Ben Patterson - Apple’s criteria for approving or rejecting a given iPhone or iPad app have long been a perplexing, maddening mystery to developers — but now Apple is abruptly making public its once-secret iOS app review guidelines. Among the highlights: No content that’s "over the line," noth....(more) (full story...)

AFP - Apple on Thursday loosened rules for applications built for its iPhones, iPods, and iPads in a move that promises to make it easier for friends and rivals to get programs on the popular gadgets. (full story...)

Macworld.com - Research In Motion has made a move to shore up its position in the mobile productivity market by snapping up software maker DataViz. But the mobile phone maker’s move could have an impact on iPhone and iPad users. (full story...)

Digital Trends - In a surprising development, Apple has announced substantial changes to the way to company handle applications submitted to its App Store for iPhone and iPad applications. First, Apple has published the guidelines its review personnel use to determine whether an submitted application is eligible for the ....(more) (full story...)

An outright block on iOS apps derived from Flash software is lifted--but Adobe axed the developer tool project, and Apple still maintains control via the App Store. (full story...)

PC World - Apple relaxed App Store approval guidelines making it easier for software developers to make applications for the iPhone, iPad , and iPod touch. In a surprise statement released Thursday Apple said it would allow developers to use Adobe's Flash program to create apps for its iOS devices such as the iPhone. ....(more) (full story...)

AP - These are some of the guidelines Apple Inc. says it uses in vetting applications for its App Store, which serves iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches: (full story...)

Reuters - Apple Inc is easing restrictions on how software developers create applications for its popular App Store, allowing limited use of third-party tools such as Adobe Systems Inc's Flash software to build programs that run on Apple's iPhone and iPad. (full story...)

#ipadapps Tablets have the potential to topple stacks of textbooks, but it can't happen until publishers start cramming entire curricula into apps. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's new Algebra 1 app, which has a full year's worth of material, is the first attempt.More » (full story...)

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