Are In-App Purchases Misleading Children? The UK Government Thinks So
The freemium model has been adopted by mobile developers as the most effective route to riches on the app store. Freemium model apps enable customers to download an app for free and then buy upgrades or virtual goods through an in-app purchase. With the explosive adoption of mobile technology by consumers and surging popularity […]
FaceTime & iMessage Hit By Outages
Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime services saw their second outage this week today as both services were unavailable to some users. The System Status Page shows the second outage this week around 8am PDT for about an hour. As iPhone app developers we are glued to our iPhones and noticed the iMessages were not flowing properly this morning. The downtime marked a […]
IOS7 To Reveal Killer App Say Analysts
According to forecasts by Morgan Stanley’s analyst Katy Huberty Apple may introduce a true mobile wallet in IOS7 this summer. Dubbed a “killer app” by the analyst it is exepcted to preview preview at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June. Apple introduced Passbook in IOS6 which allows for gift vouchers and the like to […]