Apple Yields to Rogue Amoeba
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
Congratulations to the team at Rogue Amoeba! They raised enough of a stink that Apple called them, and actually reversed a previously issued rejection.
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Automating Rejections
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
It’s about time. Apparently, they’re finally automating scans of submitted apps for any calls to private API’s. This (the automation) is a good thing.
Apple Owns the App Store and Makes the Rules
Friday, November 13th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
I’ve been following the back & forth between @mikeash and @jeff_lamarche over Rogue Amoeba’s decision to bail on iPhone app development. As with many such things, it’s worth considering the implications for the rest of us.
The Wild World of App Dev Outsourcing
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
It seems that you just can’t trust anybody these days. Some players in the service world appear to be in a race to the bottom, and they aren’t above stretching their credentials a bit on the way down.
Fast Company: Chinese iPhone Looks Poised to Fail
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
Shame on me. I didn’t realize that China Unicom would be setting up an independent app store that apparently doesn’t include current apps…
Mission NOT Accomplished
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
Apparently, the iPhone launch in China generated only 5K new customers for China Unicom. Ouch.
The iPhone Officially Invades the Middle Kingdom
Friday, October 30th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
At long last, the iPhone is officially available in China on China Unicom. The key question is, “Will this boost app sales?”
iPhone Dev – The Competition
Friday, October 30th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
The professional software engineers out there that have been wondering about developing iPhone Apps might want to consider the competitive environment.
iPhone – All About the Cool
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
According to a recent survey by Retrevo, iPhone owners assess themselves as more “cool” than do Blackberry owners. Rating categories included these seemingly shallow criteria: Extrovert, Jock, Intellectual and Media Buff. iPhone owners ranked themselves as higher across the board. After dealing with the “community” for most of this year, I’m sure that they think that.
TiltBallLite v1.0.1 Gets Its Own Scoreloop Leaderboard
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Excerpt: (Read the full post »)
TiltBallLite, our accelerometer controlled app, now has its own Scoreloop board. You’ll be competing directly with other TiltBallLite players.
