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Jobs to dev on app name change: "Not that big of a deal."

TUAW  Nov 20 09

Filed under: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple, Developer

I don't know if this was the right thing for Steve Jobs to say, but on the other hand, I do think it's the perfect thing for him to say. The story, as reported by our buddy Daniel Brusilovsky over at Crunchgear, goes like this: A company called The Little App Factory got a letter from Apple, who had a legal issue with one of their apps, formerly named iPodRip. Apple didn't like the fact that "iPod" was clearly in the name, and so despite the fact that the software was meant to transfer songs back and forth specifically from an iPod, Apple wanted the name changed. Full story...

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Filed under: iPhone

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Filed under: iPad

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Filed under: OS

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Filed under: Gaming

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Filed under: iPad

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Filed under: OS, TUAW Business

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Filed under: iPad

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Filed under: OS

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