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Starbucks' 'Pick of the Week' goes mobile with 'Angry Birds Star Wars' giveaway
Starbucks is overhauling its long-running Pick of the Week digital content promotion and will now offer consumers free mobile applications and e-books directly through its branded app for Apple's iOS.
Canalys: App store downloads surge 11% in Q1, revenues reach $2.2B
Downloads from the four leading application storefronts--Apple's App Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World and Microsoft's Windows Phone Store--climbed to a total of 13.4 billion worldwide during the first quarter of 2013, an 11 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2012, research firm Canalys reports.
UPDATED: Apple yanks AppGratis discovery service from the App Store
Apple has removed the popular discovery and deals service AppGratis from its App Store, continuing its efforts to eliminate iOS applications that promote apps other than the developer's own.
Apple adds age rating tags to App Store descriptions
Apple has introduced age-rating notification boxes below each iOS application's developer credits, a move that could assuage consumers and watchdog groups calling for greater transparency around the App Store shopping experience.
Fiksu: iOS app downloads plummet after holiday season surge
Following a record-breaking holiday season, daily downloads from Apple's App Store plunged 13 percent in February, according to mobile user acquisition platform Fiksu.
Apple sets May 1 deadline to stop accepting iOS apps using UDIDs
Beginning May 1, Apple will no longer accept iOS applications or app updates that access unique device identifiers [UDIDs] in iPhones and iPads.
Apple App Store should have had HTTPS encryption from the start, developers say
The fact Apple took at least six months to plug what many see as a major security hole in its App Store both shocked and appalled developers who took to social media to suggest consumers should expect more from the company.
Apple adds HTTPS encryption to App Store
Apple has added security encryption to its App Store, almost a year after a Google researcher brought a vulnerability to the company's attention that allowed users to make unauthorized purchases.
Rovio makes original 'Angry Birds' free to reignite downloads
Rovio Entertainment is making the original version of its blockbuster mobile game Angry Birds available as a free download from Apple's App Store.
Juniper: Operator storefronts, portals drive just 6% of mobile content downloads
Operator storefronts and portals now yield just 6 percent of mobile content downloads worldwide, far behind Apple's App Store and Google Play at a combined 70 percent, Juniper Research reports.
