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Apple Relaxes App Store Approval Restrictions

Apple relaxed App Store approval guidelines making it easier for software developers to make applications for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. In a surprise statement released Thursday Apple said it would allow developers to use Adobe's Flash program to create apps for its iOS devices such as the iPhone. Apple also it would be more transparent about its App Store approval process.

Apple offers App Store review guidelines (and updates iPhone software)

Apple has relented on two of the most contentious aspects of its control of its App Store: its restriction on software converted from releases for other smartphones, and its refusal to publish the hitherto inscrutable rules governing whether a new program will make it into the store. The App Stor... IPhone - Apple - App Store - Handhelds - Smartphones

Apple lifts App Store approval shroud for developers

Apple's App Store approval policy has dumbfounded mobile app developers for years, but that's about to change. On Thursday, Apple handed mobile developers a fig leaf in the form of a surprise statement that promised it would be more transparent about its App Store approval process. Apple also said it would loosen restrictions on tools used by developers to build apps for its mobile devices ...

Apple gives out App Store approval rules, but ambiguities persist

Apple Inc. gave software developers the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store yesterday, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut. Apple - App Store - Software developer - Apple II - Macintosh

Adobe, Google on Apple's App Store changes: 'great news'

The clarified App Store guidelines and rejection review board that Apple announced on Thursday are mostly being hailed as, in the words of Martha Stewart, “a good thing.” Rivals Adobe and Google, both of whom were prominently affected by App Store policies, have joined the chorus of praise.