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techcrunch.com - 6/30/2009

Here’s How iPhone App Store Ratings Work. Hint: They Don’t.

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We’ve been a bit baffled by the system Apple has in place when it comes to ratings for applications in the App Store. Is it allowing apps with nudity ? Not allowing them ? Allowing them with a 17+ rating ? We’ve talked to some developers willing to break their NDAs because they ...

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wired.com - 7/2/2009

Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache

— wired.com — A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has appeared in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple’s inability... to safeguard its application store from prohibited content. The image appears in the free app BeautyMeter, which enables people ... (more) Child Porn Is Apple’s Latest iPhone Headache

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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 6/28/2009

Apple runs short of iPhones

— apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — The iPhone availability widget is back — new and improved — and it’s showing spot shortages of... selected iPhones at Apple ( AAPL ) stores across the United States. The availability tool, which appears on Apple’s website in ... (more) Apple runs short of iPhones

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appleinsider.com - 7/2/2009

Apple developing "active packaging" for iPods and iPhones

— appleinsider.com — Known for thinking outside the box, electronics maker Apple Inc. is now apparently working on an in-the-box... concept that could provide power to iPods, iPhones and other electronics devices still inside their retail packaging, allowing them to display ... (more) Apple developing "active packaging" for iPods and iPhones

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Develado (en parte) el misterio de las calificaciones en iTunes
Celularis — ... tan bien delimitadas y comprendidas como esa, pues no es aceptable este tipo de errores con aplicaciones que incluyan pornografía o material no apto. Lo bueno del nuevo iPhone OS 3.0 es que se pueden restringir por edades las aplicaciones que se pueden instalar en el iPhone, por lo que habría que perfeccionar este método de calificación para que se acerque a lo ideal en cuanto a restricciones para nuestros hijos que usan iPhones. Vía TC ...

Apple Approves iPhone App That “Promotes School Shootings”
CrunchGear — Our beefs with Apple's inconsistent behavior when it comes to approving or rejecting applications for the iPhone / iPod Touch platform has been well documented. iPhoneWorld.ca draws our attention to yet another example that makes us wonder if there's a clear policy at Infinite Loop at all, or if the team is simply trained well in the 'hit or miss' phenomenon. Or as ComputerWorld eloquently puts it: "[Apple's App Store] is lorded over by an inscrutable team of guardians devoted to maintaining control over the platform." Take this Zombie School ...

Does the App Store approval process hinder innovation?
MacFixIt — ... very well be the case. Several companies have reported an incredible delay in getting their apps approved by Apple--companies that are looking to innovate their businesses through the use of the iPhone OS technology. So what is the hold up? The best answer I can manage is that it is just as confusing for an App Store Approver to figure out if a submitted application is okay as it is for a developer to determine if their app meets Apple's guidelines. Check out this break down from TechCrunch on the subject. During the quarterly financial conference call, it was hinted that ...