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Apple Is Not Accepting Apps That Pay Tribute to Steve Jobs
Jan 2nd
Apple won’t be accepting any Apps that will pay tribute to Steve Jobs in any way or form. According to Apple, “these types of Apps” won’t be allowed to exist in Apple’s dynamic App Store. One calendar App was recently rejected and Apple sent out an email to the developer of this application informing about the rejection and also mentioning that tribute to Steve can be paid in other ways. Read More
Happy Holidays from TheAppleGoogle Team
Dec 24th
As the years roll on, TheAppleGoogle matures, becomes better and delivers insightful content that matter to you most. TheAppleGoogle has grown rapidly and has a community of readers, followers and fans that make it unique and astonishingly good. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for making us what we are and we wish you “Happy Holidays”. Read More
Apple’s retail mastermind Ron Johnson has left the company for a role at J.C Penny as CEO. Apple has not yet announced his successor, but it is a major loss for Apple, and along with Steve, Ron helped develop the retail strategy of Apple which is now the key to Apple’s success.Android Phones Get Movie Rentals
Aug 12th
Google Videos App which allowed Android users to rent movies was only compatible with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) till today, but Google has updated the App recently for Android that allows even Froyo (Android 2.2) users to take advantage of the movie rentals feature. Once you get the Google Movies App from the Android market, you can rent movies directly from your Android device, and the App will also display all the movies already present on your device. Read More
Lion to Hit UK Mac App Store At 1 AM Today
Jul 13th
According to a latest report from “Speak Apple” blog citing “close Apple source”, Apple will release its next generation operating system for Mac at 1 AM in the UK App Store. The blog mentions that the latest iTunes Connect maintenance was done to prepare for the huge launch of Lion. Read More
Flipboard Blocked in China
May 15th
According to a tweet from Mike McCue, CEO of Flipboard, China has blocked user access to Flipboard. Flipboard is a popular App that converts your social feeds into a magazine like format, and makes consuming content from different sites much more intimate. Chinese iPhones and iPads Won’t Include YouTube
May 7th
This is interesting. As discovered by Chinese blog M.I.C Gadget, it appears that Chinese iPhones and iPads will not include the YouTube App which is pre-loaded into all iOS devices in other countries. Chinese video site Youku is set to replace YouTube on Chinese iOS devices. Read More
Google Tripped into $1 Billion With Its Mobile Business
Apr 14th
Today, during Google’s Earnings Call, an analyst asked for more details about how Google was fairing up in the mobile business. Patrick Pichette, CFO of Google did not reveal any secrets but said, “Without any radical effort, we already announced at end of Q3 this is a $1 billion run-rate business.” The mobile business is growing at an “amazing blazingly pace” and Google tripped into $1 billion.” Read More
