Google, Microsoft and Apple

by Joey deVilla on July 6, 2011

I've also heard that if you ship them an iPhone with the old Phillips screws for repairs, they'll ship it back with these new screws installed.

Close to the end of this article the writer poses the following questions "I have to wonder if this deal is a money-making one for Twitter. Will they be getting affiliate fees for songs purchased thanks to Twitter links?"
Twitter responded by saying they don't respond to questions about the financials of their partnerships.

I can't help to think that yes, Twitter will gain some sort of monetary benefit from this partnership.

September 9, 2010

Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines

The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world’s largest mobile application platform and App Store developers have earned over one billion dollars from the sales of their apps.

We are continually trying to make the App Store even better. We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our iOS Developer Program license in sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9 to relax some restrictions we put in place earlier this year.

In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.

In addition, for the first time we are publishing the App Store Review Guidelines to help developers understand how we review submitted apps. We hope it will make us more transparent and help our developers create even more successful apps for the App Store.

The App Store is perhaps the most important milestone in the history of mobile software. Working together with our developers, we will continue to surprise and delight our users with innovative mobile apps.

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This new statement from Apple appears to remove the restriction on developers from using "non-approved" development suites (such as Flash) for creating iDevice apps. Woo! :)