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App Store Lessons: the tao of running contests
arstechnica.com - 2/12/2009
App Store Lessons: the tao of running contests
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Want to tie your App Store software to some sort of competition? Proceed with care. Ars readers report that Apple has been calling them regarding a new policy on contests related to App Store offerings. It turns out that apps can no longer advertise contests or sweepstakes. Apple ...
Coder's Half-Million Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush Is Still On
blog.wired.com - 2/13/2009
Coder's Half-Million Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush Is Still On
— blog.wired.com — Apple's iPhone application store has gotten as crowded as Beyonce concert, with more than 20,000 apps available... -- but one independent developer still managed to rake in $600,000 in a single month with a single iPhone game. Ethan Nicholas, ... (more) Coder's Half-Million Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush ...

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The Experiment | None
appcubby.com - 2/10/2009
The Experiment | None
— appcubby.com — This post may make a bit more sense in light of my two prior posts: " Financial... Realities of the App Store " and " App Store Pricing (It's not a free market!) " With App Store shoppers seemingly hesitant to risk $5+ on a new app, I decided to do a ... (more) The Experiment | None

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daringfireball.net - 2/12/2009
★ Anti-Bootlegging Measures and the iPhone App Store
— daringfireball.net — Marco Arment , responding to my expectation that iPhone developers are set to begin implementing their own... anti-bootlegging measures: The ideal piracy detection system doesn’t make it immediately obvious to the crackers that their efforts have ... (more) ★ Anti-Bootlegging Measures and the iPhone App Store

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Cult of Mac:  AppStore Success - Has the Easy Money Been Made?

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AppStore Success - Has the Easy Money Been Made?
Cult of Mac — ... Blogger/developer Erica Sadun relates how Apple’s own Department of AppStore Security is quashing other some innovative developer marketing efforts and refusing to approve any app that advertises a contest or promises prizes or awards in the app itself or in its AppStore description. ...

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