Apple has given the boot to an iPhone application capable of managing BitTorrent downloads, the app's developer said Tuesday. Macworld has confirmed the program is no longer available from the App Store.
“Just got a call from Apple. They're taking IS Drive down,” developer Derek Kepner posted on Twitter early Tuesday afternoon. “I'm seeing what I can do. I have a feeling I won't be able to change their mind.”
The $5 application allowed users to check and manage downloads from ImageShack, which offers image hosting and free photo- and video-sharing, along with a paid ImageShack Drive feature that allows users to download torrent files to their ImageShack account. Kepner apparently managed to initially avoid Apple's scrutiny by avoiding use of the term “BitTorrent.” That changed with Monday's coverage of IS Drive's release in the App Store.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/154612/
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“Just got a call from Apple. They're taking IS Drive down,” developer Derek Kepner posted on Twitter early Tuesday afternoon. “I'm seeing what I can do. I have a feeling I won't be able to change their mind.”
The $5 application allowed users to check and manage downloads from ImageShack, which offers image hosting and free photo- and video-sharing, along with a paid ImageShack Drive feature that allows users to download torrent files to their ImageShack account. Kepner apparently managed to initially avoid Apple's scrutiny by avoiding use of the term “BitTorrent.” That changed with Monday's coverage of IS Drive's release in the App Store.
More: http://www.macworld.com/article/154612/
