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.
How about a slang dictionary on your wrist? With a free app called UrbanWatch, you can browse definitions from the Urban Dictionary website on your Apple Watch like a boss.
Apple champions privacy (something that apps in the App Store might need a reminder of), but the company is now being sued over potentially violating iTunes privacy laws for consumers in two different states.
Apple has used a variety of names to help spruce up its desktop operating system's naming scheme over the years. We've seen animals like Snow Leopard in the past, but, more recently, Apple has stuck to natural landscapes located in California. The last release, macOS Mojave, followed right along with that idea, and we may see it continue this year.
You've probably noticed that YouTube won't render 4K videos in the Safari browser even though modern Macs support native display resolutions higher than 1080p and have the processing power required for smooth 4K video playback.
In January of 2016, Apple launched an app called Music Memos. It allowed musicians and other creatives to capture song ideas quickly. But, since the app's launch the company has not updated the app on any kind of regular basis. Here we are in May of 2019 and the app finally officially supports the notch.
Allowing applications on devices to collect some data is a standard expectation these days. Permissions are meant to let users know what they are collecting, why they need it, and should give the user the power to say no if they so choose. However, some apps use a built-in feature within iOS to take advantage of data collection and send that information to tracking services.
While iOS gets the lion's share of attention when it comes to betas, Apple is not sleeping on its other big operating systems, too. The company is moving forward with developer betas for tvOS and watchOS.
Apple is looking to launch iOS 12.4 soon. Before it does that, though, the company has its typical developer beta routine to finish. Ahead of the public launch later this year, Apple is seeding another beta of iOS 12.4 to developers.
Apple sees the Apple Card, its own-branded credit card, as a way for owners to reach a path to positive "financial health". The card has many specific customer-centric features, most of which go against the standard credit card -- which angle more towards a bank's wellbeing, rather than the customer. Turns out those aggressive terms on Apple's part led at least one bank to bank out.
iOS 13 is widely expected to bring a new system-wide Dark Mode which debuted on the Mac last year in macOS Mojave, and now we have our first screenshots showing it in action.
Apple accessory maker Twelve South today brought BookBook, its hand-crated leather cases that resemble Harry Potter spell books, to the latest iPad Pro models released in 2018.