macrumors.com - 12/24/2008
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Apple's broadening of App Store acceptances has opened the door to a number of new novelty applications including InfoMedia's iFart Mobile [App Store]. The $0.99 humor application has rapidly seen success and has rocketed up to the #1 App Sales slot...
joelcomm.com - 12/29/2008
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joelcomm.com —
I said I was going to go into
silent mode regarding our sales, but so many people...
have asked me what happened through Christmas Day that I have decided to release stats just one more time. We left off December 23rd with stats current from our release ...
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More exciting app store news
macrumors.com - 12/29/2008
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/23/2008
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blogs.zdnet.com —
Tap tap tap’s John Casasanta and Classics creator
Phill Ryu wrote a blog post proposing a solution...
for the proliferation of crapware on the App Store. They’re the creators of Classics, which, after a price reduction from $2.99 to 99¢, has ...
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How to prevent the App Store from becoming the Crap Store
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iFart app making almost $10,000/day
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... iFart has hit the top paid app spot and has recieved over 13,000 purchases on Dec. 22nd. according to MR. That means $9200 went directly into developer ...
The Not-So-Sweet Smell of Success: iPhone Fart Apps A Financial "Wind"-fall
iSmashPhone —
... for the app each day since it launched. The $0.99 app has been in the
top 100 paid apps every day since its launch, and has seen great
growth. In fact, yesterday it hit the number one overall position with over 13,000 downloads. MacRumors ran the numbers,
factoring out the 30 percent cut Apple takes from each sale, and
determined that, yesterday alone, iFart Mobile made its developers
$9,198. ...
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