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blog.wired.com - 3/31/2009

Pirates Board Apple's iPhone App Store

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The iPhone's App Store is becoming an increasingly juicy target for pirates, who have illegally cracked 24 percent of paid applications for free distribution. Apple's App Store offers about 25,000 paid apps, and almost a quarter have been cracked for piracy. iPhone analytics company ...

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appleinsider.com - 3/31/2009

Apple releases second beta of iPhone 3.0 Software to developers

— appleinsider.com — Apple on Tuesday afternoon provided its vast developer community with a second beta release of iPhone Software... 3.0, which arrived alongside a promise by the company to gradually open its live Push Notification service and In-App Purchasing ... (more) Apple releases second beta of iPhone 3.0 Software to ...

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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 3/27/2009

Has Apple begun clearing iPhone 3G inventory?

— apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — Staffers at Apple’s ( AAPL ) flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City confirm that as... of Thursday at 8 a.m., customers are now permitted to buy unlimited quantities of iPhones without an AT&T contract — the very thing the ... (more) Has Apple begun clearing iPhone 3G inventory?

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mossblog.allthingsd.com - 4/1/2009

First Impressions of the New BlackBerry App Store

— mossblog.allthingsd.com — Walt gives his first impressions of the new BlackBerry App World. The store has hundreds of apps... available at launch, and RIM says it expects around a thousand to be available in its first week. Like Apple's store, RIM's offers both free and paid apps ... (more) First Impressions of the New BlackBerry App Store

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Pirates Board Apple's iPhone App Store
textually.org — According to Wired, the iPhone's App Store is becoming an increasingly juicy target for pirates, who have illegally cracked 20 percent of paid applications for free distribution. ...

Linkpost | 3.31.2009
TechBlog — ... - Even though it's only supposed to work over Wi-Fi. • Pirates Board Apple's iPhone App Store - Hackers have cracked 20 percent of the apps. • ...

Pirates crack 20-percent of paid iPhone apps
MacDailyNews — ... pirated-to-paid ratio," Chen reports. "'It's a real problem that developers, Apple and the community need to address,' said Eric Litman, CEO of Medialets, a market research company that tracks app statistics and usage for developers," Chen reports. "Just how much piracy affects App Store sales is unclear and remains up for debate — since Apple, tight-lipped as usual, has not disclosed any numbers. Apple didn't respond to several requests for comment," Chen reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: This is what happens when you make something Windows-compatible. ...

News: iPhone developer: App piracy more widespread than most realize
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Speaking in an interview with Wired over the current state of App Store piracy, Kai Yu, president of BeeJive, said the situation was worse than most realize . “We think that current piracy of content from the App Store is much more widespread than most people realize,” Yu said. Yu added that after installing analytics software in the company’s BeeJive IM application, the company discovered 60 percent of activity coming from pirated copies; it has since taken measures to disable cracked copies. However, Yu remains optimistic that Apple will address the situation, saying, “This ...

Wired’s guide to iPhone piracy
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 — ... For iPhone owners who get sticker shock from a 99-cent application, Wired.com’s Brian X. Chen has posted a round-up that points readers to a variety of websites where users can download thousands of apps for free. ...

5Words for March 31st, 2009
Technologizer — ... Big 5Words news coming tomorrow! Skype for iPhone now available. Google gets into venture capital. American Airlines: Wi-Fi almost everywhere. Sorry, no Android tethering, please. Microsoft announces Windows Phone partners. Ahoy, matey: iPhone app pirates. Lauren: happy PC? Can’t say! Shure’s new headphones: they rock. A cheaper PS2. Starting tomorrow. Firefox is top European browser. Netflix raises price for ...

Wired dives into App Store piracy
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... So how widespread is App Store piracy? Earlier this week, Wired's Brian X. Chen spoke with a number of developers and analysts about the issue, and right now, it looks like piracy is still relatively self-contained. According to ...

Just How Easy is it to Get Pirated iPhone Software?
Technologizer — ... You might remember Brian Chen at Wired’s reporting on iPhone App Store piracy. That got us to thinking, is it really an issue, or just an exaggeration of a minor problem? To test our theories, we decided to attempt to install a pirated app on one of our own iPhone 3G’s here at Technologizer. ...