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Apple Sheds Some Light on Sex Ban
Apple’s Head of Worldwide Marketing sat down with the New York Times earlier this week in order to shed some light on the reversal of their standing policy that culminated in over 5000 apps being removed from the store.
When pressed for specifics, Mr. Schiller followed with the following:
It came to the point where we were [...]
Apple’s Sex Ban Extends to 3% of All Apps
Apple’s recent purge of anything remotely sexual led to a single day removal of over 4000 apps, according to AppShopper.com. That’s right, 4000 apps in a single day, with a total to date well in excess of 5000. Generally speaking, the App Store is in the habit of removing around 100 apps each day. [...]
The App Store Economy Infographics
The folks there at Gigaom are good at making infographics. Now they are using exclusive information obtained from analytics firm Flurry to give us a look at the App Store economy at a glance. They’ve recently corrected the App Store revenue in December from $500 million to $250 million. Wow, that’s a $250 million difference! [...]
Banned iPhone Developer Molinker Sneaking back to the App Store?
One of the big story this month is Apple’s removal of over 1000 apps developed by the Chinese developer Molinker. They were banned for allegedly writing fake user reviews. The news got a lot media coverage because the banned 1000 apps eliminate nearly 1% of the apps in the App Store.
Molinker’s alleged review fraud is [...]
Apple Adds “Apps for Everything” Section on Apple.com
Just a few days ago, Apple announced that the App Store has reached a new milestone with over 85,000 apps available for download. With so many apps to choose from, Apple really needs to focus on helping iPhone owners discover quality app that they need. Apple has recently launched the Genius list for the App [...]
85,000 Apps Later, The App Store Hits 2 Billion Downloads
Apple has just announced that the App Store has hit two billion downloads. Considering that the App Store has just been open for a little over a year, this is a tremendous accomplishment. Steve Jobs himself stated that during the third quarter alone, 500 million apps has been downloaded, reinventing what a mobile device can [...]
