Brothers Dan and Ben Volach are not happy with Apple, and have launched a patent lawsuit against the company recently, spurred by the fact their email app was removed from the Mac App Store.
Over the years, subscribing to services and apps has become easier than ever. And Apple makes it pretty easy to see all of the services you've subscribed to from within the App Store.
If you are running into an issue with in-app purchases being finalized, you're not the only one.
I saw a really interesting app for my Mac the other day that I'd love to use. It looks cool and does useful things. What stopped me in my tracks, however, is that the developer priced the app as an annual subscription. Subscriptions for apps that don't need subscriptions have become so common that at this point, I practically consider it a selling point when a dev charges a one-time fee for a perpetual license.
The Apple story is now more about Services revenue and less about iPhone sales that are continuing to decline. In recognition of that trend, Apple today issued a press release announcing that 2019 was the biggest year for the Services segment in its history. The company provided other numbers that paint the Services business in favorable light.
Christmas Day was a boon for not just Apple, but Google as well, as device owners spent quite a bit of money in both company's digital storefronts.
Apple has been pretty lenient when it comes to notarization rules for non Mac App Store apps, but things will be changing in the beginning of 2020.
Nostalgia can be great, especially when the end product turns into a net positive. Take an app like Rewound, for example, which could turn modern day iPhones into an iPod-like experience with haptic feedback to recreate the click wheel.
If you use the iTunes Remote app, the latest software update adds a couple of worthwhile changes.
Apple occasionally bans apps and/or games from its App Store. And now one of the biggest YouTubers on the planet can say he's had his own game banned from the digital storefront.
Nostalgia has a way of sinking its claws in, and apparently it's about time for the iPod's click wheel to get plenty of attention.
Are some of your App Store updates getting stuck? Here are a few things you can try to help get things moving again.