We had a blast at iPhoneDevCamp 2 over the weekend. It was great to get out into the amazing community of iPhone developers to chat and check out the awesome products that they are working on. Although I did not participate in the hackathon contest like Rob did (congrats on winning best developer tool), I [...]
First, to Apple, for releasing daily download statistics in iTunesConnect: thank you. This information was sorely needed by developers, and its availability will help developers gauge the performance of their applications, adjust price points, and know when applications need critical updates. From what we’ve seen from published sources (minding the NDA), the application [...]
Pinch Media has temporarily shifted coasts to attend and help sponsor iPhoneDevCamp 2, where we’re hoping to meet new developers and build some excellent enhancements to Pinch Analytics (now live and operational in quite a few iPhone applications, with new ones almost every day.) If you’re in San Francisco and want to talk iPhone [...]
Curious - unlike last week, there wasn’t a single update to the AppStore this Sunday or so far Monday morning. This might provide us with a bit of insight into Apple’s operating procedures - assuming application updates and additions resume again tonight, it’s quite consistent with a review team that works Monday through Friday, [...]
Apple’s added the ‘Books’ category to the AppStore, and has moved the e-books released by AppEngines and others there. This is yet another quick response to user feedback, in line with the AppStore alphabetization tweaks - many thought the sheer number of e-books were spammy and complained.
The AppEngines e-books are nice - I’ve bought [...]