iPhone Hacks

iPhone App Approval Gets Additional Automated Layer to Check Private API Usage

Despite the number of cases where iPhone apps have been wrongly either accepted or rejected, there has apparently been one segment of iPhone apps, those that use private APIs, that managed to sneak in quite a few times even though Apple expressly forbids them. 

Another iPhone App Developer Quits Protesting App Store Policing

Another day and yet another app developer calls it quits in protest against Apple' App Store policies. 

Shortly after Joe Hewitt, the lead developer at Facebook's iPhone app development team quit, today Rogue Amoeba has announced that they are following suit. 

Facebook Clarifies App Developer's Decision Does Not Mirror Official Position

If there were any speculations regarding Facebook's stand on Apple's app review procedures after its lead iPhone app developer quit citing Apple's approval policies, they were cleared today when the company clarified that Joe Hewitt's decision did not in any way mirror the company's official position.

Apple Introduces New Feature for Developers to Track Status of their iPhone Apps

Remember the iPhone app named 0870? 

The iPhone app made news earlier this year when Apple finally approved it after a record 429 days. Though this was an aberration, most iPhone app developers find themselves in similar situations when their iPhone apps take weeks or sometimes months to get approved. 

Facebook iPhone App Developer Quits To Protest Apple App Approval Procedures

The iPhone App Store has been ridiculed quite a bit in the past over their draconian as well as inconsistent approval policies. 

These policies of Apple claimed another victim today when Joe Hewitt, the brain behind Facebook's iPhone app announced that he was quitting the project. 

Lala Music Streaming iPhone App Launching Soon

Music streaming service, Lala has been making news of late. 

Recently, the company partnered with Google in the latter's launch of a music service. 

TechCrunch is now reporting the impending release of Lala's app for the iPhone. 

App Store Crosses Milestone: More than 100,000 iPhone Apps Approved

It has just been over a year since the Apple app store was launched and it is just amazing how fast this has grown. 

Today, the App Store has crossed yet another milestone. According to AppShopper, over 100,000 iPhone apps have been approved till date.

Apple Approves Rebtel's iPhone App Nine Months After it was Submitted to the App Store

Nine months after it was submitted to the iPhone App Store, the iPhone app developed by Rebtel, a Stockholm based mobile VoIP service provider has finally been approved by Apple. 

Unlike Skype and most other VoIP applications, Rebtel is not a conventional 'VoIP over 3G' application. Instead, the application generates an alternative local number for your international calling list making it a lot cheaper to call your family and friends.

After Verizon, Microsoft Now Makes Fun of Apple in New Humor Video

Perhaps the best indication of a company's success is the amount of ridicule it receives from its competitors. 

A day after Apple posted results from its most profitable quarter ever, the Microsoft mobile development team has released a humorous video poking fun at the Apple app store. 

Wolfram Alpha Releases iPhone App for $49.99

The iPhone app for Wolfram Alpha, the much publicized computational knowledge engine has been approved by Apple. 

The Wolfram Alpha iPhone app is built upon the API that was released just last week to the developers. However, the most striking fact about the app is the price - it costs $50.