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appleinsider.com - 12/12/2008

Apple tweaks App Store layout amid developer unrest

— appleinsider.com — Faced with criticism over the way it's been grouping applications on the digital shelves of the App... Store, Apple this week is making some changes to the store's layout aimed at showcasing a broader range of top offerings in each category. (more) Apple tweaks App Store layout amid developer unrest

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macrumors.com - 12/12/2008

Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My Finger'

— macrumors.com — One of the major criticisms of the App Store has been a seemingly arbitrary rejection policy on... the part of Apple. Air-o-Matic was one of the developers rejected by Apple for the reason of "limited utility" for his humor app "Pull My Finger". Sam ... (more) Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My ...

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appcubby.com - 12/12/2008

Financial Realities of the App Store | None

— appcubby.com — There have been a lot of uninformed people spouting nonsense about Craig Hockenberry s Ringtone Apps blog... post, so I thought I d set the record straight with some real numbers from the App Cubby bank account. There are some amazing success stories on ... (more) Financial Realities of the App Store | None

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iPhone app store tops 10000 apps, 300 million downloads
textually.org — Apple has announced catalog and download numbers for iPhone applications in the form of a full-page ad that ran in Friday's edition of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. News.com reports. ...

IPhone developer laments glut of free and cheap apps
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... Have you noticed that every day, or at least it seems, there are hundreds of new applications to sift through in the iTunes App Store? Apple has racked up 10,000 downloadable programs for its iPhone and iPod Touch. And many, if not most, cost no more than 99 cents. Great, right? ...

The Downward Trend of iPhone Pricing and What it Means for Developers [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... process, whereby they start off relatively cheap, owing to a “promotional, introductory offer”, then become more expensive (”regular price”), and then dip again, either for a set period to climb the rankings, or forever to stimulate sales for a product that otherwise wasn’t selling. A big reason for the yo-yo cost of apps is the level of competition in the App Store. We saw the number of available applications cross the 10,000 milestone recently, up from only 500 at launch. That’s a 2,000 percent increase. With ...

Best BigCo of 2008: Apple
ReadWriteWeb — ... . There were 552 applications available at launch and at time of writing that's risen to over 10,000 applications. So in less than 6 months, the number and variety of iPhone apps has expanded greatly. Indeed, any startup worth its salt has an iPhone version of its web app. ...

Top 10 Web Platforms of 2008
ReadWriteWeb — ... . There were 552 applications available at launch and at time of writing that's risen to over 10,000 applications. So in less than 6 months, the number and variety of iPhone apps has expanded greatly. Indeed, any startup worth its salt has an iPhone version of its web app - the ultimate proof of a successful Web platform. ...