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iAds Data Now Available Through Our API

The API we released a couple of months ago has already inspired developers to write a lot of cool new software (including a native iPhone app). And we expect even more excitement now that the API provides access to your …

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Preparing for iTunes Connect’s Winter Break

You’ve probably gotten an email warning of Apple’s upcoming holiday winter break. If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably forgotten about it, so we’re reminding you. The blackout lasts from Thursday, December 23rd to Tuesday, the 28th. During the period …

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What’s Up With Reviews on iTunes?

As you may know, whenever you release an update to your app, reviews for that new version are separated into a “current version” group while all older reviews are conglomerated (along with the new ones) into the “all versions” group. …

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To Flash or Not to Flash?

We’ve just released an update to the site that will interest you if you have strong feelings about Flash, either positive or negative. To increase the site’s flexibility we’ve added a new option for those of you who want to …

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iTunes Connect is Inaccessible

Something strange is happening with iTunes Connect this morning. It seems that everyone is getting a message saying, “Your access is in the process of being set up, please return in 24 hours.”  Yes, every developer, even those who’ve made …

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We’re Headed to 360|iDev

That’s right, it’s time again for appFigures to descend upon 360|iDev, a great conference for iOS developers. The conference takes place over the next few days in Austin, TX. In the past, we can attest, it’s been a great time. …

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Is the U.S. App Store Frozen (Again)?

As you know, we track hourly rank changes from all App Stores around the globe. On Wednesday we noticed odd behavior from every app store—suddenly they were all stuck. For eight hours 99% of apps did not budge. We were …

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appFigures Highlighted in New O’Reilly Book

Ariel Michael, appFigures co-founder and frequent contributor to this blog, is featured in Ken Yarmosh’s new book, App Savvy: Turning Ideas into iPad and iPhone Apps Customers Really Want. We here at appFigures are mighty proud of Ariel’s interviewing prowess …

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