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Popular Science has sold 10,000 iPad magazine subscriptions

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 31st, 2011)

When Apple introduced its new subscription terms earlier this year, Popular Science embraced this change and introduced subscription-based billing into its iPad-based magazine. Now that six weeks have elapsed, publisher Bonnier Technology Group is happy to report that Pop Sci now has 10,000 iPad ...

TinyGrab declines to sell subscriptions through the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2011)

Add another name to the list of developers who are choosing to opt-out of Apple's subscription restrictions lately. Rhapsody and Readability were the first two we posted about, although Readability didn't so much opt-out as get rejected and decide not to play the subscription game. Now, a service ...

Android may save the day for Apple's iPad subscription policy in the EU

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2011)

There may never be an official "thank you" note sent, but Apple may be secretly grateful for the explosion of Android tablets about to hit the market. Apple is under the watchful eye of both the United States and the European Union's regulatory bodies regarding its new subscription policy for the ...

Google may introduce in-app purchasing to compete with Apple's model (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 16th, 2011)

Google may debut its new in-app purchasing and subscription system to compete with Apple's controversial model. Similar to Apple, the Google system would let users purchase upgrades and other digital content within an application using Android's built-in payment system, Google Checkout. The new ...

Rhapsody won't sing Apple's subscription tune

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2011)

Hit the fight bell, because here we go -- Harry McCracken reports that Rhapsody is the first company to pass on Apple's new subscription rules, saying in a statement that Apple's arrangement is "economically untenable." Typically, they say, a Rhapsody subscription only costs them a 2.5 percent ...

Apple's subscription model is boon to consumers, bad for publishers

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 15th, 2011)

As we reported earlier, Apple announced the arrival of new subscription services for apps in the App Store today. According to the press release, subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will utilize the same billing system currently employed for app and in-app purchases. Publishers are ...

Get MacTech Magazine for postage, we'll pick up the subscription fees

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 8th, 2011)

Are you a Mac tech? You should really be reading MacTech Magazine, my friend. We've arranged with our pals at MacTech Magazine to give you a TUAW-sponsored subscription. Basically, we'll take care of your magazine subscription -- you just pay the postage. For US readers, this is $9.95 for six issues ...

European newspaper publishers unhappy with Apple's publication requirements

by Mike Schramm (Feb 7th, 2011)

A few European publishers have heard from Apple about subscription arrangements on the App Store, and they're not happy at all. The agreement isn't that surprising -- just as with the current setup in iTunes for software developers, Apple is asking that all subscriptions go through them, and that ...

Periodicals on App Store must offer in-app subscriptions by March 31

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple will require any subscription-based periodical apps on the App Store to offer an in-app purchase option by March 31 or else face rejection. While that may sound like a fairly draconian demand on Apple's part, the Journal also notes (albeit way down in the ...

Guardian iPhone app debuts, subscription available to UK customers

by Mike Schramm (Jan 19th, 2011)

The Guardian has released a brand new version of its iPhone app on the App Store, this time featuring a subscription model for UK customers. Lots of publications have been trying to get Apple to approve a subscription model for apps, but The Guardian went ahead and did it themselves, offering up a ...

TUAW's Daily App: Daytum

by Mike Schramm (Jan 5th, 2011)

Just a couple of months back in this feature, I posted about an app called Dayta that allowed you to track and monitor any type of data you wanted to follow. Now, here's another app that will do basically the same thing, but with a few more features and a little extra style. Daytum is a newly ...

Xmarks finds new owner, isn't going anywhere

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2010)

Look at that -- while I was sad to hear that my favorite bookmark syncing service Xmarks would be calling it quits after trying and failing to find a profitable business model, its users stepped in to support the service, and at the beginning of this month, Xmarks announced that it would be ...

Survey finds iPad negatively affecting print media

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 10th, 2010)

Bad news for members of the newspaper industry that expect to use digital media to save their print editions. A recent survey from the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) shows that iPad owners are more likely to read news on their iPad than a printed newspaper. RJI surveyed over 1,600 iPad owners ...

The Guardian announces subscription-based news app, is rumored Newsstand looming?

by Matt Tinsley (Dec 3rd, 2010)

AppleInsider reports that, on Thursday, The Guardian announced it will be replacing its current app with an all new version "soon." Although the current version of the app will continue to work (but eventually be discontinued), the new app is to introduce The Guardian's award-winning video, reader ...

Richard Branson launching Project magazine for iPad

by David Quilty (Nov 24th, 2010)

It must be "iPad publishing by billionaires" week but I think they forgot to notify me so I could prepare my own app. British entrepreneur Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Atlantic airlines and the burgeoning commercial space travel program Virgin Galactic, will formally announce next Tuesday that ...