Tag Archives: apple

WSJ.com – Amazon Plans iPad Rival

A new Kin­dle though I’ve been wait­ing for that, defi­antly pick up one of those puppies.

July 13, 2011 – 8:48 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Mika Mobile – Android

It’s nice to see that Android has the poten­tial to sup­port devel­op­ers, though the down­load and mar­ket prob­lems really need work. Prob­a­bly the most com­mon com­plaint I hear about across any phone or any maker.

June 19, 2011 – 3:19 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – Apple quietly drops special subscription requirements for iOS apps

The new rules feel much more bal­anced for both pub­lish­ers and Apple.

June 17, 2011 – 5:25 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Mac Rumors – Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions

Good news for pub­lish­ers and ser­vices like Amazon’s Kin­dle and Netflix.

June 10, 2011 – 12:55 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple

The first big name pub­lisher to switch to a web app for pub­lish­ing and not deal with Apple’s 30% cut.

June 7, 2011 – 5:50 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

The Official Google Code Blog – Making money with Google In-App Payments for the Web

Apple’s cut is so out of por­tion to every­thing else com­pa­ra­ble is the real problem.

May 13, 2011 – 12:16 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Clickable Bliss Blog – iAd Policy Change: No more kid-focused apps

I can totally under­stand Apple want­ing to pull iAds from apps tar­geted towards chil­dren, how­ever that has to really hurt app devel­op­ers as apps tar­get­ing kids are prob­a­bly most often ad-supported busi­ness models

May 11, 2011 – 6:02 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off