Rank Fixing on the Mac App Store

MacWorld Magazine has an interesting piece of news ( Apple warns developers against gaming App Store rankings )  about how Apple is warning developers about gaming the system on the Mac App Store to improve ranking. I have not engaged in this kind of gaming, but every system has its holes, and the Mac App Store seems to encourage some kind of unethical behavior by nature of how it works. Continue reading Rank Fixing on the Mac App Store

iBooks 2, iBooks Author Attractive But Frightening Solution to Educational Publishing

The big, transformational announcement for educational publishing is out from Apple and the message is clear – Apple wants to monopolize the educational publishing market. But it is going to fail unless Apple dramatically changes course, perhaps later to be eaten by the Android market, and here is why. Continue reading iBooks 2, iBooks Author Attractive But Frightening Solution to Educational Publishing