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Apple Drops Some App Store Stats At WWDC

Apple Drops Some App Store Stats At WWDC

By Chris Crum June 10, 2013

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off today, and as usual, the keynote began with a bunch of Apple stats. Before showing a video of the company’s latest retail store opening in Berlin, CEO Tim Cook revealed that a million people …

Vine’s Age Rating Jumps to 17+ with Update Vine’s Age Rating Jumps to 17+ with Update

Twitter’s six-second video app that used to (and kind of still does) have a porn problem has just seen its age rating jump from 12+ to 17+. Now, iOS users must be at least 17 years old to download the …

500px Is Now Back in the App Store 500px Is Now Back in the App Store
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After a week in App Store limbo, photography app 500px has made its return. As you may remember, Apple booted the app from its App Store for violation of Apple’s rules on pornography. Apple said that the app was removed …

Did Apple Reduce Vine's Visibility in the App Store? Did Apple Reduce Vine's Visibility in the App Store?
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It looks like Apple may have decided to back away from Twitter’s new Vine video-sharing app, just a little bit. It appears that Apple has stopped promoting the app as an “Editor’s Choice” selection. Vine isn’t even highlighted in the …

Apple App Store Surpasses 40 Billion Downloads Apple App Store Surpasses 40 Billion Downloads
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Apple announced on Monday that the App Store has surpassed 40 billion downloads. That’s unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates. Nearly half of that came in last year alone. The company also says it has over 500 million active users, …

Judge: Amazon Appstore Name Is Not False Advertising Judge: Amazon Appstore Name Is Not False Advertising
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As Amazon planned to launch their own Appstore for Android, Apple decided that the name “Appstore” was too similar to their own App Store – and therefore a lawsuit was in order. Apple attempted to prevent Amazon from launching their …

56 More Countries Get iTunes Store 56 More Countries Get iTunes Store

Apple announced today that it has launched the iTunes Store in 56 new countries, including Russia, Turkey, India, and South Africa. It is now available in a total of 119 countries. “The iTunes Store features local artists including Elka in …

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Apple Bans "Memory" from App Store, Cites Trademark Apple Bans "Memory" from App Store, Cites Trademark
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If you’re currently developing an app for Apple’s App Store, you may want to refrain from including the word “memory” in the title. It may save you a major headache down the road. According to a report from Gamasutra, Apple …

Verizon Gives Up on Verizon Apps Store Verizon Gives Up on Verizon Apps Store

Verizon has announced through its developer community website that as of January 2013, the Verizon Apps app store will be removed from all Android and BlackBerry devices. The company anticipates completing the removal process by March 27, 2013. The wireless …

Firefox Marketplace Is Open For Business Firefox Marketplace Is Open For Business

Did you know that Mozilla has an app store? It’s called the Firefox Marketplace, and it’s an area where developers can sell HTML5 apps. It’s going to be a central part of the Firefox OS coming to smartphones early next …

Bad Piggies Breaks Rovio Records Bad Piggies Breaks Rovio Records

While Rovio’s Amazing Alex failed to capture the imagination of the mobile gaming public, the developer’s new Bad Piggies is becoming popular enough to rival Angry Birds. Rovio today announced that Bad Piggies reached the number one spot in the …

Google Play Celebrates 25 Billion Downloads Google Play Celebrates 25 Billion Downloads
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Today is a milestone day for Google Play. According to the Android blog, Google’s app store has surpassed the 25 billion downloads mark. As of now, Google Play houses 675,000 apps and games. Google Play is a little behind Apple’s …

Amazon App Store Is Doing Extremely Well Amazon App Store Is Doing Extremely Well

Did you hear? The Kindle Fire is officially sold out for good. That must mean that a Kindle Fire 2 announcement is imminent. Amazon saw great success with the hardware, but they want you to know that the apps are …

The App Store Has A Discoverability Problem The App Store Has A Discoverability Problem
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Plenty of developers have found success on Apple’s App Store. Hits like Angry Birds and Temple Run have sold millions. It seems like anybody can become a success on the App Store, but those success stories are actually the exception …

Apple Keeps Rejecting Drone Strike App Apple Keeps Rejecting Drone Strike App
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You wouldn’t think that there would be a problem with an app that aggregates news that’s currently publicly available on the web, but apparently there is. At least according to Apple. New York-based developers Josh Begley is befuddled. Why does …

App Store's Food & Drink Category Goes Live App Store's Food & Drink Category Goes Live

Apple’s rumored foray into the world of culinary categorization has finally commenced, as you can now sort apps in the App Store by a new category: Food & Drink. The category, which likely pulled most of its apps from the …

Apple Removes Pro-China Game From App Store Apple Removes Pro-China Game From App Store
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It’s rare that the real world crosses into the gaming world, but the results are usually problematic when it does. That’s the case today as a game about a relatively unknown string of islands has been pulled from the App …