| Jennifer Van Grove / CNET: |
Apple removes Bang With Friends from App Store
— The eyebrow-raising app won't be initiating Facebook-friend hookups for iPhone owners for the time being. — No more knocking boots with your Facebook friends, iPhone users. Apple has removed the salaciously titled Bang With Friends iPhone application from its App Store.
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Billions: How exactly do Apple and Google count app downloads?
— Yesterday, during the Google I/O keynote, Google announced that it had hit 48B downloads of apps on the Google Play Store. During the same keynote, the counter on Apple's site ticked over to 50B App Store downloads.
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Apple's App Store Reaches 50 Billion Downloads, Now on Pace for 20 Billion Apps Per Year
— Apple's App Store today reached 50 billion downloads since its inception in 2008, and along with the milestone comes the end of the company's “50 Billion App Countdown” promotion launched thirteen days ago.
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Routing Around Apple's Restrictions
, AppCertain & Others Bring Enterprise-Level Control To Consumers In The Interest Of Child Safety — In the interest of protecting children, a new iOS application called AppCertain has debuted a monitoring application aimed at parents.
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Facebook Home Is Losing Steam In The Charts...Fast
— Facebook Home, the app which CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted as the “next version of Facebook,” has not been an immediate hit. Its Google Play rankings have been dropping steadily after the launch buzz wore off, according to new data from top app store analytics firms.
| Josh Chin / China Real Time Report: |
Rare Move: Telecom Rivals Team Up on App Payments
… China's three state-run telecom carriers are not known for their cooperative abilities, be it with each other, with customers or even with partners. — So it comes of something of a surprise that China Unicom (Hong Kong) …
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
First look: Pixelmator 2.2 Blueberry goes live in the Mac App Store
— As promised, image editor Pixelmator released a substantial update to its OS X app on Thursday, with over 100 new features and improvements including shapes, smart move, paint selection and an “effect” called Light Leak.
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Neftlix for iOS now auto-plays next TV episode, offers after-movie recommendations, and more
— Netflix on Thursday updated its native iOS app with two post-play features and some enhanced second screen options. You can download the latest app now directly from Apple's App Store.
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Apple extends 2.25 banhammer to apps with sharing, recommendation and App Store search tools
— Product: — App Store — Manufacturer: — Apple — Apple has begun clamping down on third-party tools that allow users to recommend apps to their friends, with releases equipped with an app search facility also now prohibited.
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