Articles Tagged ‘in-app purchases’
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Apple Updates App Store With New 'Learn More About In-App Purchases' Page
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Thu April 25th, 2013
On a new page in the App Store, Apple explains in clear terms what in-app purchases are and how they work.
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A New Investigation Looks Into The Use Of In-App Purchases By Children
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Fri April 12th, 2013
Apple and Google are being investigated over in-app purchase systems in their respective stores as they relate to kids.
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Father Reports Teenage Son For Fraud Over Massive In-App Purchases
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Mon March 25th, 2013
Bad luck comes in threes. Or at least to Apple's unwitting in-app purchasers, it does.
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Apple Adds Warning Label In App Store For Apps That Offer In-App Purchases
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sat March 23rd, 2013
Following recent incidents involving them, freemium apps in the App Store are now labeled with a new "Offers In-App Purchases" tagline.
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D'oh! You're Not Just Buying Donuts, Kid ... You're Racking Up In-App Purchases
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Wed March 13th, 2013
Hey, have you heard about that boy who accumulated a ridiculous amount of in-app purchases while playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out?
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The AppAdvice Week In Review: The Music Edition
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Sun March 03rd, 2013
A lot happened last week, with much centered on music.
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Apple's In-App Purchase Settlement Nears Approval, Covers Over 23 Million Users
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Sat March 02nd, 2013
Apple's proposed in-app purchase settlement is nearing approval following a hearing in a federal courthouse in California.
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The Parents Of A 5-Year-Old Are Off The Hook After Son Spends $2,500 In App Store
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Fri March 01st, 2013
Apple has refunded unsuspecting parents $2,500 after their five-year-old son racks up iTunes in-app purchases totaling $2,500. Was this the right move on Apple's part?
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Apple To Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over In-App Purchases In Bait Apps
BY Aldrin Calimlim on Tue February 26th, 2013
Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed against the company over in-app purchases (IAPs).
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Apple Beats Russian Hacker In iOS, But Battle Remains On OS X
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon July 23rd, 2012
Alexey Borodin has admitted that Apple has defeated him in his quest to provide everyone with free in-app purchases for iOS. Still, he remains committed to providing a similar tool in OS X.
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Setting Parental Controls Much More Important In iOS 6
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon July 23rd, 2012
Parents should be aware of a new "feature" set to arrive with iOS 6.
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Apple Adding Additional Security Measures To In-App Purchase Receipts
BY Brent Dirks on Wed July 18th, 2012
Apple looks to be moving quickly to stop the hack allowing users to gain access to free in-app purchases.
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Lost And Found: Friendly Devs Fix IAP Update Errors
BY Andy Faust III on Wed July 18th, 2012
If a recent update wiped out your IAPs, here's how to get them back.
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Apple Taking Steps To End In-App Purchase Hack, But It Remains Available For Now
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Mon July 16th, 2012
Russian hacker remains defiant, as Apple tries to stop his tool that makes it easy to make in-app purchases for free.
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Russian Crook Makes It Easy For Anyone To Get Free IAPs
BY Andy Faust III on Sat July 14th, 2012
A Russian hacker has bypassed Apple's verification platform to grant non-jailbreakers free IAPs.
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Upcoming iOS Title Takes In-App Purchases To The Extreme Level
BY Brent Dirks on Tue July 10th, 2012
An upcoming game from Peter Molyneux, Curiosity, will be offering a $50,000 in-app purchase.
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Survey Sheds Light On Changing Habits Of Mobile Gamers
BY Brent Dirks on Fri June 15th, 2012
A surprisingly high percentage of mobile gamers spent money on some type of in-app purchase in 2011.
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The App Store's Undisputed King Of Quandaries Goes Free
BY Andy Faust III on Mon May 14th, 2012
Trade in your dunce cap for a thinking cap, and give Triple Entendre a try.
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Oh Disney, You Really Stepped In It This Time
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed May 09th, 2012
When you think of Disney, you probably think of The Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse, and your favorite Disney movie. At the end of the day, however, Disney, like every other publicly traded company, has one goal and that is to make money. Case in point, the “free” Hidden Objects: Gardens of Time game available in the App Store.
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Amazon Officially Enters In-App Purchase Market
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Tue April 10th, 2012
As expected, Amazon is joining Apple and Google in offering their mobile customers the ability to make in-app purchases. The world’s largest online retailer’s in-app purchase marketplace arrives today for customers and developers.
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