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Lodsys is suing developers using the App Store In-App purchase function: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/13/lodsys-threatens-to-sue-app-store-developers-over-purchase-links/ Update: Apple states that they licensed the patents in question: http://www.9to5mac.com/68561/apple-makes-statement-on-lodsys-patent-claims-says-developers-are-covered-under-its-license/ Update 2: Lodsys doesn’t agree on Apples statement as they posted on their company blog: http://www.lodsys.com/blog.html

It looks like the new extended Apple AppStore purchasing policy killed the first iPad publisher: http://moconews.net/article/419-iflowreader-latest-app-to-shut-up-shop-blames-apples-iap-agency-models/

Steven Job said that Flash is too slow for the iOs platform, then claiming HTML 5 would be the better solution. To see how great HTML5 works on the iPad, watch this: Seems Mr. Jobs didn’t knew what he was talking about. The same demos on Android:

A non complete list of cms controlled ipad/iphone magazine apps, aimed at publishers, not users. *1 Android Phones *2 Android Tablets *3 In App Purchases

Rob Rhyne, the author of Briefs, gave up getting his mockup App approved after a year of trying. The reason the app didn’t get approved? It saved it’s data in XML files which could be traded. Apple decided to label that as “running external code” which is not allowed in the AppStore. Here’s what the [...]

If you are developing HTML5 Apps like Apple asked you to, you might have noticed that HTML5 inside the safari browser is noticable faster then what a local webapp does. The reason? Apple blocks your Apps from using the new fast Nitro Javascript engine. Read more on this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/15/apple_ios_throttles_web_apps_on_home_screen/

The phonegap installer was written for XCode 3.2 and doesn’t work with XCode 4. The reason is the new template folder layout for XCode 4. To fix this Shazron Abdullah wrote a small script that you can run after installing the 3.2 files. Get it here: http://blogs.nitobi.com/shazron/2011/03/16/creating-a-phonegap-project-from-the-command-line-for-xcode-4/ Edit: The blog seems to be down, but [...]

Appcelerator Titanium: Yes Appcelerator offers the Titanium+ program. There’s are three versions of this program and you need to chose either the small business or the enterprise versions. After reading complains from many users about high/excessive prices I tried to contact the publishers hoping I would be able to provide you with more detailed informations [...]