Advertisers reach out to security experts to create a new research council (exclusive)

Solve Media is trying to defeat bots in the advertising industry. It created a new type of advertising that makes people prove they are humans, and now the company is bringing together some well-known names in security to form the "Security Advisory Council."

The mystery of why Pretty Pet Salon was banned from the App Store and then returned

On Jan. 12, 2012, Pretty Pet Salon mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and then returned again in a different form at the end of March. Why this happened is an interesting tale.

Apple’s crackdown on app-ranking manipulation: Confused developers caught in the dragnet

In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.