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Apple’s ability to ban iPhone Applications

When Apple first launched the App Store they brought with them an insurance policy; the ability to remotely deactivate or “blacklist” any iPhone/iTouch applications that they deemed to be malicious. The folks over at iPhoneAtlas have uncovered what appears to be a remote URL intended to keep a list of banned App Store applications. While this [...]

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App Store serves up 10 million app downloads during launch weekend

In addition to the one million iPhone 3G’s that were sold during this first weekend, the App Store was also a huge success with more than 10 million applications already being downloaded from both iPhone and iPod Touch users. “The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three [...]

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Apple releases iTunes 7.7, launches the App Store with 552 total apps

Apple has gone ahead and released iTunes version 7.7 which brings with it, the App Store. Steve Jobs, in speaking with the USA Today mentioned that the App Store would have “more than 500″ applications available and that about 25% of those would be free. He was also quoted as saying that “this is the [...]

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Widgetbox Showcases iPhone Widgets in Gallery

Widgetbox, an online community of widget makers and users, has unveiled an iPhone widget gallery which iPhone users can access via their mobiles. Widgetbox said that "a range of select widgets are immediately available in the Widgetbox iPhone Gallery including widgets for today’s top ten most interesting flickr images, the Fake Steve Jobs blog, the Yahoo! News RSS [...]

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