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Tag Archives: App Store
Microsoft Skydrive causes friction between Apple and Microsoft
Apple and Microsoft are going head to head over the future of Microsoft Skydrive, according to AllThingsD: “Sources familiar with ongoing negotiations between Apple and Microsoft tell AllThingsD that the companies are at loggerheads not over the 30 percent commission Apple … Continue reading
Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber
Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Publishing
Tagged App Store, Apple, Daring Fireball, iOS, John Gruber, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab
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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?
The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices … Continue reading
No, Apple isn’t patenting developers’ work. But it still has a bigger problem
Patents are hard to understand. If any government wants to reduce the costs of running a business quickly and easily, it should revamp the system of patents to make them easy for people who aren’t lawyers to read, and harder … Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Apple, FutureTap, iPhone, Macintosh, Om Malik, Patent, Steve Jobs
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Cory is wrong, Nick is right
Nick Sweeney is (1) one of the cleverest and most astute people I know and (2) doesn’t post anywhere near often enough. Fact Number Two is probably connected to Fact Number One. In the comments to his post on the … Continue reading
Is it time for Apple to open up the App Store model?
I don’t often link to Daring Fireball, basically because I assume that you’re all reading it anyway. But in his post on Tits and Apps, John perfectly summarises the challenge that faces Apple in maintaining its mindshare with mobile developers: … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged App Store, Apple, AppStore, iPhone, John Gruber
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Good luck with making money from Android apps
Android App Store Is 57% Free Compared to Apple’s 25% – app stores – Gizmodo: App store analytics firm Distimo recently released a bunch of juicy info about the major mobile app stores, and the results are pretty interesting. For … Continue reading
Posted in Google, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged Android, App Store, Apple, developers, Distimo, Google, iPhone, Smartphones
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Nokia app store passes one million downloads a day mark
Brand Republic: Nokia‘s Ovi application store is now attracting one million downloads a day around the world, the company has claimed.The store was launched in May last year, allowing the handset manufacturer to join the progress in apps being made … Continue reading
Scoble is right about iPhone users. But the game isn’t over yet
Robert Scoble has a post up about why Apple’s key advantage is the breadth of the app store. And he’s right – but the game isn’t over yet. 85,000 is the headline figure, and what it allows Apple to leverage … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile
Tagged Android, App Store, Apple, Google, Handhelds, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, Nokia, Smartphone
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