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Amazon Gives Away Millions In Coins To Lure Kindle Users
13May2013
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Amazon Gives Away Millions In Coins To Lure Kindle Users

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The celebrate the launch of its new coins Amazon is giving away “tens of millions of dollars” of the virtual currency. The hand out is going Kindle Fire users as part of its latest bid to lure IOS and Android users to the platform. The retail giant launched its new currency with the promotion that will see all Kindle Fire owners gifted with 500 Coins. The coins can be used to purchase apps and in-app items on the Kindle Fire. The new currency is aimed at increasing Kindle Fire apps buy and putting more money in the hands of developers. Revenue sharing on apps and in-app purchases will operate in…

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More Apple Crack Downs On Discovery Apps
07May2013
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More Apple Crack Downs On Discovery Apps

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A few weeks ago we reported how discovery App AppGratis had its app removed from the Apple App store then its push messages stop to its 12 million users. This looks like it’s part of a much bigger crackdown confirmed by PocketGamer.biz after Apple began rejecting apps that feature tools for “filtering, bookmarking, searching, or sharing recommendations.” We’ve been contacted by one developer whose app discovery tool has recently been blocked by Apple because it includes such features, with App Store regulation 2.25 – which restricts apps that could be confused by consumers as app stores in their own right – cited within the reasoning. Regulation 2.25…

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Apple iOS Given Thumbs Up by Pentagon for Security Features
01May2013
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Apple iOS Given Thumbs Up by Pentagon for Security Features

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The Pentagon gave Apple’s iOS platform a big seal of approval today, clearing the iPhone and iPad for use by Department of Defense employees. According to an article by Apple Insider, “The DoD will reportedly grant clearance for both iOS 6, Apple’s current mobile operating system, as well as iOS 5, the company’s previous-generation software. iOS 5 will be cleared for use on an “as needed” basis subject to hardware modification, while any device running iOS will be acceptable, without the need for hardware modification.” The approval process set up by the Pentagon is comprehensive and extremely difficult to pass….

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“Path” Shows How to Piss Off Your App’s Users
01May2013
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“Path” Shows How to Piss Off Your App’s Users

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Could you ever imagine having an app installed on your iPhone that follows your every move, gets jealous, and stalks you when you break up? Well then meet “Path”, perhaps the creepiest social networking app in the iTunes App Store. According to an investigative report issued by The Verge, “[Path] has been getting some heat for what some users say are spammy tactics to recruit new users. Digital marketer Stephen Kenwright downloaded the app earlier this week, tried it out, uninstalled it, and went to bed. When he woke up, he found that Path had gone on a rogue mission…

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What Facebook’s Acquisition of Parse Means for Mobile Developers
30April2013
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What Facebook’s Acquisition of Parse Means for Mobile Developers

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Facebook is truly following through with their mobile-first strategy, dishing out $1 billion to snap up social photo heavy weight Instagram as well as dozens of less publicized mobile start-ups over the past few years. Now Parse, the “mobile-backend-as-a-service startup” (mBaas) which develops tools and services for mobile developers has joined the Facebook family. According to TechCrunch, the deal was valued at around $85 million. Parse offers services that help mobile developers store data in the cloud, manage identity log-ins, handle push notifications and run custom code in the cloud. Over 60,000 mobile apps have integrated Parse into their software…

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iOS7 Rumors Swirl, Predict New Look for Icons and App Design Graphics
29April2013
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iOS7 Rumors Swirl, Predict New Look for Icons and App Design Graphics

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Jony Ive, the design visionary behind the iPhone and iPod’s runaway success apparently is hard at work rolling out big changes to the iOS platform. According to Apple news site 9 to 5 Mac, “The new interface is said to be “very, very flat… the interface loses all signs of gloss, shine, and skeuomorphism seen across current and past versions of iOS.” Apparently insiders are leaking information to the media. Rumor has it that the iOS7 design is similar in nature to Microsoft’s Windows Phone “Metro” UI. Apple prides itself on releasing products and software with intuitive, stylish and easy to use…

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Who’s Got the Golden Ticket? Apple Personally Inviting Developers to WWDC
26April2013
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Who’s Got the Golden Ticket? Apple Personally Inviting Developers to WWDC

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Tickets to WWDC 2013 sold out in less than two minutes, leaving thousands of eager developers despondent and morose. For a lucky few iOS developers Apple is doing the unthinkable, making personal calls to invite selected devs to the conference. According to sources at TUAW an iPhone app developer gave details of his experience, saying, “I pick up and a nice guy tells me he’s from Apple Developer Support and that they noticed that I tried to purchase a ticket today and that the transaction didn’t go through. I told him that was true. I thought the next thing out…

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Awesome Google Glass Apps Rolling Out Live
25April2013
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Awesome Google Glass Apps Rolling Out Live

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The lucky 8,000 developers taking part in private release of Google Glass have another reason to smile. A number of high quality apps are making their way to the App store, with the New York Times releasing their very own Google Glass app today. According to the Verge, “The app is able to deliver breaking news to Glass on an hourly basis, and with a simple “look up” head motion will display photos, headlines, and even read the text of a given story. ” We can expect this to be one of many of high tech applications to launch over…

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Poof They’re Gone, WWDC 2013 Sold Out in 2 Minutes
25April2013
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Poof They’re Gone, WWDC 2013 Sold Out in 2 Minutes

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Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is the hottest tech event on earth for developers and it shows. Today when tickets went on sale at 10:00 am they were all sold out by 10:02 am. Tickets cost $1,599 and were limited to one per person. In less than 2 minutes every WWDC ticket on sale was accounted for, making Apple a clean $8 million. According to Techcrunch, “Apple’s tickets sold out 95 percent faster than Google’s tickets for its own annual I/O developer conference, which is taking place May 15 – 17 this year, and which took 49 minutes to sell out.”…

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Developers Have Been Paid $9 Billion through Apple Apple Store
24April2013
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Developers Have Been Paid $9 Billion through Apple Apple Store

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During Apple’s most recent earnings call with stockholders the company announced that they have so far paid developers more than $9 billion in revenue sharing. If you include Apple’s hefty 30% cut of all developer sales, the App Store has earned $12.8 billion in revenue since its inception. The App Store has earned the company $3.8 billion in total. According to a news report by Inside Mobile Apps, “Apple also shared that $4.5 billion of that amount was gained in the last four quarters alone. This means that Apple now pays developers over 1 billion per quarter.” The Apple App Store…

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