Apps

Apple Caught in a Blizzard of Bucks – E-Commerce Times

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced Monday that the Mac App Store hit 100 million downloads since its January launch. The store, which is the online retail source for product upgrades and apps for Mac computers, doesn’t quite get the traffic that … Continue reading

HGTV Launches Free App "HGTV DREAM HOME" Available for Download on Apple® iPad® – Yahoo Finance

NEW YORK , Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Fans of HGTV Dream Home can now explore past homes like never before with the HGTV Dream Home app now available in the Apple App Store™ for download on Apple iPad®.  The free app … Continue reading

A Rare Apple Compromise – Wall Street Journal

The company launched iAds to make building Apple apps more attractive for developers, who are increasingly interested in building software for Android devices and getting advertising checks from Google. Hordes of developers have activated iAd …

Apple’s Mac App Store Downloads Top 100 Million – Yahoo Finance

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Apple® today announced that over 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac® App Store™ in less than one year. With thousands of free and paid apps, the Mac App Store brings the App Store …

Maker of Maligned ID-making App Fires Back At Apple – WebProNews

Yesterday, we reported about a drivers license-making app that was yanked from Apple’s App Store due to a stern letter written by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA). Casey echoed the concerns previously stated by D. Brian Zimmer, president of Coalition …

Apple’s Mac App Store passes 100 million downloads – YAHOO!

Apple’s Mac App Store for PCs has reached a milestone of 100 million app downloads as Microsoft moves closer to launching its own app store for its Windows platform. While the Mac App Store has seen tremendous growth over the … Continue reading

Fake ID app maker responds to Apple – Washington Post

The maker of an app that let users produce their own fake, novelty drivers licenses has fired back at Apple for removing the application from its app store. Apple yanked the app after Sen. Bob Casey (D- Pa.) expressed concerns … Continue reading

5 Apps Banned From Apple’s App Store in 2011 – CIO

PC World — Apple gave the app, Drivers License, the boot this week after concerned politicians claimed it encouraged identity theft. Drivers License joins a short list of apps that Apple gave boot in 2011 because Apple either didn’t get … Continue reading

Apple removes Fake ID app after US Senator steps in – Venturebeat.com

Sorry, underage drinkers, Apple pulled your easy fake ID app today, after Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey put his word in on the issue. Fake identification has been around probably since the advent of IDs. This process was made temporarily easier … Continue reading

Maker of Yanked Driver’s License App Fires Back at Apple – PC Magazine

The maker of a fake driver’s license app that was yanked from Apple’s App Store this week has fired back, saying the free app was “specifically and deliberately designed … to prevent the creation of counterfeit identification.” Apple pulled DriversEd.com … Continue reading