appleinsider.com - 3/10/2009
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As Apple's 9-month young App Store redefines the smartphone industry and spawns copycats, actual app sales are approaching a frequency that could see the digital shop become a billion-dollar business before year's end.
twitter.com - 3/10/2009
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twitter.com —
You can’t make this stuff up. Apple has
rejected the latest version of Tweetie — currently the...
most popular Twitter client in the App Store — because there’s a swear word in the current list of top Twitter trends. The trends ...
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Another Ridiculous App Store Rejection
theiphoneblog.com - 3/10/2009
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theiphoneblog.com —
So, who could it be running the approval
process for the iTunes App Store at Apple? Hmm....
Tough one. Let us put on our little thinking caps here for a moment…. SATAN?! No, of course, not, nor the Church Lady from SNL, but it must be someone equally ...
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Tweetie 1.3 Rejected by Apple for Returning ...
engadget.com - 3/10/2009
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engadget.com —
Apple's just reached a whole new level of
stupidity in App Store approval shenanigans : the Tweetie...
1.3 update was just rejected for displaying "offensive language" in its Twitter trend search view. Right, not for offensive language in the app ...
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Apple stupidly rejects Tweetie 1.3 for foul language in ...
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Could Apple's AppStore Reach $1 Billion Sold?
The Channel Wire —
... , which is set to launch this month. And one analyst, Needham & Co.'s Charlie Wolf, on Tuesday indicated that actual AppStore application downloads have surpassed the 500 million mark. If that rate continues, the Apple AppStore could reach $1 billion in sales by the end of the year, according to Apple news site Apple Insider . "The iPhone AppStore has redefined the ...
Could Apple's AppStore Reach $1 Billion Sold?
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... , which is set to launch this month. And one analyst, Needham & Co.'s Charlie Wolf, on Tuesday indicated that actual AppStore application downloads have surpassed the 500 million mark. If that rate continues, the Apple AppStore could reach $1 billion in sales by the end of the year, according to Apple news site Apple Insider . "The iPhone AppStore has redefined the ...
Apple’s App Store already close to becoming a billion-dollar business?
MacDailyNews —
... "If accurate, the assessment would have the App Store generating approximately $800 million on a yearly basis, already surpassing a 'neutral' case scenario for the 2009 calendar year outlined by fellow analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray last June. With the number of applications downloaded each quarter only increasing, it's conceivable the store could reach the $1 billion milestone and possibly Munster's $1.2 billion 'Aggressive' case scenario by year's end." Full article here .
Is the App Store already a billion dollar business for Apple?
VentureBeat —
... That “some point in time,” may be much sooner than he thought, if some extrapolated data from Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf proves accurate. In fact, it could be as soon as this year, as AppleInsider notes. ...
About Those iPhone App Store Revenue Numbers
TechCrunch —
... And there’s other numbers that suggest this as well. Back in March, one analyst cut into Apple’s December quarter numbers and came out with $200 million in app sales just for that quarter. That’s probably way too high for a number of reasons — namely that it’s hard to know the ratio of iTunes/App Store/iPod accessory sales, which are all clumped together. But even if it’s way off, that’s just for the quarter, and it’s another sign that Liew’s numbers are probably way too low. ...
Apple: The Future of Gaming?
I4U News —
... Apple is important to the gaming industry right now for a couple of reasons, and one of them is the App Store. There is a lot of money to be made in the smartphone app market, and some of the most popular apps are mobile games. They're simple and inexpensive to make and, if you can push out a good one (Plants v. Zombies comes to mind), you can make a tidy little bundle of profit. In addition to being a great, cheap-to-design-for platform, smartphones are rapidly improving in processing power and capability. There are even rumors that we'll be seeing ...
The App economy? whatever the number, it is bigger than you think. here is why
OurielOhayon —
... in sales a day . A few other estimates were indicating back in march about 1 billion dollars in sales revenue and since iPhone/iPod touch sales have grown wild driving bigger revenues to applications. But that is only the beginning of a bigger story. ...
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