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Oct 23 2009

Do In-App Purchases Count Towards “Top Grossing” App Store Rankings?

One of the many, many “great unknowns” of Apple’s iPhone App Store is how the top-grossing list is calculated, specifically whether or not it factors in revenue from in-app purchases. While we could theoretically wait [...]


Oct 23 2009

TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #72 — Hello Demo!

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Join Chad, Chris, and Rene for in-app purchases in free apps, Apple’s new Magic Mouse and other gear, 7.2 million more iPhones [...]


Oct 15 2009

Updated: Apple Introduces In-App Purchase for Free App — Buh-Bye Lite, Hello Demo!

Apple has just sent out a letter to developers introducing in-app purchasing for free apps.

UPDATE: Developers Erica Sadun on TUAW, and Marco Arment delve deeper into the subject, as does Techcrunch (twice).

ORIGINAL: Here’s what Apple [...]


Sep 26 2009

Quick App Update: Boxcar 2.0 Push Notification for Twitter, Facebook, and Email — Via In-App Purchase

Boxcar [$2.99 + In-App Purchases - iTunes link], a push-enabler for iPhone and iPod touch originally launched with support for a couple of Twitter clients. Then it added a bunch more. As several Twitter clients [...]


Jun 17 2009

QuickApp 3.0: Gokivo + Yahoo! Local Search for iPhone Shows off Turn-by-Turn Navigation, In-App Purchases

TiPb had the opportunity to test drive Gokivo Navigator ($0.99 + In-App Purchases - iTunes link) over the last couple of days. This is one of the first iPhone 3.0 specific apps in the App [...]