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Jobs may make Mat lose his job
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| A long-time Apple software developer from Sydney
| fears he may have to lay off most of his staff
| after draconian Apple legal threats and a rare
| personal email from Apple chief executive
| officer Steve Jobs.
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http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/jobs-may-make-mat-lose-his-job-20091125-jq6t.html
Recent:
Apple cult leader emails outside world
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/jobs_email/
iPhone App Developer Backlash Growing
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| Early on, we predicted that Apple's
| walled garden approach to apps for the
| iPhone would lead to developer
| backlash. Even if it was successful at
| first, the obvious trajectory was that
| it wouldn't just lead to problems that
| drove developers away, but it would
| eventually limit application
| innovation, just as other competing
| platforms were getting good enough to
| match Apple's. We might not be all the
| way there yet, but the evidence is
| growing that the backlash is getting
| serious. Slashdot noted that some
| respected developers are ditching the
| iPhone app store and reader Andrew Fong
| alerts us to Paul Graham's well argued
| explanation of why Apple's setup is bad
| for developers, bad for innovation, bad
| for consumers and bad for Apple.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091119/1830157014.shtml
Apple fine-tunes app censorship
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| Apple will extend parental controls to applications in its upcoming iPhone
| 3.0 software and iTunes 8.2, thus helping to calm some of the ongoing
| brouhaha over its erratic App Store censorship policies.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/06/age_ratings_for_iphone_apps/
Apple disappoints developers again
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| THE GLORIOUS and faithful Apple religion which can do no wrong has been a bit
| too optimistic about when it was going to get the Iphone's background
| processing working.
|
| Apple had promised to deliver that capability by September and now it is
| October and there is no sign of Apple releasing this blessing to the
| faithful.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/03/apple-shafts-developers-again
Apple Cracks Down on Emoji Apps
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| Apple gave no reason for the removal--I know, you're reeling with shock over
| that--but as unlocking the emoji apparently required a loophole in the iPhone
| OS, it's not exactly a surprise. The upshot? If you're craving the ability to
| put icons of everything from rocket ships to frogs into your emails or text
| messages, then you should grab an emoji app while you can. Those that unlock
| the emoji before the update will retain the feature.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/160370/apple_cracks_down_on_emoji_apps.html?tk=rss_news
Podcaster rejeceted because it duplicates iTunes functionality
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| Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster.
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| Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it
| duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.
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| That's right folks, it duplicates the functionality of the desktop version of
| iTunes.
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http://almerica.blogspot.com/2008/09/podcaster-rejeceted-because-it.html
As App Store banning continues, iPhone developers protest
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| Developers have already voiced their concern over Appleâs unwritten rules of
| what can and cannot be sold through the App Store, but the situation has
| become even more dire with this most recent round of rejections. It's
| prompted some, such as Fraser Speirs, developer of iPhone Flickr browser
| Exposure, to say that theyâll cease developing for the platform until Apple
| clarifies the rules.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/135541/2008/09/appstore_banning.html
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