Apple today agreed to refund at least $32.5 million to the miserable parents of children who were able to make in-app charges without their parents' knowledge. The announcement is part of a settlement with the FTC, which also requires Apple to obtain express consent for all in-app purchases by the end of March.
Playboy Promises To End iPad's 'Freedom from Porn'
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner says his magazine will be available on the iPad in March—uncensored. If true, that's a huge reversal for Apple, whose CEO just last May said iPad put "freedom from porn" before freedom of speech.
Apple Embroiled in Huge Gay Rights Fight
Apple is caught in the crossfire between opponents and supporters of an iPhone game that can only be "won" by signaling opposition to gay and abortion rights. Apple approved the app, then pulled it. Now comes the furious lobbying.
iPhone App Store rejection letters covered by NDA
Jilted developers whose finished iPhone apps are rejected by Apple now get an extra reminder in the Dear John letters sent by App Store guardian Victor Wang, "THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE." Translation: Your contract with Apple forbids you from posting our rejection letter on …
How not to get rejected for the iTunes App Store
After Apple banned iPhone app Podcaster from its iTunes App Store, CNET called Podcaster the iPhone app that's "so good, Apple won't let you have it." Apple hasn't said why, but it's widely believed that the app was banned for competing with the iPhone's built-in podcast-downloading software. But blogger Niall…
Shadowlayer
In a post about iPhone apps sales hitting $30 million a month, today's featured commenter Shadowlayer gives a stark prediction:
Jobs: iPhone app sales hit $30 million in a month
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says iPhone and iPod Touch users downloaded more than 60 million apps from the iTunes App Store during its first month of business, spending about $1 million per day for a sales total of $30 million. "At the current pace," report the quantitative analysts at the Wall Street Journal, "Apple…
Do-nothing "I Am Rich" iPhone app found 8 buyers with enough taste to click "buy"
Before Apple succumbed to jealous cries of the hoi polloi and removed his "I Am Rich" application from its iTunes App Store, developer Armein Heinrich sold eight copies of his $999.99 pristinely useless software — six to refined buyers in the United States, one to a collector in Germany and another to one in France.…
Steve Jobs admits iPhone, App Store and MobileMe megalaunch was botched
It's like Steve Jobs is saying what we're thinking in a leaked email sent to Apple employees:
