How many apps do you have installed on your smartphone or tablet? If we had to guess, that number would be fairly large
Back in early January we saw an update for the case that had Apple going after Amazon for the use of the term app store. At that time US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled that there was no false advertising on the part of Amazon. Simply put, the judge dismissed the false advertising claim, however it left open the trademark claim
Earlier this week we reported that Amazon ‘s AppStore was now available in Japan, but before being pushed to other regions they also issued a quick software update fixing a few bugs and improving the user interface.
An ex-Apple employee that spent his time sifting through iOS App Store submissions talked a bit about what life was like at Apple in an interview. Mike Lee has, if nothing else, an interesting experience to relay. People have this idea that there are 100 people in India doing app reviews.
You know the story -- App 2 comes out new on the App Store, and App 1 disappears. You're left with the choice of keeping the old version and not getting any future bug fixes, or paying for the new version. That's because Apple doesn't provide developers a way to do paid upgrades, and developers like everyone else, have to charge for their work so they can pay rent, feed children, and keep making apps.
Every once in awhile the App Store would showcase collections of games around themes, like zombies or racing, but it would be hard to find those featured lists once the game section's page was updated. To fix that, Apple has made a permanent Game Collections section where all of the different lists are found in one place. Here's the selection: Starter Kit Benchmark Big Name The Best Games You've Never Played Quick-Fix Hardcore Turn-based Game Center Zombies Racing Platformers Sports Music Rhythm Retro Role-Playing Games Hollywood Hits Flight Games Galactic Games for Kids Dinosaurs Themed sections like these help a ton in game discovery, not only for showcasing specific genres, but also to address different demands; finding obscure titles that don't often get a spot in the limelight, or getting your hands on quick, casual games, for example
During the WWDC 2012 keynote, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the already expansive iTunes App Store would be adding 32 more countries to the list -- and so they have.
In a recent interview at WWDC , Apple's VP of Marketing Phil Schiller commented on criticism that it's hard to get noticed in the App Store. The opportunity is the best it has ever been for software developers..
You'll hear a lot more discussion of this at the tail end of tonights iPhone & iPad Live podcast with Seth Clifford of Nickelfish and David Barnard of App Cubby, but as rumors are spreading that WWDC 2010 might bring with it an "App Store" for Apple TV, I wanted to get something up on the site about it as well. Issues involving the navigation of large app quantities on a TV, the limitations of the current remote, and Siri control aside, I'm having a hard time seeing an Apple TV "App Store" in the same sense as the existing iPhone and iPad App Store
