Apple’s New Year’s resolution? Get apps through approval faster

January 9th, 2010 admin

Filed under: Apple , App Store One of the biggest gripes we heard from iPhone developers during 2009 was that it took forever for their apps to make it through the iTunes App Store approval process. Often apps would be disapproved for seemingly illogical reasons after a long wait in the approval queue, and TUAW heard from more than one developer that had just given up. iTunes Connect , the portal through which iPhone developers submit apps and check sales, was down between December 23 – 28, 2009. Since that time, TUAW has received a number of positive emails from iPhone devs that indicate that Apple has resolved to quit holding up apps in 2010. How fast are some apps making it through the process? Take…


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