Apple App Store

Apple Adds New Features To App Store

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.25.2012

This week the Apple App Store rolled out its new "Editors' Choice" and "App Of The Week" features, both of which highlight apps for users and promise ...

Why Apple Is the True Legacy of Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show

Brad Spirrison | Posted 05.23.2012

Brad Spirrison

Like The Tonight Show, the App Store is not just about blockbusters, but also more niche titles that appeal to a variety of tastes.

Someone's About To Win $10,000

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 05.03.2012

Someone is about to win $10,000. Just over two weeks after announcing a countdown to 25 billion app downloads, Apple has revealed that the mileston...

Apple Nears Impressive Milestone

Posted 02.18.2012

Apple's App Store is inching toward an impressive milestone: 25 billion downloaded apps. Apple has set up a countdown clock monitoring its progress...

Gerry Smith

Mobile Apps For Kids May Be Violating Privacy Law, FTC Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.17.2012

Dozens of mobile apps for kids, from alphabet and word games to flash cards and puzzles, do not disclose how they use children's personal data and may...

Older Apple Devices Can't Download Apps?

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 12.21.2011

UPDATE: Our Aol sister site Engadget reports that Apple appears to have fixed the bug, and that users running iOS 3.1.3 are again able to download app...

Gerry Smith

Apple Punishes Researcher For Finding Potential Security Flaw

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.08.2012

In the cybersecurity world, most hackers fall into two categories. "Black hats" exploit flaws to cause chaos. "White hats" report flaws so they can be...

Apple Store Goes Down Moments Before Rumored iPhone Announcement

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 12.04.2011

The Apple store website went down early Tuesday afternoon, just minutes before Apple CEO Tim Cook was slated to make some big announcements about new ...

Apple Pulls Allegedly Racist App

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has removed a mobile app, called "Jew or Not Jew?", from its online App Store in France. The...

Starbucks Serves Up Free iPhone Apps

CNET | Josh Lowensohn | Posted 10.16.2011

Apple and Starbucks have long had a partnership that gives Starbucks customers a way to download free music tracks from Apple's iTunes Music Store, an...

Amazon's New iPad App Sidesteps Apple App Store Restrictions

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.10.2011

NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday revealed new video and book-reading services that are designed for the iPad but bypa...

Apple's Milestone, Gadget Car Crashes, And More Must-See Stats

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.10.2011

"Numbered," our weekly digits digest, is bringing you the numbers behind the news. This feature highlights the top new stats, facts, and figures to...

Apple Loses Bid To Protect 'App Store'

Posted 09.06.2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc's attempt to quickly stop online retailer Amazon.com Inc from using the "App Store" name, ac...

Apple Removes Controversial App From App Store

AP | Posted 08.23.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. says it has removed an application called "ThirdIntifada" from its App Store following complaints that it glorified v...

Apple vs. Amazon: Will Apple Boot The Kindle App?

CNN.com | Julianne Pepitone | Posted 08.15.2011

In less than three weeks, Apple plans to begin enforcing new iTunes App Store rules prohibiting apps that include "external mechanisms for purchases ....

Apple Calls Amazon Appstore 'Inferior'

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.11.2011

Apple's back to insulting the competition. The company is currently suing Amazon, which has opened an Android-only Appstore on its site. While ...

Apple Relents, Changes App Store Rules

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.09.2011

Following publisher outcry, Apple has changed the terms of its in-app subscriptions guidelines, just before the company was due to begin enforcing the...

How Apple Approves Apps

AdWeek | Posted 07.23.2011

Last week, Apple went to Washington, D.C., to answer questions from U.S. lawmakers about consumer privacy in the mobile marketplace. The visit was tri...

REPORT: Android Market Spawning Faster Than Apple

TechCrunch | Posted 07.05.2011

There's no doubt Android Market will at some point offer more applications for download and/or purchase than Apple's App Store, as the latter's growth...

PETA Counters Controversial 'Dog Wars' App

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.28.2011

Animal rights organization PETA has released a free iPhone app in response to the release of polarizing Android app "Dog Wars," a mobile game featurin...

Bianca Bosker

Apple Pulls Controversial 'Gay Cure' App

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Five weeks after it launched on iTunes, a controversial iPhone application that claims to help gay individuals become heterosexual through "biblical t...

Apple Sues Amazon Over Name

Posted 05.25.2011

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has sued Amazon.com Inc in a bid to stop the online retailer from improperly using Apple's APP STORE trademark, according to a...

Apple: 'App Store' Trademark No More Generic Than 'Windows'

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple wants the App Store all for itself--the term "App Store," that is. In response to Microsoft's suit against Apple's trademark filing for the phra...

Apple Launches Long-Awaited Subscription Plan For Apps

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

At long last, Apple has rolled out its subscription plan for apps delivering content. The service will apply for all apps delivering content--magazi...

Apple Moves To Tighten Control Of App Store

nytimes.com | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and MIGUEL HELFT | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple is further tightening its control of the App Store. The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer s...