07Feb2012
Apple warns it will crack down on App Store rank fraud services
Apple has warned App Store developers against using promotional services that seek to increase the visibility of their titles by automating sales to inflate their apps' apparent popularity or by posting phony reviews, threatening to terminate their accounts if they do. In a message posted to Apple's Developer site today titled "Adhering to Guidelines on Third-Party Marketing Services," the company noted: "Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote
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Briefly: First Enyo-based iOS app, New Zealand trademark dispute
The first app developed for Apple's iOS using the now open-source Enyo 2.0 framework has hit the App Store, while Apple seeks to bar the trademarking of a mobile device case called the "driPhone" in New Zealand. First Enyo 2.0 iOS app Developer James Harris has launched his FlashCards To Go iPad app on Monday, and is the first iOS program written in the Enyo 2.0 framework following HP's decision to make webOS available to open-source projects, reports The Verge. In failing to find a licensee
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Third-gen iPad’s ‘window of opportunity’ expected to drive Apple market share gains
Apple's third-generation iPad is expected by one market watcher to soon arrive during an advantageous "window of opportunity," in which competitors have nothing significant to offer, that will further increase the company's lead in the mobile computing market. Analyst Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank said in a note to investors on Monday that the line between tablets and notebook computers is rapidly blurring as devices like the iPad become more powerful. He noted that uses for the iPad have
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Third-gen iPad’s ‘window of opportunity’ expected to drive Apple market share gains
Apple's third-generation iPad is expected by one market watcher to soon arrive during an advantageous "window of opportunity," in which competitors have nothing significant to offer, that will further increase the company's lead in the mobile computing market. Analyst Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank said in a note to investors on Monday that the line between tablets and notebook computers is rapidly blurring as devices like the iPad become more powerful. He noted that uses for the iPad have
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Updated UI resources in OS X 10.7.3 may hint at preparations for Mac Retina Displays
The discovery of newly-upgraded high-DPI UI elements in Mac OS X 10.7.3 has led to some speculation that Apple is continuing to lay the groundwork for high-resolution Mac displays that approach the pixel density of its Retina Displays. John Gruber of Daring Fireball on Monday pointed to a series of Twitter posts (1, 2) outing UI resources that scale to larger sizes in the latest release of Mac OS X Lion, which arrived last week. The new elements include the pointing-finger cursor in Safari, the
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Rogers, BCE rumored to already have Apple ‘iTV’ prototype in their labs
A new report claims Canadian telecoms Rogers and Bell Canada have an early version of a much-rumored Apple television set in their labs and are in negotiations with the company to enter into a partnership for the device. An anonymous source disclosed to The Globe and Mail that both Rogers and Bell "already have the product in their labs," the newspaper reported on Monday. Another source familiar with the negotiations said Apple is open to working with multiple companies for its connected TV
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iPhone’s 36% of Q4 global handset revenue accelerates industry growth
New data shows that Apple accounted for 36 percent of worldwide mobile phone revenue and 74 percent of industry EBIT in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the iPhone taking more than a quarter of the entire smartphone market. According to a report released on Thursday from research firm UBS, Apple managed to garner 36% of the handset industry's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011 while only accounting for 9% of units sold. This is up from the company's 20% share in Q3 and is largely attributed
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Tim Cook exposes the lie that Steve Jobs ignored philanthropy
Speaking to employees, Apple's chief executive outlined how the company has participated in corporate philanthropy for years, a subject the company didn't aggressively boast about in public under Steve Jobs. A report by The Verge stated that after discussing Apple's new program for giving workers $500 credit on new Macs, Cook outlined how the company has participated in a variety of charitable programs. Cook noted a $50 million donation to Stanford hospitals, half paying for a new main
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Tim Cook exposes the lie that Steve Jobs ignored philanthropy
Speaking to employees, Apple's chief executive outlined how the company has participated in corporate philanthropy for years, a subject the company didn't aggressively boast about in public under Steve Jobs. A report by The Verge stated that after discussing Apple's new program for giving workers $500 credit on new Macs, Cook outlined how the company has participated in a variety of charitable programs. Cook noted a $50 million donation to Stanford hospitals, half paying for a new main
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German court dismisses second Samsung patent suit against Apple
In an early morning ruling on Friday, the Mannheim Regional Court dismissed the second of five 3G/UMTS standards patent suits Samsung leveled against Apple. Judge Andreas Voss handed down the ruling that echoed the German court's rejection to a similar suit one week ago, though he stopped short of announcing the reason behind the decision, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. Mueller, who attended the hearing, explains that the outcome may be based on the validity of specific details
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