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Jason Snell: Our book about the iPhone has been rejected from the App Store BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE WORD iPHONE. (Dan Moren has a possible solution .)  ★ 
Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store
apple.com — CUPERTINO, California November 4, 2009 Apple today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose from ... (more) Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the ...
Apple's App Store breaks 100,000 apps
Apple's App Store breaks 100,000 apps
engadget.com — Look, App Store , we just wanted to take this opportunity to say we're sorry about all the fart app jokes. We know it's not easy being a new App Store, making your way in the world, and when juxtaposed against the struggles your competition has ... (more) Apple's App Store breaks 100,000 apps
Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside  the  App Store [IPhone Apps]
Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside the App Store [IPhone Apps]
gizmodo.com — Oh, App Store : You're a chore to navigate, difficult to search, and offer only the most superficial guidance as to which apps are actually good . Chorus —an app recommendation app, as awkward as that sounds—helps cut through the noise.  ... (more) Chorus for iPhone Puts a Better App Store Inside the  ...
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Apple rejects Macworld iPhone Superguide from App Store... for using the word 'iPhone'
Engadget — ... The iPhone App Store's arbitrary and inconsistent approval process continues to baffle and annoy on every level, as Macworld Editor-in-Chief Jason Snell just had his iPhone book rejected... for using the word "iPhone" in the title. Apparently ...

Apple rejects Macworld iPhone Superguide from App Store... for using the word 'iPhone'
Engadget Mobile — ... The iPhone App Store's arbitrary and inconsistent approval process continues to baffle and annoy on every level, as Macworld Editor-in-Chief Jason Snell just had his iPhone book rejected...for using the word "iPhone" in the title. Apparently ...

App Store Needs to Change the ‘When the Shit Hits the Fan’ Approach to Review Process
Just Another iPhone Blog — ... – despite the fact that the App Store already had a similar book from David Pogue of the New York Times in it, with the word iPhone in its title. So this rejection contained one of the long-running plot staples of App Store horror stories – stupid, inconsistent decisions. In this case though – as with many other high-profile stupid rejections – Macworld complained about the decision (via Twitter) and their complaints were spotted and reported on by some very big sites – including Daring Fireball and ...

How Macworld Got Their iPhone App Approved or How Having a Big Voice Helps
The iPhone Blog — ... turned their iPhone ebook into and app and submitted it to the iTunes App Store. It was rejected. Several times. Finally editor Jason Snell expressed his frustration on Twitter and several high profile blogs picked it up. Apple called him immediately to try and make it right. ...

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It’s been awhile since we’ve had to report on Apple’s App Store approval process, but they’ve certainly made up for lost time with this doozy. Jason Snell, Macworld Editor, informs us via Twitter that his book about the iPhone has been rejected by Apple. Reason you say? ...
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How Macworld Got Their iPhone App Approved or How Having a Big Voice HelpsThe Free iPhone Blog
Umpteenth verse, same as the first — Macworld turned their iPhone ebook into and app and submitted it to the iTunes App Store. It was rejected. Several times. Finally editor Jason Snell expressed his frustration on Twitter and several high profile blogs picked it up. Apple called him ...
iPhone Reference Guide E-Book Rejected For Having "iPhone" In TitleiPhone Alley - RSS
Just when we thought they couldn't get any more absurd, Apple has given us another App store rejection for the books. According to a tweet by Jason Snell, Macworld Editor-in-Chief, Apple has rejected an e-book app version of "Macworld iPhone Superguide," a reference manual about the iPhone, for ...
iPhone Reference Guide E-Book Rejected For Having "iPhone" In Title [Update: Approved]iPhone Alley - RSS
Just when we thought they couldn't get any more absurd, Apple has given us another App store rejection for the books. According to a tweet by Jason Snell, Macworld Editor-in-Chief, Apple has rejected an e-book app version of "Macworld iPhone Superguide," a reference manual about the iPhone, for ...
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You can use the word if it's descriptive, but not if it says what it does. Or something. The peculiar behaviour of Apple's App Store reviewers continues Tales from the Twilight Zone of the iPhone App Store, pt 946: Apple has rejected an ebook submitted by Macworld because it contains the word ...