Comments on: Apple Officially Launches App Store Subscriptions

By: Apple Wants to Bring Unlimited Downloads to iTunes Music: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:42:48 +0000

[...] its store fronts, both in terms of how they work from a revenue standpoint (see the new e-book and app subscription rules) and, as in this case, user experience. I know many late-comers to Apple products find it [...]

By: Google Pulls VoiceMail App in Possible In-App Payment Move: Tech News and Analysis «

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:53:29 +0000

[...] a move that could signal Google is taking a hard line on in-app payments similar to the way Apple has outlined new subscription rules, Google has pulled the popular Visual VoiceMail app from Android Market, citing a violation of the [...]

By: Apple’s Message to Publishers: Content is King: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:59:05 +0000

[...] announcing their new iOS App Store terms and conditions for publishers. In a nutshell; long-awaited in-app subscriptions are here, and the service brings with it the usual 70/30 revenue split common to Apple’s other content [...]

By: Apple and the Rise of the Subscription Economy: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:41:27 +0000

[...] this week introduced App Store subscriptions, and though people disagree on the fairness of the company’s 30 percent take of all revenue [...]

By: Apple’s Revenue Grab May Rock the Boat, But Won’t Overturn It: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:02:38 +0000

[...] a lot of chatter out there that Apple’s new subscription plans could endanger its relationship with app developers and content providers, and might even incur [...]

By: mwplaisance

mwplaisance — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:42:07 +0000

Apple is doing just fine. Just released they are making the most than anyone on handsets. Android has only caught up to Apple because they were on only one carrier in US and every handset maker has Android running on it. I have many friends and colleagues that have no idea that they have Andrioid, but they bought them because they said it “looks like the iPhone”, they just do not have ATT. But of course that has all changed recently. This year will be interesting!

By: maccentricity.info» Blog Archive » Kindle App Update Brings Page Numbers, But Not In-App Purchases

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:39:21 +0000

[...] Amazon’s Kindle iOS application received an update overnight, bringing some useful new features. But what might be more noteworthy is what it didn’t bring, in light of the recent rejection of Sony’s Reader application by Apple, and the introduction just this morning of a new in-app subscription system for iOS. [...]

By: In-App Subscriptions Could Go Way Beyond Periodicals: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:58:47 +0000

[...] today introduced in-app subscriptions in the iOS App Store, and while the announcement seems aimed at publishers of periodicals like magazines and digital [...]

By: T

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:07:35 +0000

Get a clue. Apple isn’t losing market share to Android. Androids growth has been at the expense of Microsoft, Nokia, and RIM.

By: Apple Gives Media Co’s a Carrot, But It’s Tied to a Big Stick: Tech News and Analysis «

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:32:55 +0000

[...] much rumor and speculation, Apple ( s aapl) has finally launched its subscription service for publishers, and like many of the things the company does, it has caused equal amounts of [...]