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Topic: App Store

New 'Burner' app lets iPhone users create temporary, disposable phone numbers

2012/09/08, 09:08 am

If you're an iPhone user looking to maintain a bit of privacy from time to time, you can now turn to a new app called Burner thats lets you create temporary phone numbers that can be disposed of at will.

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Amazon Instant Video launches on Apple's iPad App Store

2012/01/08, 03:08 pm

Amazon on Wednesday launched its new Instant Video application for iPad, giving Prime subscribers access to more than 20,000 titles from Prime Instant video.

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Apple iTunes, App Stores experience outages [u]

2012/31/07, 07:07 pm

Coming on the heels of an iCloud email issue, users are reporting Apple's iTunes Store and App Store are also down.

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2/3 of Apple's iOS App Store populated by 'zombie' apps, estimate finds

2012/31/07, 10:07 am

Most of the applications on Apple's iOS App Store are un-downloaded, unranked, and largely invisible software options.

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Apple stepping up trademark fight against Amazon Appstore

2012/26/07, 02:07 pm

Apple's efforts to fight the Amazon Appstore name have picked up, with a new court filing accusing Amazon of intending to confuse consumers.

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Some new Mac buyers unable to redeem Mountain Lion codes on App Store

2012/25/07, 11:07 am

A number of customers who recently bought a Mac and are looking to upgrade to Mountain Lion through Apple's OS X Up-to-Date program have been met with error messages telling them their redemption code has already been used.

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Mountain Lion updates for OS X Server, Xcode, Remote Desktop hit Mac App Store

2012/25/07, 11:07 am

Along with Wednesday's release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple released Mountain Lion Server as a $19.99 upgrade on the Mac App Store, while Xcode 4.4 was also provided to developers, and Apple Remote Desktop also received an update.

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iWork, iPhoto, iMovie & Aperture receive updates for Apple's Mountain Lion

2012/25/07, 10:07 am

Apple on Wednesday updated all three applications in its iWork productivity suite, as well as iPhoto, iMovie and Aperture, to take advantage of new features in Mountain Lion.

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Apple to release Mountain Lion Wednesday on Mac App Store

2012/24/07, 04:07 pm

Apple announced on Tuesday that OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, its next-generation Mac operating system, will hit the Mac App Store on Wednesday, July 25.

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iOS 6 beta no longer requires Apple ID password for free apps

2012/23/07, 11:07 am

With the latest beta of iOS 6, users are no longer required to enter their Apple ID password when downloading free software from the App Store.

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Apple pulls iOS privacy-tracking app from App Store

2012/19/07, 09:07 pm

Amid the kerfuffle surrounding the use of sensitive personal data stored on or transmitted from iOS devices, Apple has pulled a privacy-tracking app from the App Store two months after it was approved for sale.

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Apple leverages 'unique identifier' to thwart in-app purchasing hack

2012/18/07, 05:07 pm

Developers reported on Wednesday that Apple is now attaching a unique identifier to in-app purchases in an attempt to stop a recently-discovered workaround which allowed the download of paid content for free.

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Apple takes steps to block iOS in-app purchase hack

2012/16/07, 01:07 pm

Apple has enacted measures to block a hack that can allow users to obtain in-app purchases through the iOS App store for free.

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New 'Food & Drink' category goes live on Apple's App Store

2012/12/07, 09:07 pm

After notifying developers about an upcoming "Food & Drink" designation in the App Store, Apple has launched the new category with thousands of iPhone and iPad apps.

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News Corp's money losing 'The Daily' put 'on watch' - report

2012/12/07, 03:07 pm

News Corporation's tablet and smartphone-only publication The Daily, which first debuted on Apple's iPad, has reportedly been put "on watch" as its parent company restructures and looks to cut costs.

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Apple says App Store app crashing error has been fixed

2012/05/07, 09:07 pm

Apple said on Thursday that it had "rectified" an issue with an App Store DRM server that was causing newly-updated applications to crash on launch.

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Apple tells developers fix is coming for corrupted App Store

2012/05/07, 04:07 pm

Developers were notified by Apple on Thursday that a fix is in the works for the corrupted iOS and Mac App Stores, some three days after a possible server bug caused newly-updated apps to crash.

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Apple pulls Russian malware from iOS App Store

2012/05/07, 03:07 pm

Hours after it was highlighted by a security firm, Russian-language malware on the iOS App Store was removed by Apple and is no longer available for download.

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Developers suspect App Store mix-up led to corrupt binaries

2012/04/07, 11:07 pm

After some new app updates in the App Store and Mac App Store began mysteriously crashing on launch for a portion of users, a few developers have come to the conclusion that Apple accidentally seeded corrupt binaries of their apps.

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Apple tweaks iOS App Store search algorithm again with return to keywords, names

2012/29/06, 05:06 pm

In the third change to the iOS App Store's search algorithm in a week, Apple has tweaked how the system weights keyword and app name metadata to allow for more accurate results but the changes could affect app SEO negatively.

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