iOS

Dear Tim Cook: Apple is not the world’s tech inventor – CNET News

Why wouldn’t it be? It’s business. When Apple detailed the new features in the then-forthcoming iOS 5, the mobile OS was obviously playing catch-up with features inspired by (if not actually lifted from) other mobile platforms: pull-down …

Rejected by Apple, Tawkon Radiation-Tracking App Launches on Android – Wired News

“No Interest” was Jobs’ simple response when Tawkon CEO Gil Friedlander sought an explanation for why the company’s app, which measures radiation emitted from handsets during phone calls, was rejected from Apple’s App Store. That was …

Apple’s Mac App Store hits 10,000 apps benchmark – CNET News

Apple launched the store on January 6, 2011 as a means of distributing software for Mac the same way it did with success on the iOS platform. Last December Apple said it passed 100 million application downloads by users, while … Continue reading

Apple pulls Bluetooth OnOff from the App Store – ZDNet

Summary: Apple’s removal an app from the App Store that allowed users to quickly access a popular setting demonstrates how it has become lethargic and that iOS innovation has stalled. It should come as no surprise that Apple has removed … Continue reading

République expanding to PC and Mac – Joystiq

Ryan Payton’s Camouflaj studio and Logan Games are planning to bring République, an elaborate stealth adventure intended for iOS, to the PC and Mac as well. The game is still in the midst of a Kickstarter funding round, during which … Continue reading

Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone – TechCrunch

Apple’s iOS App Store always seems to outshine its computer-based counterpart, but it seems the company’s Mac App Store has just hit a big milestone of its own. With the help of some timely database queries, French blog MacGeneration …

Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone – Boston Globe

Apple’s iOS App Store always seems to outshine its computer-based counterpart, but it seems the company’s Mac App Store has just hit a big milestone of its own. With the help of some timely database queries, French blog MacGeneration …

Chomp app-discovery app for Android has seen its last days thanks to Apple – Ars Technica

The Android version of app discovery app (yes, that’s a thing) Chomp is no longer, leaving only the iOS versions until Apple integrates Chomp’s technology into its own App Store. GigaOm noticed the change on Friday morning, two months after … Continue reading

Draw Something Now Available on Kindle Fire – PC Magazine

Draw Something was already available to Google Android and Apple iOS users. Kindle Fire users can now head over to the Amazon Appstore and download a free version of the game, or an ads-free version for $1.99. Draw Something is … Continue reading

République expanding to PC, Mac – Joystiq

Ryan Payton’s Camouflaj studio and Logan Games are planning to bring République, an elaborate stealth adventure intended for iOS, to the PC and Mac as well. The game is still in the midst of a Kickstarter funding round, during which … Continue reading