Microsoft to Offer 7 Day Return Policy on App Purchases
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) In an effort to get some market share with their up coming Windows 8 app store, Microsoft has announced that users will be allowed to try apps before they buy them with a...
View ArticleApple Backs Up Apology by Creating Maps Corner in App Store
CEO Apologizes for Maps and Offers Alternatives By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Wow. Imagine if Steve Jobs apologized for PING and suggested users go back to Facebook. That’s essentially what Tim Cook did...
View ArticleJudge rejects Apple false advertising claims vs. Amazon
By Dan Levine – SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected part of Apple Inc’s lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc’s use of the term App Store, ruling Apple cannot bring a false...
View ArticleApple to settle lawsuit on inadvertent app purchases by kids
(Reuters) – Apple Inc has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that said customers were charged when their children inadvertently downloaded certain applications from the company’s online store, a...
View ArticleSoftware co. Intertrust accuses Apple of infringing patents
(Reuters) Intertrust Technologies Corp, a software firm owned by a group that includes Sony Corp and Royal Philips Electronics, said on Wednesday it has sued Apple Inc for infringing 15 patents...
View ArticleApple, Amazon end ‘app store’ lawsuit
(Reuters) - Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have agreed to end their lawsuit over who had the right to use the "app store" name to solicit business. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, The...
View ArticleHooked on Candy Crush? King gets gameplayers to pay
By Mia Shanley – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) With 100 million people logging on every day for a fix of its games like Candy Crush Saga, global gamemaker King is showing rivals not just how to hook players, but...
View ArticleApple reports $1 billion app sales in December, $10 billion for 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) Apple Inc said on Tuesday that its customers spent $1 billion (609.45 million pounds) on purchases in its applications store in December, leading to a total of $10 billion worth of...
View ArticlePopular game Flappy Bird flies no more
By Nguyen Phuong Linh – HANOI (Reuters) The developer of Flappy Bird, the former most popular free mobile game on the Apple Inc App Store and Google Inc’s Android Play store, took the game down at...
View ArticleEurope invites Apple, Google to discuss ‘in-app’ purchases
By Luke Baker – BRUSSELS (Reuters) The European Commission announced plans on Thursday to tackle one of the scourges of the modern age – games on tablets and mobile phones that allow adults and...
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