blog.wired.com - 3/31/2009
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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 cracked for piracy. iPhone analytics company ...
fring.com - 4/7/2009
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fring.com —
Just a quick shout to let all of
you iPhone & iPod touch fringsters know that there’s
a new version of fring in the App Store with some extra functionality you guys asked for, providing an even smoother fringing experience. You can now choose whether ...
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iPhone new version in the App Store Now
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 3/26/2009
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com —
Delays in approval. Although Apple claims that 96%
of apps submitted in February were approved — 98%
within seven days — reports persist of apps languishing in the queue for months. Delayed payments. The waits for monthly payments have grown longer ...
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iPhone App Store: 30,000 apps, but slowing
db.tidbits.com - 4/1/2009
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db.tidbits.com —
Customers and developers alike often complain of the
overly sprawling collection of apps in the iPhone App
Store. With countless applications, many of which offer the same basic features, it's becoming increasingly difficult for truly useful and original apps to stand out, and for customers to ...
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Underperforming Apps to be Purged From App Store
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Pirates crack 20-percent of paid iPhone apps
MacDailyNews —
... pirated-to-paid ratio," Chen reports. "'It's a real problem that developers, Apple and the community need to address,' said Eric Litman, CEO of Medialets, a market research company that tracks app statistics and usage for developers," Chen reports. "Just how much piracy affects App Store sales is unclear and remains up for debate — since Apple, tight-lipped as usual, has not disclosed any numbers. Apple didn't respond to several requests for comment," Chen reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: This is what happens when you make something Windows-compatible. ...
News: iPhone developer: App piracy more widespread than most realize
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Speaking in an interview with Wired over the current state of App Store piracy, Kai Yu, president of BeeJive, said the situation was worse than most realize . “We think that current piracy of content from the App Store is much more widespread than most people realize,” Yu said. Yu added that after installing analytics software in the company’s BeeJive IM application, the company discovered 60 percent of activity coming from pirated copies; it has since taken measures to disable cracked copies. However, Yu remains optimistic that Apple will address the situation, saying, “This ...
5Words for March 31st, 2009
Technologizer —
... Big 5Words news coming tomorrow!
Skype for iPhone now available.
Google gets into venture capital.
American Airlines: Wi-Fi almost everywhere.
Sorry, no Android tethering, please.
Microsoft announces Windows Phone partners.
Ahoy, matey: iPhone app pirates.
Lauren: happy PC? Can’t say!
Shure’s new headphones: they rock.
A cheaper PS2. Starting tomorrow.
Firefox is top European browser.
Netflix raises price for ...
Wired dives into App Store piracy
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... So how widespread is App Store piracy? Earlier this week, Wired's Brian X. Chen spoke with a number of developers and analysts about the issue, and right now, it looks like piracy is still relatively self-contained. According to ...
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