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Apple puts up prices on UK App Stores by up to 20%

by Kenny Hemphill on 14 July 2011 in News
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Apple has significantly increased the price of apps on its UK Mac and iOS app stores. Apps which on Tuesday cost 59p now cost 69p, those which cost £1.19 are now £1.49, and apps which were £1.79 are now £1.99. On the Mac App Store, Final Cut Pro X now costs £199, up from £179.

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Apple set to lose fight to stop Amazon using Appstore name

by Kenny Hemphill on 23 June 2011 in News

Apple will probably lose its court battle to stop Amazon using the term Appstore’ for its Android downloads service, according to the federal judge in charge of the case.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton said that she would ‘probably’ deny the motion although she would review court filings before reaching a final decision. Apple, she said, had not demonstrated ‘real evidence of actual confusion’ and that failure was a ‘stumbling block for Apple.’

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Apple changes its mind on in-app content subscriptions

by Kenny Hemphill on 9 June 2011 in News

Apple has made a significant change to its in-app subscription rules just a week before the deadline for compliance.

The change allows app publishers to offer subscriptions to app content outside of the app at any price they choose, without having to offer the dame deal within the app.

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Apple requests Lodsys ‘cease false assertions’ of patent infringement

by Kenny Hemphill on 23 May 2011 in News

Apple has written to Lodsys CEO, Mark Small, in response to the notices of patent infringement sent by Lodsys to several iOS developers. In the letter, Apple senior vice president and general legal counsel, Bruce Sewell refutes Lodsys’ claim that developers are infringing upon Lodsys intellectual property and says that they are, in fact, covered [...]

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Murdoch’s The Daily set for UK as free subscription period ends

by Kenny Hemphill on 17 March 2011 in News
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News Corporation’s iPad magazine app, The Daily, which debuted Apple’s new in-app subscriptions service, will launch in the UK in the next three months, according to the company’s Chief Digital Officer, Jonathan Miller. Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Miller told attendees that The Daily would be available in western Europe ‘not too long from now.’ When pressed further, he conceded that that meant the first half of this year.

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Apple bans app for violation of new subscription guidelines

by Kenny Hemphill on 22 February 2011 in News
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Apple’s new rules on iOS app subscriptions have claimed their first casualty, according to the developer of Readability which said that its app had been rejected by Apple for a violation of its guidelines on in-app purchases.

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