“Jim Barcus, president of DigitalJukeBox.com and DJBApps — a company that makes smartphone apps for commercial radio stations — says Apple has started (as of Nov. 10th) rejecting ‘all’ single-station iPhone apps in favor of radio apps that only feature ‘hundreds’ of stations, saying that Apple told him they equated the single-station apps with ‘fart apps'” and considered them a form of ‘spamming’ the App Store,” MacNN reports.
“However, dozens of single-station radio apps remain on the App Store and the company does not appear to be removing any existing apps, making it unclear if this is a real policy change at the App Store — or if the company is referring specifically to Barcus’ products only,” MacNN reports.
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Wow, Glad our app got in before the ban. That said we’re scaling out more content inside our app, not just a stream. A little worrying. Also our sister station didn’t get their act together fast enough it seems… ouch!
I think Apple is trying to cut down on a lot of easy to make, useless apps. Partly to cut down on the clogging of the app store. Single station radio can be done with web apps, you would need to be streaming anyway, and most alread have a web site. I think Apple needs to reorganize the App Store. They need more categories and sub categories. That would help customer experience and lead to more sales. One thing Apple has always been about is quality over quanty. I can see selling one good multi station radio app than a dozens of crappy, redunendent apps.
@Nate
While you are looking up “communism” also look up “fascism”. See how well the Italians and Spanish liked it. You may want to read how a foreigner got control of the German media and help the industrialist take over the government. He convinced the working class to give up all their worker rights by making them afraid of minorities. Without anyone willing to show the irony that he was not German and was a minority.
Of course this looks nothing like an Australian and a Saudi Arabian owned news conglomerate convincing people to vote to keep us importuning more than we make by spreading fear and lies about gays and muslims.
To the rest, Happy Thanksgiving. I am happy that while I was in the Navy my eyes were opened to how the American experience is very different to its members. I am thankful that I had to depend on people I would not have talked to before to save my life; and they had to depend on me as well.
Apple should fix their lame-ass store before they start rejecting apps as spam (and in that vein, aren’t apps that follow just one artist a tad limited?). In particular there are no ways to narrow a search or limit results, and paired with only serving a few results a page at a time, I’ve often given up before getting anywhere close to what I’m looking for. You have to know the precise name of what you’re looking for or you’re SOL.
I like RadioParadise app too. I just looked at it, and it is not just music streaming: can bring up user reviews, use it as an alarm clock, and see what was played recently.
I Am Also Thankful for People Like WetFX That have the courage with an opened and honest approach to the real world That still exist.
“We still have hope to Educate People on this new form of McCarthyism that is being pushed to the weak of this Country and is widely Broadcast on a certain (animal named) Propaganda network.”
I didn’t know George Soros was Australian?!
Hmm, learn something new everyday!
I do know I do not trust such an underhanded man. And he supports the left way of thinking, so by proxy, I do not trust the left with their intentions! Sorry.
Did you even bother to Read WetFX post’s or are you just trying to spin it in a way that makes you feel better about yourself?
Either way you you fail at both attempts, It has allot to do with when people like Yourself, Even confronted with the truth or facts will try to spin it in a way that will suit them to soften the blow that in turn makes it conform to a certain political belief system they may have even if it is a Bold Face lie.
@WetFX Giv it up, it was pathetic on your part, And even to criticize someone who has served in our American Armed forces to give you
freedoms that you and so many other idiots are now taking for granted
When you lose those freedoms — you are now — bit by bit — day by day– you will look back and wish you had chosen a different path and not given so much up in the name fear and hate.
And the next time you personally you want to do a budget cut or remove some important program for children ask yourself who is beside me that will save my sorry ass when I or my kids need help or when i lose my job , Allot of your tea party friends will be looking for hand out’s or have taken handouts but Refuse to admit they did in their lives.
And by the way, I serve in my own way, on our streets of this Country every day, Trying to keep people like you safe so you can go to bed safe at night, just remember keep cutting budgets and the next time we won’t be around to help you the next time you call for help.
It’s Unfortunate that uneducated people try to make this a left or Right thing, The Problems are a HUMAN PROBLEM, and nothing else but a Pissing contest that a few in washington have picked up and selects a few idiots to have as cheerleaders for them Reagan said it Best “Just say “NO” has been taken literally by the BRAIN DEAD IDIOTS.
Just Some Food For Thought.
Happy ThanksGiving.
@ to: @wetfx
Are you serious? Saying anybody that wants spending under control is a an idiot is like saying anybody who thinks a stork delivers your baby is a genius. Stop trying to blame tea partiers for your dependency on government programs which most.. Not all do not work. By your post you sound like a police officer so you should know better about how able bodied men and women refuse to work but complain about not getting that welfare check. I should know as I visit family every year who live in urban communities. Why don’t you stop acting like you help people and start teaching people to be self-sufficient instead of relying on Uncle Sam to bail them out. That includes corrupt banks. We all believe in helping people who are down on their luck but not handing out huge 2200 sq ft houses with gov’t subsidies to people who don’t deserve it. Stop acting like you are not some wacky liberal who doesn’t care about the left or right. You only care about that next gov’t check coming in the mail. By the way I am not white. So your typical left wing attacks will not work on me. Sorry macheads I will make further posts about apple products.