A Russian hacker has bypassed Apple's verification platform to grant non-jailbreakers free IAPs.

An upcoming game from Peter Molyneux, Curiosity, will be offering a $50,000 in-app purchase.

A surprisingly high percentage of mobile gamers spent money on some type of in-app purchase in 2011.

Trade in your dunce cap for a thinking cap, and give Triple Entendre a try.

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.

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.

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, could soon enter the highly profitable in-app purchase market, according to Bloomberg News.

The value of an app is too often clouded by its in-app purchases. That's wrong.

Like Angry Birds, Zynga's ruffling some feathers. In this case, though, it might be time to side with the pigs.

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If you enjoy downloading free games from the App Store, you’re not alone. In fact, since the first half of 2011, 65 percent of the App Store revenues are coming from these apps, according to Flurry.

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.

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.

Apple's rumored in-app subscription deadline has passed, but Netflix and Amazon have refused to "amend" their apps via an update. As a result of this, Apple could refuse to accept future updates for both the Netflix and Kindle iOS applications.

Apple's decision to rescind its in-app subscription terms is the result of several important factors.

Developers utilizing Apple’s in-app purchase system are being jolted with legal threats by way of arriving FedEx packages. This news, first uncovered by Cult of Mac, could eventually threaten hundreds of small app developers who rely on the App Store to make money.

A range of Hearst magazines will soon be available to download and read on the iPad, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Amazon has just announced Kindle Library Lending - a new feature that allows Kindle users to borrow e-books from over 11,000 libraries in the U.S.

A lawsuit has been filed against Apple for allowing kids to make in-app purchases without parental permission. The suit, filed by Garen Meguerian of Pennsylvania, blames Apple for "unlawful exploitation of children."

Faced with a possible FTC investigation and growing concerns by consumers, Apple has implemented a new policy regarding how purchases are made within apps. The changes became effective with the new iOS 4.3 update and address how in-app purchases are approved.

This isn’t surprising: The Federal Trade Commission is expected to review Apple’s in-app purchase system. This comes after the company has been heavily criticized for how easy it is to make purchases, especially for children.

Rhapsody, the online music subscription service, could end up suing Apple over the company’s recently enforced in-app purchase policies. The policies effectively force developers to hand over 30 percent of in-app purchases over to Apple, and have angered a lot of companies - including Rhapsody.