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“Flappy” Apps Return to the iOS App Store
At the risk of changing the name of our blog to "Flappy Battleground", we once again turn our attention to the ongoing drama involving the many Flappy Bird clones and the Apple iOS app store. Days after putting the kabosh on the use of "flappy" in the names and meta information of new apps, Apple … [Read more...]
WARNING: Apple Doesn’t Want Your Flappy Bird Clone
With a world gone mad with "flappy" fever, it appears that Apple has had enough. There have been grumblings from several developers that Apple is rejecting new apps that attempt to leverage the popularity of Flappy Bird for app store visibility and rankings. Following the Flappy Bird flap, I … [Read more...]
Flappy Bird Removed From App Store, Others Aim to Fill the Void
After warning the world of Flappy Bird's impending demise yesterday, developer Dong Nguyen fulfilled his promise and removed the #1 free app in the world from the app store. The devoted (and frustrated) followers of Flappy Bird have begun to mourn the loss all across the social media … [Read more...]
Flappy Bird Developer Dong Nguyen to Remove Game from App Store
The Flappy Bird saga has taken a strange turn earlier today after its developer Dong Nguyen tweeted today that he would be taking the app down from both the iOS and Android app stores in the near future. https://twitter.com/dongatory/status/432227971173068800 I chronicled Flappy Bird's … [Read more...]