as it did not offer in-app subscription option.
Readability is a service, which offers users a clutter and ad-free version of online content for easy reading for $5 per month. Readability in turn gives publishers in the user’s reading list 70% of the membership fee.
, which allows publishers of content-based apps to sell subscriptions for content such as magazines, newspapers, music and video to users using the App Store billing system.
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Last night, New York Times had reported that Apple had started rejecting
including Sony’s Reader app since it allowed users to access content that is purchased outside the App Store.
for iOS devices as users have to purchase content from their respective websites to view content using the apps.
The company has told some applications developers, including Sony, that they can no longer sell content, like e-books, within their apps, or let customers (more…)

According to the developers of the application, the Tawkon iPhone app uses a variety of parameters like distance from cell phone tower, signal strength, weather condition, terrain, antenna proximity from the body, antenna orientation and travel speed to analyze the iPhone 's dynamic SAR (Specific Absorption Rate). It is to be noted that the iPhone app only ”
” the emitted radiation and may not provide absolute measurements. However, it can be (more…)

comes another iPhone app rejection that has stirred up a controversy. Nick Bonatsakis from Atlantia Software has revealed that his iPhone app named QuackPhone has been rejected by Apple because it apparently contained ”
“.
“. While the application indeed does not do much in terms of functionality, Apple 's decision to reject an app that is evidently harmless has not gone down well with a lot of app developers. Expressing his disappointment (more…)

called iDroid developed by Swavv apps. While the exact reason behind the rejection is not clear, it is pretty obvious that the decision to
was because of the name and utility (or the lack of it) behind the iPhone app.
that was marketed by Verizon against the iPhone . However, there has not been any particular violation that the app can be singled out for except probably violating the trademark of Motorola Droid.
Did this iPhone app deserve a (more…)

“. The app was submitted with a rating of 17+ for ”
” for the language used which can be suggestive in many cases. However the rejection has raised eyebrows basically because of the fact that the only reason behind the rejection seems to be the satire on a few public figures including Adolf Hitler, Roman Polanski and Michael Richards.
In an article on their website, TechCrunch draws comparison between the SomeEcards app and another
called Puff!. (more…)