Google Replaces AT&T as Wi-fi Provider for Starbucks Coffee Shops
AT&T provides sub-par telecom services, from spotty cell reception to snail-paced internet access. They suck and the world knows it. Hence no tears were shed when Starbucks recently announced a new partnership with Google to replace AT&T as the wi-fi provider of choice. According to an article by PCMag, “The eatery is ditching its current […]
Russian Hacker Finds Way To Avoid In-App Charges
A Russian hacker has found a way to download in-app purchases without paying for them. The hack works for all versions of iOS 3 and higher.
Apple Expected to Open iOS7 Functionality to Developers
Tim Cook revealed that Apple will likely be opening up much of the highly anticipated iOS7 software to 3rd party developers. The Apple CEO hinted during his interview at the All Things D conference that iPhone and iPad app developers can expect to gain deeper access to the core operating systems behind the mobile devices. […]
Why Apple is Killing Android in the Business World
The Android platform may be dominating the overall smartphone market but is still lagging leap years behind iOS on the business front. The vast majority of businesses choose to outfit their employees with an iPhone these days and that trend doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. During the I/O developer conference Google announced plans […]
Amazon Gives Away Millions In Coins To Lure Kindle Users
The celebrate the launch of its new coins Amazon is giving away “tens of millions of dollars” of the virtual currency. The hand out is going Kindle Fire users as part of its latest bid to lure IOS and Android users to the platform. The retail giant launched its new currency with the promotion that will see all Kindle Fire owners gifted […]
Who’s Got the Golden Ticket? Apple Personally Inviting Developers to WWDC
Tickets to WWDC 2013 sold out in less than two minutes, leaving thousands of eager developers despondent and morose. For a lucky few iOS developers Apple is doing the unthinkable, making personal calls to invite selected devs to the conference. According to sources at TUAW an iPhone app developer gave details of his experience, saying, […]
Poof They’re Gone, WWDC 2013 Sold Out in 2 Minutes
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is the hottest tech event on earth for developers and it shows. Today when tickets went on sale at 10:00 am they were all sold out by 10:02 am. Tickets cost $1,599 and were limited to one per person. In less than 2 minutes every WWDC ticket on sale was accounted […]
Developers Have Been Paid $9 Billion through Apple Apple Store
During Apple’s most recent earnings call with stockholders the company announced that they have so far paid developers more than $9 billion in revenue sharing. If you include Apple’s hefty 30% cut of all developer sales, the App Store has earned $12.8 billion in revenue since its inception. The App Store has earned the company […]
AppGratis Dealt Another Knockout Punch by Apple
In a stunning display of kicking a man while he’s down, Apple decided today to kill off AppGratis’ ability to send push notifications to their 12 million users. Earlier this month Apple stunned the iPhone app developer community by deleting AppGratis, a popular iOS app discovery platform from the iTunes app store. Existing users of […]
French Minister Threatens Apple Over AppGratis Ordeal
France’s digital industry minister isn’t holding any punches, unleashing a torrent of aggression against Apple over the banning of AppGratis app from iTunes.