Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple has notified developers not to use location-based services such as the Core Location framework to deliver ads to iPhone, iPod touch, and future iPad owners based on where they are. "If you build your application with features based on a user's location, make sure these features provide beneficial information. If your app [...]
Cupertino (ip-192.com): Apple seems to have something to celebrate: 100,000 apps ready to improve on every user’s iPhone and/or iPod Touch experience, and 2 billion downloads in just over 15 months. This for sure makes the Apple App Store the largest and busiest e-commerce site in the world. The App Store launched in July 2008 [...]
Burbank (ip-192.com): Walt Disney Co plans to launch iPhone and iPod touch applications to promote Disney content and interactive features. The new application, called Click2Life, will allow users to snap a picture of a Disney image on a television, billboard or poster to receive special content such as animated images or product offers. Disney realized [...]
Atlanta (IP-192.com): The saga continues – According to The New York Times, Google Voice will soon be available for Apples iPhone as a Web-based app. The phone-management application, which Apple may have rejected under AT&T pressure, will be remade as a stylized Web site that offers everything the rejected app would have. It is unclear [...]
Apple has rejected Google Voice, a service that offers a free phone number, free SMS text messaging, free domestic calls, and cheaper international calls, as well as advanced call screening features. The app is currently available by invitation only on Android and Blackberry phones. According to a Google spokesperson, the company is "… working hard [...]
The Apple App Store has passed 1.5 billion downloads, Apple announced on July 14. "It’s going to be very hard for others to catch up," said Steve Jobs in a statement. Apple has announced that, in just one year, customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from its App store. According to Apple, the [...]
