Two developers deployed two look alike games on the App Store. The name of the games also sounds similar, one is Tetris and the other is Tris. The first game cost $9.99 and the second one is deployed for free. The free game (Tris) will no more be available on the App Store from 27th August as the developer of Tetris has asked the game to be taken down because of copyright infringement.
This is what the developer of Tris wrote in his personal blog:
Well — I've received notice from Apple that they've been contacted by The Tetris® Company about Tris. Read More...
Removing and restoring of applications on the App Store is an old story, but we are still trying to figure our exactly why apps are removed or restored. Keeping track of disappearance of Apps, here we give you the master list of removed and restored applications.
I Am Rich: This application was retailed at $999.99 and did nothing. The developer just made a cool $6000 in one day and the app vanished from the App Store after purloining 8 rich iPhone users, at least one whom purchased the app by mistake. The application displayed a red glowing gemstone a kind of Read More...
The Box Office app, which had mysteriously disappeared, now has come back to the App Store with a different name. Search for "Now Playing (Formerly:Box Office)." YES, not only a new name, but also a longer one.
The movie listing application was moved out from the App Store presumably because of trademark conflict. Now the name is changed, though it has Box Office attached so people don't get confused. The developer of Box Office, Cyrus Najmabadi, is simply happy that the application is welcomed back to the store:
I've gotten confirmation that they're working to restore my app on the store, and Read More...
To battle with spyware, viruses, malware and any materials deemed indecent, Apple is moving ahead to implement kill switch mechanism. Kill switch will be able to snuff out offending applications installed on the device of users.
Tightening the control rope on developers, Apple has planned even to revoke the license of developers on determining that any of the applications deployed by them are malicious. Revoking of license involves removing all signed up applications from the App Store of the concerned developer. Apple has the sole authority in making the decision on this.
When the kill switch is implemented the users’ device will Read More...
Some apps have been pulled from the App Store already, including Box Office, Aurora Feint, and most recently, NetShare.
I hope Apple doesn’t make a habit of removing apps suddenly, without notice or explanation. That would make the App Store a rather unreliable shopping place. You make a mental note of some products and shelves, and next time you're there everything’s changed. Not good for Apple if this keeps up, and certainly not good for the developers OR the customers. Complications are waiting to arise.
What’s worrying is that there is no easy pattern one can see here. All disappearances have been under very different Read More...
