Tag Archives: iTunes App Store

iPhone Apps: Two Kinds of Approval

Apple recently removed about 5,000 apps from the iTunes App Store on the grounds that they featured “overtly sexual content.” John Gruber believes that Apple is trying to protect its image: I think what Apple was getting squeamish about wasn’t the sexy apps themselves, but the cheesiness that the sexy apps (and their prominence in …

March 1, 2010 – 2:13 am | By Benjamin | Posted in Commentary | Tagged , | Comments Off

Which App Store?

I nodded my head when Marco Arment (Tumblr) posited there were two App Stores, but Steven Frank (Panic) has identified their origins: The iPhone/iPod Touch, being available for both Mac and Windows, has a single source of software in the app store. That Mac AND Windows thing is key. The app store is not just …

October 20, 2009 – 5:01 pm | By Benjamin | Posted in Commentary | Tagged | Comments (2)

Oh boy

From iLounge, I learn that iPhone OS 2.2 will ask you to rate an app when you delete it from your device. This is bound to introduce a selection bias to the App Store reviews, since there seems to be no equivalent mechanism to encourage contented users to write a review.

November 22, 2008 – 9:58 am | By Benjamin | Posted in Nerdery | Tagged | Comments (3)