Articles Tagged ‘in-app’
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Apple Accidentally Launches Curious "GameStore" iPhone Application In The App Store
BY Joe White on Mon January 02nd, 2012
Apple has recently launched a new application in the App Store called "GameStore." However, the application appears to have been used in the past for internal testing, and has simply been accidentally launched in the App Store by mistake: the app itself serves no real purpose, only allowing customers to make numerous in-app purchase for content that doesn't exist.
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Zinio Gets An Update, Adds In-App Purchasing And Article Previews
BY Joe White on Sat July 30th, 2011
The popular iPad application, Zinio Magazine Newsstand & Reader, has recently received an update. Now, users of the application can purchase magazines in-app and enjoy article previews. Furthermore, the app has received significant performance improvements, meaning it's now faster and more stable than ever before.
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Amazon Updates Kindle App, Removes Kindle Store And Adds Support For Newspapers, Magazines
BY Joe White on Mon July 25th, 2011
Moments ago, Amazon updated its Kindle iOS application, making a variety of changes. First, Amazon removed the Kindle Store from the app, falling in-line with Apple's in-app policy (which the company appears to be enforcing now). Second, the Kindle app now supports newspapers and magazines (which obviously have to be purchased outside of the application). And third, users of the application can now share quotations from texts with friends, via Facebook and Twitter.
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The Wall Street Journal & Kobo Fall In-Line With Apple's In-App Subscription Policy
BY Joe White on Mon July 25th, 2011
This weekend, it was announced that The Wall Street Journal's iPhone and iPad apps and the universal Kobo e-book app would soon support Apple's in-app subscription policy, suggesting that the Cupertino, CA company is beginning to clamp down on those resisting the change. Following the announcement, Kobo updated its universal app, removing the Kobo Store from within the application. As of this moment, The Wall Street Journal's iOS apps have not been updated.
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Apple Responds To Sony's Allegations - Clarifies In-App Purchasing Rules
BY Alexander Vaughn on Tue February 01st, 2011
A little while ago, Apple responded to this morning's allegations from Sony about changing their stance on in-app purchases, rejecting Sony's app and potentially pushing Amazon out of the ecosystem.
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In-App Purchase Performance And App Stores' Average Prices
BY Alexander Vaughn on Sat November 14th, 2009
In a report published by Distimo earlier this week we are finally getting some more data about the App Store and In-App purchases. It will probably come to you as no surprise that actually, the more
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Flick Fishing Now Features In-App Purchases, Peer-To-Peer Connectivity
BY Tyler Tschida on Thu June 18th, 2009
The release of iPhone OS 3.0 has brought new life to some great old iPhone and iPod touch apps, and Freeverse's Flick Fishing is one of them. Flick Fishing has been one of the most
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