October4 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Rumor: App rentals coming to iOS?

by Mike Schramm (Oct 3rd, 2011)

TheTechErra went searching through the code in iTunes 10.5 beta 9, and found an interesting series of strings hinting that Apple is about to allow "rental" of iOS apps. The functionality is referred to as "renting," but it sounds much more like an official implementation of app "trials" that ...

Apple special event forecast for October 4

by Michael Rose (Sep 21st, 2011)

The sense of something coming soon grows stronger, as AllThingsD cites "sources close to the situation" saying that Apple's next media event will be held October 4. The hypothetical event, for which no invitations have yet been issued, would presumably be the venue where the next generation of ...