One of the most interesting aspects about the Skyfire iPhone app is its ability to run Adobe Flash videos. Considering Apple ‘s
, this is one of the most contentious issues that could cloud the approval process. It is also worth noting that Apple had
to render Adobe Flash on the iPhone .
Skyfire insists that the app has been developed with Apple ‘s app development guidelines in mind and that the browser will render Flash through a procedure that (more…)

“. The bar offers a smart list of URL suggestions based on the user's bookmarks and past browsing history. Mozilla says that the new Firefox Home app will bring the awesome bar to the iPhone . This will provide iPhone users with a quick access to the most visited webpages even when they are on the move.
To make full use the app, users may however have to set up Firefox Sync on their desktop or laptop. This will automatically sync all of the users' (more…)

at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Back then, we had noted that Opera's server-side processing of web pages coupled with binary file caching helped in compressing the web pages by as much as 90%, thus helping in faster download times.
Though the application has been built on top of Apple 's Webkit in much the same way as the native Mobile Safari app, it however does not support common gestures like pinch-to-zoom. Instead users will (more…)

What this could mean is that iPhone applications that contain photos that are suggestive in any way could potentially face the axe. Jon Atherton, the developer from Bouncy-Bouncy entertainment who is behind apps such as Wobble summarizes the list of don'ts or rules that he could gather from a conversation with an Apple employee:
No images of men in bikinis! (I didn’t ask about Ice Skating tights for men)
No skin (he seriously said this) (more…)

. The email from the app review staff reads:
“The App Store continues to evolve, and as such, we are constantly refining our guidelines. Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.
We have decided to remove (more…)

. Back then we had written that these apps were approved with a note to developers that such violations should be rectified in the subsequent updates.
Now we are hearing that the approval process overall has become a lot more quicker as well. According to an article on
, newly submitted apps no longer take weeks to be approved. Instead, it has taken only a matter of few hours for developers to get their apps approved by the
staff.
It is not (more…)

Just over the past few weeks, we had Phil Schiller trying to convince the app developers on
, Steve Jobs
at the company. While these steps may be seen as more of an eye wash than anything else, a recent development demonstrates a visible change in App Store policies.
Folks at AppleInsider have written about an update to the app called iSimulate which was approved despite the app violating app development rules. Apple has apparently warned the (more…)

In an apparent damage control mode, Phil Schiller, the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing at Apple , in his recent interview to Business Week elaborates the reasons why the review process must exist. The main reason, Schiller says is to offer a family-friendly
where you and your family members may download apps well knowing that they are something that you can trust. In his words,
“You and your family and friends can download (more…)

That could change now. Folks at Gizmodo are reporting that the
process has now got an additional layer of approval that is automated. This software, called the
for use of API calls other than what is available for public use and flags those apps that make use of these private APIs.
for slackening of the app approval process, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Private APIs have been used in the past to
by scammy applications. Also, Apple (more…)

In a message sent over Twitter, Joe wrote:
something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project
“.
When approached by the folks at TechCrunch, Joe revealed that the decision was entirely due to Apple 's App Store policies.In his chat with TechCrunch, Joe said
“My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple ’s policies. I respect their right to manage their (more…)