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Apple executives discuss iPadOS and app privacy
The keynote for this year's Worldwide Developers Conference is finished, which means Apple executives are making the rounds to discuss some of the aspects in greater detail. As such, a pair of the company's higher-ups have sat down with CNET to discuss iPadOS and privacy in two separate reports.
Some developers suing Apple over ‘profit-killing’ fees
If you are a developer that wants to launch an app through Apple's App Store, you'll need to pony up some cash to match Apple's associated fees to do so. This has been the case for years, but a group of developers is ready to take the company to task for this "anti-competitive" behavior.
Apple says it “welcomes competition” via a new App Store webpage
In another defensive move following class action lawsuits and complaints accusing App Store of alleged monopoly, the Cupertino firm today published a new Principles and Practices section on the App Store micro-site, offering some clarity on the store itself and its screening process.
Some customers can now use Apple Pay for their App Store, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Books and iCloud purchases
According to a refreshed support document, customers in supported countries can now set up Apple Pay as their payment method for purchases made in iTunes and App Stores, as well as cover their Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud storage upgrades with Apple Pay.
Apple responds to the Supreme Court ruling that the App Store antitrust case can move forward
The US Supreme Court has ruled that a major lawsuit against Apple and its App Store with potentially far-reaching ramifications could move forward, affirming the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.
Apple details why it’s removed some apps that mimic Screen Time functionality
Following Sunday's report in The New York Times revealing Apple recently cracked down on screen time-monitoring apps on App Store, the company the following day published a detailed explainer on its website.
App Store to honor 2019 Earth Day with original stories, themed collections of apps and games
This year's Earth Day falls on next Monday, April 22. Apple previously honored Earth Day with themed app collections and editorials on App Store. This year will be no different.
Dutch watchdog investigates if Apple gives its own apps preferential treatment
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced today that it's launching an investigation to determine whether Apple is giving preferential treatment to its own apps on App Store after receiving complaints from Dutch news apps developers.
FunFact, Roadtrip, Blendeo and other apps to check out this weekend
In this week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup we have an app that delivers you fun facts throughout the day, an app for jamming out with your friends and an advanced photo/video editor. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Give Cydia an App Store-inspired makeover with CydiaXIStyle 2.0
Cydia has endured a lot of criticism over the years from the jailbreak community because of its seemingly out-of-style user interface and lack of modern aesthetics. Such criticisms have given rise to third-party alternatives, such as Sileo.
But in case you forgot, Cydia as a platform is entirely customizable ever since Jay Freeman updated the Cydia Substrate framework to allow for Cydia-centric jailbreak tweaks. With that in mind, iOS developer iOSNJB took to the drawing board to produce a new release called CydiaXIStyle 2.0.
Apple Arcade is a new subscription service with access to 100+ new and exclusive games
The App Store is the world’s largest digital content store today, but one of its most popular niches is mobile gaming. To date, more than 1 billion people have downloaded games from the App Store, which is comprised of at least 300,000 available titles.