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Daily Update for January 5, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 5th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple offers refunds for 'premature' GameStore app purchases

by Chris Rawson (Jan 5th, 2012)

A strange Apple-built iOS app called GameStore appeared and then quickly disappeared in the App Store last week. After its disappearance, we picked the app apart and determined that GameStore was essentially sample code that demonstrates how to perform in-app purchases. Many people downloaded ...

What was GameStore? Looks like sample code

by Erica Sadun (Jan 2nd, 2012)

Earlier today, Kelly posted about GameStore, a new Apple app that appeared on the App Store right before the New Year and was pulled several minutes ago. I forked over my dollar and downloaded a copy to see what the app was all about. It turns out, that there wasn't a lot of there there, and ...

Odd GameStore app by Apple appears in App Store (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 2nd, 2012)

Everyone with an iPhone is familiar with Game Center, but have you ever heard of GameStore? Discovered by Florian Schimanke, it's a game-oriented app from Apple that went live on December 31st. Unlike other iOS apps from Apple, which are well-known and well-publicized, GameStore is a ...