Apple App Store Gets Better Search, Preview Videos and Beta Testing - Webmaster News

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Apple refreshed its popular App Store at WWDC on Monday.

The newly updated store will offer improved search functionality, as well as app bundles, app previews and a new developer-friendly feature called TestFlight.

App previews allow developers to include a short preview video next to the app, giving potential downloaders a look at how it functions before making a purchase.

App bundles will allow developers to offer multiple apps for purchase in one bundled purchase price and download.

“I do read your emails,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in response to WWDC audience members’ enthusiastic reaction to the new feature. “Users can buy multiple apps at a discounted price with just one tap.”

Apple also unveiled a new Explore tab designed to help users more easily find the apps they’re looking for. What’s more, the company added Related Searches and Trending Searches, options for those simply browsing popular apps to try out.

For developers, one of the biggest surprises was TestFlight, a free feature that will allow devs to offer pre-release beta testing for end-users.

Apple also introduced Family Sharing, a feature that will allow up to six families to browse and share app purchases, including those made on iBooks and iTunes, as well as photos and calendar information.

The update will be available immediately for developers, and in the fall as a free update to the general public.

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Source: http://mashable.com/2014/06/02/apple-revamps-app-store-with-better-search-preview-videos-and-beta-testing/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

Apple removes game about growing marijuana from App Store - Webmaster News

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  Apple has removed a popular game about growing marijuana from the iTunes App Store.

The game, Weed Firm, is just one of many on the iTunes App Store that feature marijuana in some way, and you can still download a number of apps that can help you locate where to legally buy marijuana in states like Colorado, review different strains of the plant, and much more.

According to a statement (via Adweek) from Weed Firm developer Manitoba games, its game was pulled because it was more popular than others. “This was entirely Apple’s decision, not ours,” it said. “We guess the problem was that the game was just too good and got to number one in All Categories, since there are certainly a great number of weed based apps still available, as well as games promoting other so-called ‘illegal activities’ such as shooting people, crashing cars and throwing birds at buildings.”

As indicated by the iTunes App Store guidelines, the company reserves the right to reject or remove any app for content or behavior it believes is over the line. This usually refers to adult content, but we’ve also seen Apple pull an app about plastic surgery reportedly aimed at children, and the mobile version of Wolfenstein 3D from the Swiss and Austrian app stores for featuring swastikas.

Manitoba Games promises that Weed Firm will return to the iTunes App Store after it’s been “censored a bit to comply with Apple’s strictest requirement since they are going to be looking very attentively at what we submit from now on.”

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Source: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/apple-removes-game-about-growing-marijuana-from-app-store/1100-6419864/