After putting months of hard work into getting the software ready for a public release, the developer Claudio was told by Apple that everything ... (more) uTorrent iPhone App Rejected by Apple, Goes Underground
Pass the lubricant as we’re getting fucked by Apple too
joestump.net — Stories of developers being absolutely bent over the barrel and fucked hard aren’t new, but I’ve got... no other recourse so I’m throwing Blunder Move’s story into the ring. What makes our story different? I’m lucky enough ... (more) Pass the lubricant as we’re getting fucked by Apple too
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Apple Telling Developers to Remove “Free Memory” Function from App Store iPhone Apps?
The iPhone Blog — ... and reminds Mac users with Time Machine how to downgrade to the old, “Free Memory”-enabled version if necessary.) To rub salt on their wounds, negative reviews are now piling up for iStat in iTunes, of course, despite Bjango explaining Apple requested the removal in the app’s “What’s New in This Version” section. What Apple’s rationale may be (if Phil Schiller deigns anyone with another email) is unknown. [Via Boy Genius Report] This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by ...

All is right with the world; iStat Menus 2.0 is here
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... for how to use version 1.0 to keep the function intact, but we're all wondering why Apple decided to axe all apps that performed this useful function. ...

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