iPhoneRoot.com       

News tagged ‘In-App Purchase’


App Store Dominates in Revenue, Google Play Remains Leader in App Downloads [Chart]





According to the data shared by App Annie, Google Play saw a massive growth in the number of downloads in 2015 that allowed the store to double the number of App Store downloads. Still, Apple’s online marketplace dominated in the revenue generated by the purchases of applications.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Andrey

Thursday, January 21st, 2016. 12:47

Apple Replaces 'Free' Buttons with 'Get' Buttons on the App Store



Apple has changed usual free games and applications purchase buttons on the App Store. Earlier, all the software one could get without paying money was displayed with a "Free" button on top. Now those apps are available for download after pressing the new "Get" button. According to what many users report, the changes have been made both on the iOS version of the App Store and on the desktop one.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Andrey

Thursday, November 20th, 2014. 19:33

Beats Music App for iPad to be Released Soon



Beats Music teased an iPad app. What this means is that the new piece of software will be released very soon. And this is good news for all those people who like listening to music wherever they are.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

DOJ Says Apple Changed In-App Purchasing Policy to Retaliate Against Amazon



The American Department of Justice says that Apple changed its in-app purchasing policy 'to retaliate against Amazon'. As a proof it cites an email from Steve Jobs sent to several Apple’s executives, where Jobs suggests to change the purchasing rules for Amazon and a number of other companies to make them use only Apple’s native payment system.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Andrey

Monday, August 26th, 2013. 18:05

Apple Will Refund $6.000 to Careless Father



This is the article devoted to all parents and their children. Lee Neale, an aerospace engineer from Somerset, UK, lost as much as $6.000 due to 8-year-old daughter and his own carelessness.  Here’s what The Mirror reports about:


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Andrey

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013. 22:45

Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Space HD is Free



iPhone and iPad users can download games Angry Birds Space and Angry Birds Space HD for free. It is not known how long this promo will last, so hurry up and download. Regular price for iPhone vesion is $0.99, HD version for iPad costs usually $2.99.

AppStore download links :


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Apple Adds “Learn More About In-App Purchases” Page On The App Store



In March, Apple added “offers in-app purchases” warning on the App Store and iTunes after a class action suit was brought by parents claiming that iOS in-app purchase service allowed children to easily spend thousands of dollars.

As noted by AppAdvice, today Apple has added a new section titled “Learn More About In-App Purchases” on the App Store, explaining how the app-purchase feature works and how parents can restrict in-app purchases.

Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by maxim

Friday, April 26th, 2013. 19:59

Apple Adds 'Offers In-App Purchases' Warning For App Store Apps



According to The Guardian's report, today Apple added a new tagline "Offers In-App Purchases" directly underneath the Free/Buy button for App Store apps that support the feature. The tagline helps make clear to users that paid or free apps may require additional in-app purchases in order to enable apps’ full functionality or receive other benefits such as in-game currency. The report notes:


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by maxim

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013. 0:54

Apple refund charges spended by british boy



A five-year-old boy from the UK accidentally made a purchase in the amount of £ 1700 ($2550) in just 15 minutes. This was happened after he asked his father to enter the password for the free download, reports BBC (via Gizmodo).

 


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Svetlana Osipova

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013. 11:12

Apple offers iTunes credits and refunds to parents



Apple has settled a lawsuit, filed in 2011 after children have spent hundreds of dollars on the purchase of so-called minimum-free games.

 


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by Svetlana Osipova

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013. 19:40

Amazon Expands In-App Purchase Service To Include PC, Mac And Web Apps



Today Amazon announced that it has expanded its In-App Purchase service to include virtual currencies and goods on PC, Mac and Web-based games. Previously Amazon has offered IAP for Kindle Fire and Android developers, that among other things allowed them to order physical goods from their apps.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by maxim

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013. 23:52

Angry Birds Star Wars Released for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac



The highly-anticipated (and much-teased) Angry Birds Star Wars is now available in both the App Store and Mac App Store. Angry Birds Star Wars also landed on the Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, and Windows 8 platforms today.

You can purchase Angry Birds Star Wars from the App Store for $0.99 (iPhone) or $2.99 (iPad).


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Apple Is Trying To Combat In App Purchase Hack



iOS-Developers-Rock-the-Register-on-In-App-Purchases

Last week we reported that Russian hacker has launched a new method allowing users of App Store to bypass In App Purchase system and obtain paid-in content for free. We also noted that apart from theft of content from developers the method exposed users of iOS devices to risks as their personal information was sent to hacker’s servers.

Now The Next Web issued a report outlining some of the actions Apple has been taking to address the problem.


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by maxim

Monday, July 16th, 2012. 21:32

Russian Hacker Bypassed Apple’s In-App Purchasing Mechanism



According to 9to5Mac, a Russian hacker has published a relatively simple method that allows users to obtain in-app purchases from many iOS apps for free.

The method, which doesn’t require a jailbreak, involves installation of two certificates on the user’s iOS device and changing DNS entry in wi-fi settings. Then users can perform purchases of in-app content as usual.




Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment

Written by maxim

Friday, July 13th, 2012. 20:10

Apple released iOS 6.0 Beta 2 for developers



ios6-beta2-2

Apple recently released new iOS 6 beta 2 for developers. It is available as an OTA update or as a download here. Apple also updated Xcode 4.5 developer preview 2, Apple TV beta 2 as well.

When you download and install iOS 6.0 Beta 2 OTA the Settings icon animates. Take a look:


Read the rest of this entry »




|
   

Leave a comment