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‘Bang With Friends’ Gets Booted From App Store

We might need to call it “Banned With Friends.” A week after debuting the new mobile client for anonymous friend banging, the iOS version of Bang With Friends (BWF) was removed from the App Store by Apple.
Bang With Friends debuted in January and qui…

Apple’s app store hits 50 billion downloads

Apple announced a big milestone in app downloads on Wednesday, the same day that Google’s I/O developer conference kicked off in San Francisco. The app store has now seen 50 million downloads so far.

    

iTunes’ recent growth shows content could be a big business for Apple

iTunes’ increasingly good quarterly sales demonstrates how the long-rumored Apple video and “iRadio” subscription services the company has over the years tried to bring to fruition could become significant revenue sources.

    

Apple Unveils Top Apps of All Time

Apple is counting down to the 50 billionth downloaded app in its App Store
In celebration of this milestone, the company, which launched the App Store nearly five years ago, will reward the person who downloads that app with a $10,000 App Store gift …

Apple Unveils Top Apps of All Time

Apple is counting down to the 50 billionth downloaded app in its App Store
In celebration of this milestone, the company, which launched the App Store nearly five years ago, will reward the person who downloads that app with a $10,000 App Store gift …

Apple Offers Cash Rewards for 50 Billionth App Download

Apple’s App Store is nearing the 50 billion downloads milestone, and the company is celebrating by rewarding users with cash prizes
The person who downloads the 50 billionth app will get a $10,000 App Store Gift Card. People who download one of the f…

Path Gains Ground Among U.S. Users

Path may finally be taking off in the United States, according to a Wall Street Journal interview with CEO Dave Morin.
It’s now in the top 20 most-downloaded apps in the App Store, and it’s adding a million registered users a week, Morin sa…

Apple Bans Comic From App Store for Depicting Gay Sex

Since it debuted in March 2012, the popular comic book Saga has illustrated the following: robot sex, a giant with five-story-tall sagging testicles, a child prostitution ring on a brothel planet called Sextillion, blow jobs, fisting, interspecies ero…

Vine Tops List of Free iPhone Apps in App Store

Less than three months after Twitter released Vine, the popular video-sharing service has topped the U.SApp Store’s list of free iPhone apps

Vine, which lets users create and share six-second videos, debuted to much fanfare in January. The mobile…

Why telcos may finally be moving past app store envy

In the slicing-up of the mobile content pie, carriers have been left out over the last few years. But, according to a new analyst report, that situation’s starting to change.

Apple probably isn’t cracking down on native app cookie tracking — yet

A batch of rejections from Apple’s App Store had some reports wondering if Apple has begun forcing developers to use a new for tracking mobile app users. It hasn’t, according to our sources.

Comcast launches app store for biz customers

Comcast has created an app store for small business customers to resell cloud storage, security and collaboration products from vendors that include Box, YouSendIt and Microsoft.

Vine App Changes Age Rating from 12+ to 17+

After being flooded with pornographic images, the iPhone app for Twitter’s video sharing service Vine has changed its rating from 12+ to 17+.
This means users will have to confirm they are 17 years old or over before using the app.
Originally, Vine …

Apple’s App Store Has Record Revenue, Google Play Boasts Faster Growth

Although Apple remains the leader in app revenue, earning over three-and-a-half times that of Google Play in December, it is seeing a rising challenge from Android’s app market, which is growing at a faster rate.
Monthly revenue for the App Store gre…

Does Vine get a free pass from Apple due to Twitter partnership?

Apple already has a problem consistently enforcing App Store rules across an ecosystem of 800,000 apps. But it seems even more complicated when partners are involved.

Live by the platform, die by the platform: Facebook grabs more control of its data

It’s always a risk building on top of another technology platform, although building on Facebook’s API has obvious benefits when you’re starting out. But if you pick that route? Be sure to note how quickly the company is changing.

500px Removal Highlights App Store Inequalities

The removal of 500px from Apple’s App Store raises questions over review equity, fairness and API functionality.
When Evgeny Tchebotarev started the day, he wasn’t expecting to end up spending so much time fielding calls from the media. Tchebotarev …

Apple pulled 500px photography app over child porn complaints [Updated]

After early reports that Apple removed the popular photography app without much notice, Apple says it had to after receiving complaints of possible child pornography. 500px disputes the claim.

RIM revamps BlackBerry app store, adding music and video

BlackBerry App World is becoming simply BlackBerry World as RIM prepares to revamp its mobile storefront. In addition to apps and games, RIM will selling multimedia.

Why Apple needs to retake the core of the iPhone in 2013

Apple’s biggest competitors — Facebook, Google and Amazon — are getting really good at finding ways to systematically insert themselves between Apple and its customers.

Case study: Facebook mobile install ads take app from No. 253 to No. 5 in App Store

Facebook advertising company Nanigans ran a Facebook mobile campaign for an e-commerce app developer during the holidays, moving the app’s rank in the Apple Store from the mid-200s to the top 10 in its category, with…