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Apple Online Store pushes iPad for Father’s Day
Apple on Wednesday updated its online storefront, adding a special section for Father’s Day with a heavy emphasis on the iPad, the iPad mini and related accessories.
Unity, the company behind the eponymous game rendering engine, announced on Tuesday that it will no longer be charging an $ 800 licensing fee to developers looking to make apps for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.
Video-on-demand service Vudu on Monday rolled out a major update to its Vudu Player iOS app, granting users the ability to download movies and TV shows directly onto an Apple device for offline viewing.
Briefly: South Australia’s first Apple Store to open Saturday in Adelaide
In an update to its website on Monday, Apple revealed its newest retail location in Australia, at Rundle Place Centre in Adelaide, will open its doors on Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
Facebook on Monday brought its Share Dialog out of beta which, once adopted by iOS app developers, will allow users to share content in-app without first having to sign in to the social network.
As part of a special media event on Monday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled major changes to photo management and sharing service Flickr, with full resolution image support, 1 terabyte of storage for each user, and a revamped user interface.
Apple Plans Fresh New Showcase Store for San Francisco
Apple Plans Fresh New Showcase Store for San Francisco Apple figures it will require about 400 employees to operate, 50 more than its predecessor. And, as you can see from the embedded images, the store will boast a fresh design — big, open floors and lots of glass (imagine a massive, translucent Mac mini). Read more on All Things Digital
Scenic Cruises Commissions Ninth 'Space Ship' for 2014 Scenic Jade will offer personal butler service for all guests; luxury cabins and suites; s complimentary mini-bar stocked daily; 32-inch Samsung HD TVs linked to Mac mini computers with complimentary internet access; and a queen-size 'Scenic Slumber … Read more on Travel Agent
Le Mac mini dans un rack serveur Le fabricant Sonnet vient de dévoiler le xMac mini server, un rack serveur au format 1U qui peut accueillir le petit Mac d'Apple. Ce boîtier permet de transformer le Mac mini en véritable serveur professionnel avec deux ports PCIe permettant d'ajouter … Read more on Macworld.fr
Related Posts:App Store hits 50 billion apps downloaded
Shortly before 5 p.m. ET, Apple officially hit the 50 billion app mark on the App Store. The grand prize for achieving this is a $ 10,000 gift card redeemable on the App Store and $ 500 App Store gift cards to the next 50 customers following that. We’ll let you know the winners as soon as they’re announced, and congratulations to Apple for hitting the milestone!
App Store hits 50 billion apps downloaded originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Related Posts:Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10 pm ET: iTunes store turns 10, quarterly results
It’s a big 1-0 for everyone’s “favorite” music store, which has evolved far beyond its humble Rip, Mix, Burn origins to become the digital hub for a new generation of digital devices. Happy birthday, iTunes Music Store, and here’s hoping that you make it out of your adolescence wiser and more mature.
Also this week: The results of Apple’s most recently concluded fiscal quarter are in the books, and while the company continued to make money hand over fist there are some troublesome signs for analysts: eroding margins and the possibility of the high-end smartphone market (where the iPhone owns the roost) starting to squeeze.
Apple’s response, in part, is to return more cash to its shareholders (via dividends) and repurchase outstanding shares. Apple’s even getting into the debt markets to finance these programs, rather than repatriating overseas profits and facing a hefty tax bill.
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Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10 pm ET: iTunes store turns 10, quarterly results originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Related Posts:Apple’s iTunes Store ahead of 10th anniversary, store hits record $4B in revenues for Q2
With the 10th anniversary of the iTunes Music Store coming up this Sunday, Apple on Tuesday reported its digital storefront, which now includes music, video, apps, and e-books, hit record-breaking revenues of over $ 4.1 billion for the second quarter of 2013.
In a rare public admission of hindsight, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Tuesday that he wishes his company had waited until 2013 to launch its redesigned iMac, which remained in short supply through the end of 2012.
Apple just had its “best quarter ever” in the increasingly important Chinese market, according to CEO Tim Cook, who says the iPhone maker is well positioned to address China going forward.
AppGratis CEO speaks out about app being pulled from App Store
One of the big stories yesterday was about the AppGratis app discovery and deals app being pulled from the App Store. As the story developed, there was confusion about what exactly caused Apple to yank the popular app (it has over twelve million users) — was it something simple like instability and crashes that forced Apple’s hand, or was Apple making a statement about apps that are violating certain guidelines? Today AppGratis CEO Simon Dawlat published a long statement on the company blog telling his side of the story.
Dawlat started by relating how he first heard about the app being pulled when he got off of an airplane in São Paulo, Brazil and received notifications for “over 75 missed calls, and an seemingly infinite flow of unread text messages.” Next, he reassured the millions of users of the app that even though the app is “momentarily unavailable,” anyone who downloaded the app prior to last Friday will still receive continued information about free apps and “cool discounts.”
Some speculation came out yesterday that the company may have used questionable tactics to grab more than 5 percent of the US iOS marketshare. Several developers I talked with about the AppGratis situation were critical of the company’s business model, in which app developers pay for placement to drive up the rank of their apps. A Forbes article from February highlights this practice, where Dawlat himself describes how AppGratis moves developers up the charts and then grabs the app revenue for a set amount of time as payment. In other words, it’s more of an advertising service than an app recommendation service.
Dawlat’s blog post then describes which clauses in the iOS Developer Guidelines were questioned by Apple. The latest version of the app was actually approved by Apple on April 4, 2013 — the day before it was pulled from the App Store. As reported by AllThingsD yesterday, Clause 5.6 — dealing with the use of push notifications to send advertising, promotions, or direct marketing — was to blame. Additionally, Clause 2.25 prohibits apps that display apps “other than your own” for purchase or promotion.
Dawlat found the push notification complaint to be somewhat foolish, saying that “…we only send one ‘system notification’ a day to our users, coming in the form of a generic, opt-in only ‘Today’s deal is here!’ message.” That practice is based on Apple’s own recommendation on how to use the push notification service.
The AppGratis CEO recounted phone calls yesterday with Apple, noting that they “…basically couldn’t go beyond repeating multiple times that our app had been pulled due to guideline 2.25 and 5.6.” Dawlat finished his post by listing his email address and stating that “If someone in charge at Apple reads this and wants to discuss the matter more in-depth, I’m happy to jump over to Cupertino anytime to prove to you that we’re on a mission for good.” He also asks happy users of AppGratis — both on the end user side and developers — to share his post.
The AppGratis situation has far-reaching implications for other app discovery apps, and this story is far from being at an end.
AppGratis CEO speaks out about app being pulled from App Store originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Related Posts:How long did it take to get your I-pad when you ordered it from the Apple store online?
Question by Strong Happy Marriage: How long did it take to get your I-pad when you ordered it from the Apple store online? Ok, so I ordered my I-pad from the Apple store online on December 30th and it says the estimated arrival date is January 10th. That seems like a long time. To those of you that have ordered them from the Apple store online, how long did it take to get yours? And is it actually gonna take this long? It has shipped. Standard shipping if that helps. And i had it engraved which delayed shipping a couple of days. I am just excited and hoping that it will get here sooner than that.
Best answer:
Answer by ChipIt’s very common for more popular products like the iPad to get backlogged during the holidays. Even after Christmas the backlog still has to be worked through. If it’s actually shipped though then it should be 3-5 business days from the ship date. They should have sent you an email with the tracking number so you can see exactly where the package is.
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