iPhone app developer quits over approval process
21 November 2009 | Uncategorized
Frustration over the App Store approval process led one developer to call it quits and go back to developing only Mac applications.
Tomado de: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10398624-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple
home reviews news downloads cnet tv On cbs_com John Mayer performs Live on
Letterman log in join CNET welcome my profile log out Latest News CNET River
Webware Crave Business Tech Green Tech Wireless Security Photos More Media
Cutting Edge Apple Politics Law Gaming and Culture Microsoft Health Tech Blogs
Video RSS Markets Ultimate Holiday Tech Guide Home News Apple Apple November 16
2009 10:47 AM PST iPhone app developer quits over approval process by Jim
Dalrymple Font size Print E-mail Share 83 comments Paul Kafasis Credit O’Reilly
Apple’s App Store boasts more than 100,000 apps and more than 2 billion
downloads but not all of its developers are as happy as some would think One
well-respected developer decided to call it quits Citing his frustration with
the App Store approval process Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis said on his company’s
blog last week that he is throwing in the towel on iPhone app development after
an exasperating three-and-a-half month app approval Credit Rogue Amoeba Rogue
Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications and updates to
our existing iPhone applications will likely be rare said Kafasis The iPhone
platform had great promise but that promise is not enough so we’re focusing on
the Mac Kafasis growing irritation with the App Store centers around an update
he wanted to release for his Airfoil Speakers Touch iPhone app The app allows
users to receive audio from any Mac or Windows-based PC and the update fixed
some issues with audio sync However Apple rejected the update because it used
images of Apple products in the app The way Airfoil Speakers Touch works is that
it shows you graphically what machine and application your audio is coming from
on the host computer If you are connected to an iMac running Safari that’s what
will show up in the iPhone app This isn’t something that Kafasis hacked
together–this functionality is freely available as part of Mac OS X for
developers to use In fact Airfoil Speakers Touch 1_0 was still in the App Store
approved by Apple with these images The only thing Apple’s process was doing was
preventing a needed bug-fix from reaching the hands of our mutual customers said
Kafasis Credit Rogue Amoeba In order to get the fixes to customers Kafasis took
out all of the offending images and replaced them with the Electronic Frontier
Foundation EFF logo If you tap on the logo you will be taken to a page
explaining why the images have been removed Kafasis is asking users to consider
donating to the EFF While the organization isn’t involved with his decision to
place its logo in his app if Apple is to change it may take such an organization
to make it happen he said As a developer Kafasis also wants users to know the
frustrations they have to go through to put out software We wanted to ship a
simple bug fix and it took almost four months of slow replies delays and
dithering by Apple said Kafasis All the while our buggy and supposedly
infringing version was still available There’s no other word for that but broken
This isn’t the end of the road for Kafasis A Mac developer for 11 years he will
re-focus his efforts back to his many popular Mac applications and continue
developing for that platform Jim Dalrymple has followed Apple and the Mac
industry for the last 15 years first as part of MacCentral and then in various
positions at Macworld A guitar player for 20 years Jim also writes about the
professional audio market examining the best ways to write and record songs on a
Macintosh with Logic Pro and Pro Tools Jim is a member of the CNET Blog Network
and is not an employee of CNET Topics iPhone Tags iPhone App Store approval
process Share Digg Del_icio_us Reddit Facebook Recent posts from Apple Apple
Enterprise is as enterprise does Analyst Timing of the Apple tablet is
irrelevant Dear Apple about the next iPod Are these Apple’s 2009 Black Friday
deals AdMob brings interactive video ads to iPhone iPhone app developer quits
over approval process Gates Apple is a force in doing good things Judge rules
for Apple in Psystar case Related Apple offers progress reports on apps waiting
for approval Apple reaches 100,000 apps 2 billion downloads GetJar The unknown
app store leader Sprint App approvals in our store will take a week CNET News
Daily Podcast Supercomputers and the future of Hulu Apple rejects Mad artist’s
iPhone caricature app Apple relents on Mad artist’s caricature app WordPress
sophomore iPhone debut impresses Add a Comment Log in or register Showing 1 of 2
pages 83 Comments prev 1 2 next by DatabaseDoctor November 16 2009 10:58 AM PST
Where does an 800 lb gorilla sit?Anywhere he wants to_Give Apple another banana
Like this Reply to this comment by Mr Dee November 16 2009 12:47 PM PST That’s
simply why they will be stuck at 2% even in the year 3000 Like this by
Gold_Storm_Mac November 16 2009 1:49 PM PST They are well past 3% Like this by
markdoiron November 17 2009 5:29 AM PST Gold_Storm_Mac write They are well past
3%_”Well past 5% as of October Of course Windows is well past 90% mark d Like
this by thelemurking November 16 2009 11:05 AM PST Wow this coming just days
after the Facebook dev who made the iPhone Facebook app called it quits due to
the same reasons Looks like the fairytale is starting to unravel Like this Reply
to this comment by Perry_Clease November 16 2009 11:22 AM PST Hold your breath
and keep holding it because in a few minutes all of the iPhone app developers
will quit in mass and move to the Pre Keep holding your breath now Like this by
thelemurking November 16 2009 11:33 AM PST Now now Perry no one mentioned
anything about the Pre I have an iPhone so why on earth would I want to hold my
breath I am simply stating that a lot of devs are getting upset by the app
approval process especially the lack of standards when it comes to rejections
This guy get’s his app rejected for using Apple imagines a chess game gets
rejected because the chat bubbles looked too much like the ones used in text
messages some of the reasons are absolutely absurd But Apple has no real
standard laid out It seems to be completely random and up to some dimwit
reviewer With the guy behind the Facebook app quiting it should be sort of high
profile now IIRC the Facebook is the most popular or most used app on the iPhone
When the guy behind that gets fed up with Apple’s app approval process you would
think others would take notice From what I read out of this article this guy is
not abandoning Apple just apps for the iPhone because Apple seems to like some
dyslexic bipolar Nazi witchdoctor when approving submissions Like this by Ilgaz
November 16 2009 11:47 AM PST Just 2 days ago I checked getjar_com and was
shocked to see Facebook official J2ME java application has 18 million downloads
Telling to people who doesn’t understand what kind of thing it is for Facebook
app developer to quit Like this by aztracker1 November 16 2009 12:42 PM PST
Perry_Clease with the number of Android based phones now available from every
major carrier I’d say it’s the more likely platform An xkcd comic from last week
outlines this nicely I bought my G1 for the very reason that Apple’s stance on
the store was a bit obtuse That and the fact that I can’t stand AT&T Like this
by setgo November 16 2009 12:43 PM PST What are you basing this on Two people
quitting I don’t claim to know all the inner workings but the last numbers I saw
said over 100,000 apps which is a lot to approve and blockbuster profits for the
quarter You read on CNET who is notorious for finding these disgruntled people
that a couple of guys are frustrated and you say it’s unraveling Wow I hope
you’re not an analyst Like this by thelemurking November 17 2009 11:36 AM PST
setgoIt may be 2 in this particular case but Apple has done a lot to annoy
iPhone devs With Facebook it’s the biggest app on the iPhone having that dev
quit over Apple’s stance on apps really is a big deal There are a lot of other
cases with lesser profile apps and devs who are equally frustrated and while
they may not be news worthy it doesn’t change the fact that Apple has absolutely
no consistency whatsoever when it comes to approving apps and that’s what all
this boils down to Like this by The_happy_switcher November 16 2009 11:07 AM PST
Whiner I’m sure you can’t be replaced by one of the other 10000 developers out
there Go pout in your corner now baby Like this Reply to this comment by
roguewriter2 November 16 2009 11:13 AM PST Oh stop being stupid He’s not
stopping iPhone development because Apple is bad that’s kind of obvious since he
says he’s going to just concentrate on developing for Mac He’s no longer
developing for the iPhone because Apple’s approval process is bewilderingly
inconsistent Like this by Mergatroid Mania November 16 2009 11:15 AM PST I don’t
think he’s the one that needs to grow up Like this by ThatGuy2-1 November 16
2009 11:15 AM PST So what iPhone apps have spent time developing and submitted
to Apple only to be rejected by a flip flopping time consuming frustrating
approval process and a ton of red tape I sure haven’t but I know what it’s like
having worked hard at something and it get rejected due to the other parties
idiosyncrasies and not the quality or legitimacy of the work Like this by
Renegade Knight November 16 2009 11:19 AM PST A patient walks into a Dr_’s
office and says Dr It hurts when I do this The Dr Says Then don’t do that If
Apple maikes developing apps for the iPhone a painful process they will turn
away a lot of the app developers that made them a success That’s their call but
I’m with the developer on this Apple made it painful They said we got other
markets that cause less pain and moved on with life Apples got a crappier app
for their troubles Like this by Ilgaz November 16 2009 11:44 AM PST If you
weren’t a happy switcher you would understand the significance of that developer
quitting Apple’s mobile platform Nothing to compare to 10_000 fart application
developers Like this by Vegaman_Dan November 16 2009 1:29 PM PST
The_Happy_Switcher I think you may be missing the point If notable and highly
respected developers leave the platform due to these problems then that leaves
people who are too busy making yet more flashlights and tip calculators I think
Apple should be contacting these developers and working with them not against
them Stop treating the developers who make your product successful as the enemy
Like this by cvaldes1831 November 16 2009 9:16 PM PST The problem here is that
the best and brightest are the first to leave they are the ones with the most
foresight and the most opportunities elsewhere The fart app developers will be
around when hell freezes over Like this by Seaspray0 November 17 2009 10:51 AM
PST ___The fart app developers will be around when hell freezes over Excellent
Now the fart app has a better chance to grow app share Before you know it
everyone will have a great choice in fart apps Need a good rasberry sound
There’s a fart app for that Need one for a super model after mexican dinner
sound There’s a fart app for that The fart app is already one of the top 10
downloads Long live the fart app Like this by dascha1 November 16 2009 11:11 AM
PST As I mentioned in another MS-related article today sounds like more
mediabroke(r than anything else to me Keep up the great work Apple Computer Inc
oops just started rumor Like this Reply to this comment by dylerl November 16
2009 11:12 AM PST Whatever who really cares about all of this Most iPhone users
would care less this is a story for all those linux geeks out there with their
crappy droids Like this Reply to this comment by therobot November 16 2009 11:18
AM PST you’re so intelligent hmmmmmm Like this by doc_d69 November 16 2009 11:37
AM PST Now you know why i a lot of people hate apple cant stand most apple snobs
Like this by Mystigo November 16 2009 12:06 PM PST Yes but how do you separate
the Apple snobs from the nice people with Macs Or is that how you decide they
are Apple snobs in the first place That’s a lot of hate brother Like this by
dylerl November 16 2009 1:09 PM PST All I was saying is most people do not worry
about these things I could really care less that the guy who created airfoil
speakers is not making iphone apps anymore it was a useless app anyways What
does this have anything to do with my intelligence and obviously you have none
because you do not understand what intelligence is people can have different
opinions and both be intelligent and just because therobot does not agree with
my opinion does not make you smarter or dumber than me but in my opinion is
since you wrote this you are dumber than me Like this by kelmon November 17 2009
5:50 AM PST As a general rule I wouldn’t choose to question people’s
intelligence if you cannot structure a sentence correctly While I do agree that
this particular application is not a major application it again highlights the
idiocy of the App Store approvals process because the developers have done
absolutely nothing that is against the App Store rules and yet their application
update read update to an application that was already approved has been rejected
This sort of nonsense can happen to any developer and eventually I have no doubt
it will happen to an application that you do care about Like this by
CupertinoBill November 16 2009 11:12 AM PST Oh no so that just leaves about a
zillion other developers What is poor Apple going to do without this crybaby It
is all over Steve pack it in sell your stock The sky is falling Whoops I see
APPL up $3 today Guess the news hasn’t hit Wall Street yet Like this Reply to
this comment by Vegaman_Dan November 16 2009 1:32 PM PST These are prominent
developers and are a bellweather sign of what is happening How many others leave
that don’t make the news What sort of confidence does it give those who stay
behind when they see others being treated so badly Is the sky falling No but
there are definitely clouds on the horizon Like this by kelmon November 17 2009
5:52 AM PST Would you please care to explain what makes this developer a crybaby
Like this by nixermac November 16 2009 11:13 AM PST this is old info not news
Jim we expect analysis now not a repetition that has been going around on the
circles_Fact is Apple has a policy towards its graphics AFA iphone dev is
concerned So why does the developer do not change his app on the desktop to
publish a diff image or just publish a name Come on now frustration is when your
expectations are not met But how about getting frustrated when you do not meet
expectation Can you Like this Reply to this comment by Renegade Knight November
16 2009 11:20 AM PST Why make a worse app than you need to make What they did
was fair use It was also allowed on the Mac Platform Why have conflicting
policies on what you allow A smart business wouldn’t Like this by kojacked
November 16 2009 12:11 PM PST It’s called a consistent UI Why use images for a
known quantity that does not resemble what people are used to seeing For all of
the Apply fanbois saying that Apple products are better have more polish and are
easier to use Apple’s desire to prevent this kind of use of their imagery ON
THEIR OWN PLATFORM goes against this premise Like this by Vegaman_Dan November
16 2009 1:34 PM PST The first generation of the application which is still
available had the images in there and Apple had no problem with that The update
that is just a bug fix/feature add app has the same images but was rejected due
to those images That’s the confusion the developer is facing It’s becoming a
gamble to see what will or will not be accepted Do you spend a lot of resources
in time and money to develop an application only to take a 50/50 chance it might
be accepted That’s not a bet some developers or companies are willing to take a
chance on Like this by Rants&Raves November 16 2009 7:39 PM PST The part that
was poorly explained in the article is that on most smart networks today like
UPnP the machine being pinged returns the image by which it should be known Here
my guess is that the developer is simply showing the image that the machine
itself is returning If that is the case it would be insanely dumb to reject the
app for showing what the Mac computer itself says you should show Like this by
cvaldes1831 November 16 2009 9:18 PM PST Jim is a journalist He’s chasing after
the Almighty Pageview_Now I happen to think that Jim’s a pretty decent
journalist but journalism in general has degraded over the past couple of
decades Like this by Mergatroid Mania November 16 2009 11:14 AM PST We’ve seen
this time and time again with Apple_All this hassle over a couple of pictures
And to top it off I bet fair use would cover his use of the pictures and that
Apple had no right to say they infringed on anything_Oh well if Apple wants to
drive away their app developers they’re doing a good job Like this Reply to this
comment by kelmon November 17 2009 5:55 AM PST Actually it is a lot worse than
that The developer obtains these pictures from the Macintosh running the
application and is obtained via a public API on the Mac which then sends the
picture to the application on the iPhone i_e the picture is not stored on the
iPhone itself So Apple is actually providing the pictures being used and then
banning an application because of it Bizarre no Like this by JimBob88–2008
November 16 2009 11:16 AM PST Rogue Amoeba makes really good software I’m happy
they’ll be focusing on it again A lot of the smaller developers have abandoned
their mac software for the big payday of iphone apps I hope the trend reverses
so they can get back to answering resentful questions from custumers who never
read the manual Hey i paid $15_00 Just kidding Like this Reply to this comment
by johnsbrn1 November 16 2009 11:17 AM PST Whiner I’m sure you can’t be replaced
by one of the other 10000 developers out there Go pout in your corner now
baby_”The app store has 10,000 applications not developers and most of the
applications are free software written by 15-year olds This is just the tip of
the iceberg you can’t spend time and money to develop an application if Apple
might just arbitrarily turn it down or take an exceedingly long time to approve
it That’s not a business model that anyone can survive on and it’s a business
model that’s going to lead people to Android The Appstore thrived because there
was nothing else out there but when people see legitimate alternatives you can
bet they’re going to drop it just like this guy did Like this Reply to this
comment by CupertinoBill November 16 2009 11:22 AM PST You are about 90,000 apps
short Like this by thelemurking November 16 2009 11:37 AM PST So out of those
100,000 apps CB very few are worth anything How many apps have you paid for on
your phone How many do you use on a frequent and regular basis Like this by
CupertinoBill November 16 2009 1:24 PM PST I just checked I have only 80 apps on
my iPhone at present I see that only 63 are paid apps I have to admit I only use
some them on rare occasions Carfinder for example maybe once a week My golf GPS
apps about twice a week And about 12 or so I use several times a day That does
not of course include iPod texting or telephone And I have a work BB that has 12
apps and I never use anything but mail on it anymore So Thelemurking what phone
do you have and how many apps do you pay for and use Like this by jklank
November 16 2009 3:20 PM PST CupertinoBill:I have a wonderful windows mobile
phone with all the apps I can ever need downloaded and installed Even a nice
free VNC app that lets me connect to my machine at home___way better than the
crappy apple vnc app for the iphone Like this by kelmon November 17 2009 5:57 AM
PST I have a wonderful windows mobile phone”I think this the point of the post
at which I stopped reading as it was clearly all fantasy Like this by
thelemurking November 17 2009 11:44 AM PST If you really do have 63 paid apps
you are the fluke here There are about 8 or 9 people I work with and none of us
have more than 5 paid apps According to Settings/General/About I currently have
121 apps on my iPhone out of those I have paid for Ambiance Cro-Mag,Koi Pond
Quick Office and I believe Pocket Piano was a paid app Apps I use the most other
than the default are Unblock Me Free Ambiance and Quick Office There apps like
The Weather Channel that I cannot see a reason to pay for because the free
version is good enough then there are a lot of free apps that I would never even
think about paying for because they simply just are not worth paying for That’s
the way a lot of people I know see the app store Big deal it has 100,000 apps
but really the majority of them just are not worth paying for and are not worth
using_I guess overall you stand out against the norm I think for fun I will just
ask on Facebook how many apps my iPhone friends have bought and how many apps
they use on a regular basis While it won’t be a real scientific study 30 some
people from all walks of life and different parts of the country should at least
give me a pretty good idea even though there’s already been a lot of surveys
that state what I have already said Like this by CupertinoBill November 16 2009
11:20 AM PST Maybe I do not understand the problem but but couldn’t he just have
photographed the Apple computers and used his own pictures There are not that
many in use Like this Reply to this comment by thelemurking November 16 2009
11:38 AM PST That’s the whole point No one understands the problem because Apple
has never clearly defined the problem There is no standard nothing really
written in stone It’s like trying to get a straight answer out of a teenage girl
on her period Like this by kelmon November 17 2009 6:03 AM PST The thing is
Apple actually provides the pictures of the computers The developer hasn’t
copied anything Rather what happens is that the application running on the Mac
obtains the picture via a public API provided by Apple and then sends that image
to the iPhone application It is a wonderfully elegant solution to the problem
and one that is blessed by Apple yet has been rejected because the person
reviewing the application clearly doesn’t know how things work and what the
rules are Like this by thelemurking November 17 2009 11:47 AM PST Kelmon what do
you expect They rejected the update to the NIN:access app because it linked to
OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT that was already AVAILABLE FOR SALE in the iTunes music
store Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Then again every time I update my Wikipedia app I am
warned that it may not be suitable for children under 17 Guess that explains why
they would reject a dictionary app that contained foul language How very 1984 of
them Like this by xilonic November 16 2009 11:35 AM PST It’s about time Android
gets a bigger market share any company that has been in control too long becomes
complacent and arrogant Like this Reply to this comment by SactoGuy018 November
16 2009 12:46 PM PST Bingo In fact with a mass rollout of various Android 2_0
phones over the next year or so it has the potential to literally outrun the
iPhone because of the potential marketshare for Android phones If the Motorola
Droid is anything to go by we’re going to see some outstanding Android-based
cellphones that’s to be sure Like this by dpinillinois November 16 2009 11:42 AM
PST Sounds to me like this guy’s image issue got bumped to legal which is the
equivalent of sending it into a dark hole Why he just didn’t pull the images and
use something else in the interim is beyond me Sounds like he wanted to make a
statement and that he did but it seems like cutting off your nose to spite your
face 100,000 apps have garned approval for the App Store so there certainly
isn’t any big problem with the approval process With that kind of volume some
people are going to get lost in the system This guy just got unlucky_It’ll be
interesting to watch how quality control issues for apps on the Droid evolve
because they are coming without a doubt Like this Reply to this comment by
jklank November 16 2009 3:20 PM PST The fact that the images were there and
approved in the first version Or do you not know how to read Like this by
markdoiron November 17 2009 5:35 AM PST The stupid thing is that Apple which is
supposedly the easiest to use system I disagree but let’s not argue that is
penalizing someone for creating the easiest to use solution The images used not
to use the Apple brand to promote his product but because the product is used to
configure the Apple devices in the images He could just as well have used text
but then isn’t Apple the company that decided the world was incapable of reading
thus creating this icon nonsense we must all suffer now mark d Like this by
craigminah November 16 2009 11:43 AM PST Is that Jim Dalrymple’s real mustache
Gotta be one of the coolest one’s around___almost as cool as Wilford Brimley’s
mustache Interesting article while I like that Apple wants to provide quality
control for their apps it seems that they’ve gone way overboard Won’t be long
until something snaps Like this Reply to this comment by pw1y November 16 2009
11:45 AM PST Apple will alter it’s approach eventually It is inevitable Like
this Reply to this comment by TheReaperD November 16 2009 1:33 PM PST Actually
being someone that used to work at Apple they tend to prefer death to change
Think Different only applies as long as you tow the party line A few creative
minds and a lucky strike on the iPod/iPhone have been the only things saving
them At this stage they are mostly a one or two if you count the iPod and iPhone
as separate product product company Like this by pretenderkc November 16 2009
11:50 AM PST go rogue Kafasis come join our MS team let Apple die die Apple die
Like this Reply to this comment by DHSmd November 16 2009 11:53 AM PST Snarky
hypersensitive Apple-boosters notwithstanding I am now keeping an eye on the Pre
platform for availability of critical applications there Once they’ve been
ported I’m gone from the iPhone world customer base for the same reasons No my
decision will have no impact The point is I am sure I am not alone Apple is
pissing away their advantage much the way WordPerfect Corp squandered its market
position with willful and hubristic ignorance of market realities Like this
Reply to this comment by softwarepro November 16 2009 11:57 AM PST man google is
your best bet android why not apple sucks big time when it comes to open source
or why you want to use device after paying fr lot of $$$ still they will tell
you what to do with it good luck to those who wants to use it Like this Reply to
this comment by bblande November 16 2009 11:59 AM PST Slow news day Like this
Reply to this comment by AluminumMonster November 16 2009 12:07 PM PST Im sure
some kind from Korea has already replaced him Like this Reply to this comment
Showing 1 of 2 pages 83 Comments prev 1 2 next Add a comment Comment SUBMIT
Click here to add another comment Popular discussions on CNET Ballmer Windows 7
selling like hotcakes November 19 2009 8:46 AM PST 165 recent comments Who makes
the most reliable laptops November 18 2009 8:12 AM PST 119 recent comments
Online gaming’s dirty little secret November 19 2009 4:00 AM PST 106 recent
comments Feds Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam November 17 2009
12:12 PM PST 103 recent comments iPhone app developer quits over approval
process November 16 2009 10:47 AM PST 83 recent comments The posting of
advertisements profanity or personal attacks is prohibited Click here to review
our Terms of Use Comment reply Submit Cancel The posting of advertisements
profanity or personal attacks is prohibited Click here to review our Terms of
Use Report offensive content If you believe this comment is offensive or
violates the CNET’s Site Terms of Use you can report it below this will not
automatically remove the comment Once reported our staff will be notified and
the comment will be reviewed Select type of offense Offensive Sexually explicit
or offensive language Spam Advertisements or commercial links Disruptive posting
Flaming or offending other users Illegal activities Promote cracked software or
other illegal content Comments optional Report Cancel E-mail this comment to a
friend E-mail this to Separate multiple e-mail addresses with commas Limited to
10 addresses Your e-mail address Send me a copy of this message Note Your e-mail
address is used only to let the recipient know who sent the e-mail and in case
of transmission error Neither your address nor the recipients’s address will be
used for any other purpose Add your own personal message Optional Hi I found
this user’s comment on CNET and thought you might be interested in reading it
Send e-mail Cancel Warning You will be deleting this comment and all its replies
if applicable Click to delete FOREVER Cancel Most Popular Feds Top e-tailers
profit from billion-dollar Web scam With IE 9 Microsoft fights back in browser
wars Rumors of a Gphone refuse to die Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation Trade
CDs DVDs for an iPod or iPhone Broadband economics How I’ll save $700
Competition is the key to getting great deals In testing that theory CNET’s
Maggie Reardon finds she can save nearly $700 next year by switching providers
IE 9 Microsoft’s next salvo in browser war By showing its first glimpses of
technology in Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft also is showing it’s serious about
building a competitive browser Roundup Microsoft PDC About Apple At the start of
the 21st century there’s no tech outfit more influential than Apple CNET News
Erica Ogg and other reporters will attempt to make sense of the rumors hype
products and people that will shape the future of the company But Apple’s not
the only game in town as the established cell phone companies and others strike
back against the iPhone E-mail Erica at erica_ogg@cnet_com Subscribe via RSS
Click this link to view as XML Add this feed to your online news reader Google
Yahoo MSN Apple topics Apple Corporate Apple TV Applications Chips Legal Live
Blogs Mac Mac OS X MobileMe Retail Stores Rumors Steve Jobs iPhone iPod iTunes
Blogroll Apple 2_0 AppleInsider Byte of the Apple Crazy Apple Rumors Site Crave
Cult of Mac Daring Fireball Infinite Loop iPhone Atlas The Macalope MacFixIt Mac
Rumors Macworld Think Secret The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs The Unofficial Apple
Weblog Inside CNET News Scroll Left Scroll Right Deep Tech Mozilla not
interested in building a Firefox OS Does the Firefox backer want to turn its
open-source browser into the basis for an operating system a la Google’s Chrome
OS Not for now at least Gallery Unboxing the free PDC laptop photos The Open
Road Apple Enterprise is as enterprise does Gartner’s Nick Jones wants to
characterize Apple as a consumer company but what happens when those consumers
start using Apple’s tech in the enterprise en masse Beyond Binary Ballmer
Windows 7 selling like hotcakes At Microsoft’s shareholder meeting the CEO says
the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows
He also takes a few shots at Apple Video Google Chrome OS demonstration Crave
HDMI products to get meaningful labels HDMI Licensing releases guidelines that
enforce meaningful labeling to different versions of HDMI cables Video Digital
Pen gets app store too The Social Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal
Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks the offers-and-surveys
broker now says publishers can choose how conservative they want to be with ads
The Space Shot Shuttle Atlantis completes smooth station linkup Atlantis docks
with International Space Station Wednesday kicking off a week of work to
transfer spare parts and supplies to the research complex Gallery A PDC peek at
a Microsoft server container photos Health Tech Germ alert Attack of the killer
necktie As the medical community debates whether to remove neckties from
hospitals to prevent the spread of superbugs that claim thousands of lives
annually a microbe-thwarting tie is born Green Tech Recycling e-waste Who should
pay Study finds consumers love the idea of recycling to combat e-waste but they
don’t want to foot the bill News News site map Latest headlines Contact News
News staff Corrections CNET blogs Popular topics Apple iPhone Apple iPod Cell
phones Dell GPS LCD TV Other popular topics Netbooks Palm Pre PlayStation 3
Security software Wii Windows 7 CNET sites CNET Site map CNET TV Downloads News
Reviews Shopper_com Other CNET sites CNET Content Solutions Crave Forums iPhone
Atlas MacFixIt Tips tricks Version Tracker Webware More information Newsletters
CNET Mobile Customer Help Center RSS CNET Widgets About CNET About CBS
Interactive Careers Editorial Press Popular on CBS sites SEC Football NFL Video
Game Cheats iPhone Video Game Reviews Notebooks Antivirus Software 2009 CBS
Interactive Inc All rights reserved Privacy Policy updated Terms of Use Visit
other CBS Interactive sites Select Site BNET CBS Cares CBS College Sports CBS
Radio CBS_com CBSNews_com CBSSports_com CHOW CNET Find Articles GameSpot Last_fm
MaxPreps Metacritic_com Moneywatch MovieTome MP3_com mySimon NCAA Shopper_com
Showtime SmartPlanet TechRepublic The Insider TV_com UrbanBaby_com ZDNet My
Lists My software updates log in join CNET
Similar Posts:
No comments yet.