More app-etising?
Apple has relaxed its restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps.
The company, which has long been criticised for its perceived control-freak approach has changed its rules governing the development of iOS apps to "give developers more flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need".
Developers will now be able to use a wider choice of development tools to build the applications as long as the resulting apps do not download any code.
Apple is letting down its guard a little further by publishing its App Store Review Guidelines for the first time to "help developers understand how we review submitted apps".
"We hope it will make us more transparent and help our developers create even more successful apps for the App Store," Apple said in a statement.
The parts of the developer licence affected are sections: 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9. The App Store now boasts over 250,000 apps and 6.5bn downloads.
Apple has just rolled out iOS 4.1, the latest version of its mobile os, however within mere hours of its release hackers have managed to find a way to jailbreak iPhones again, The Daily Telegraph reported.
A group of hackers called pod2g have reportedly discovered a loophole to exploit in the new software and believe it would take a lot of effort for Apple to plug the hole as it would have to change some of the underlying code of the os, rather than just patch it up.
Apple has only recently patched a hole that let iPhone users jailbreak their handset to use non-Apple-approved apps via Jailbreakme.com.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has reportedly previously admitted the company is continually playing a ‘cat and mouse' game to try and fend off hackers.
