There has been plenty of speculation over the last few months on what features Apple will bring to the new iPad. Even the name has stirred up debates among Apple fans. Some claimed the new tablet would be called the iPad HD, while others said it would be the iPad 3. Upon its announcement on March 7th, everyone was confused to hear  the name of the revolutionary tablet was deemed “The New iPad.” What could be next? The Newer...

It’s no question that positive reviews and ratings boost an app’s ranking in the app stores. Developers rely so heavily on these reviews that they are willing to buy them for everything from new apps that have not aged enough to receive adequate reviews to apps that have received a number of negative reviews. These fake reviews saturate the app stores ranking system allowing for poor quality apps to weasel their way to the...

A fake, completely unofficial and totally illegal version of a Pokemon game made an appearance in the iTunes App Store recently. The app, Pokemon Yellow, soared to the rank of #2 in Top Paid apps. The problem? It doesn’t even open on any iOS device. This is the first proof that Apple’s tedious app reviewing process still hasn’t been perfected. It’s been five years since Apple launched the iTunes App Store and...

It is rumored that Apple tweaked its App Store rankings algorithm to factor in more than pure download numbers. In order to see if the reported rank changes, examples app like Facebook and Skype indeed indicate a change in the ranking algorithm as they changed in the Top Free category. When looking at the top 50 most popular free iPhone applications in the United States, the end of day rankings on April 14th indeed show some typical upward...