Apple Intended to Build 25 Retail Stores in China
Post published on 25th February 2010
This Thursday, Apple held its annual shareholders meeting at its campus in Cupertino, Calif. According to Ron Johnson, Apple’s senior vice president of retail, Apple intended to build 25 retail stores in China during the coming two years.
By far, the only Apple retail store, opened in August 2008, is located at Sanlitun, Beijing. It was reported not long before that Apple planed to open a new store in Qianmen Street, Beijing, and two more in Shanghai. However, there is no detail about the rest ones.
First Intuitive Stream Reader for iPhone
Post published on 24th February 2010
my6sense is the first intuitive stream reader to personally rank content from your Twitter, social and RSS streams on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
While the technology requires zero user intervention, it extracts rich feedback based on the user’s consumption habits and has the ability to detect the finest nuances of his interests. This system makes my6sense the only service to surface information precisely according to each user’s unique preferences.
my6sense’s latest app version includes ‘mytweetsense’ – Digital Intuition on Twitter. mytweetsense automatically filters tweets that contain links, so that the most relevant content is flooded to the top. mytweetsense also displays content directly within the tweet: article previews, images (Twitpic) and videos (YouTube). We highly recommend this App for info-addicts.
Apple Says NO to Overtly Sexual Content
Post published on 22nd February 2010
A few days ago, Apple notified developers that their applications were being removed because these applications are with “overtly sexual content”. While it is said that what Apple bans is not only apps that are little more than soft core porn, but expands to anything that could be even the slightest bit titillating in any way, including swimsuits and fitness outfits.
Jon Atherton, the developer of the popular application Wobble, listed the new rules of Apple on his blog based on what he learned:
1. No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either)
2. No images of men in bikinis! (I didn’t ask about Ice Skating tights for men)
3. No skin (he seriously said this) (I asked if a Burqa was OK, and the Apple guy got angry)
4. No silhouettes that indicate that Wobble can be used for wobbling boobs (yes – I am serious, we have to remove the silhouette in this pic)
5. No sexual connotations or innuendo: boobs, babes, booty, sex – all banned
6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing!! (I doubt many people could get aroused with the pic above but those puritanical guys at Apple must get off on pretty mundane things to find Wobble “overtly sexual!)
7. No apps will be approved that in any way imply sexual content (not sure how Playboy is still in the store, but …)
According to the list, thousands of apps are facing the danger of being removed. It seriously influences the developers, especially their income.
However, Apple hasn’t widely announced to the public about its new policies, so there may be some changes.