Apple’s Wallet app is getting a big upgrade in iOS 15. At Apple’s WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that it will be adding support for hotel keys and driver’s licenses to help ditch more …
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Apple’s new App Store Guidelines aim to crack down on fraud and scams
Apple today is releasing a new version of its App Store Review Guidelines, its lengthy document which dictates the rules which apps must abide by in order to be published to its App Store. Among the …
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Apple to introduce A/B testing and in-app events to the App Store
Apple today announced a number of coming changes and improvements to the App Store that will help developers better target their apps to users, get their apps discovered by more people, and even …
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Why All the Fury at Apple?
Why are app makers mad? It boils down to what some app companies and lawmakers say is Apple’s domineering control of iPhone apps. Some are angry at what they see as high and capriciously applied …
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Apple bans manipulated reviews, misleading marketing in new App Review guidelines
Apple has made a number of updates to its App Store Review Guidelines, clarifying existing policies and adding new requirements for app makers.
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iPadOS 15: You can now build apps on the iPad, and ship to the App Store
For the first time, you can code, iterate and build apps on the iPad itself. Using Swift Playgrounds on iPadOS 15, customers will be able to create iPhone and iPad apps from scratch and then deploy …
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Swift Playgrounds for iPadOS 15 will teach you to build iPad apps, let you submit them to the App Store
While it isn’t quite the full-fledged Xcode on iPad that some developers have been clamoring for, Apple on Monday announced that Swift Playgrounds in iPadOS 15 will be greatly enhanced, teaching users …
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Just before WWDC, Facebook once again criticizes Apple’s 30% App Store cut
Less than an hour before Apple’s WWDC keynote kicks off, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared some news that the company would be keeping its paid online events free for creators through 2023. Notably, …
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Study Finds Up to 2% of Top 1,000 Paid Apps on App Store Were Scams
Apple has used its app review process as a bulwark in recent legal assaults on its App Store policy, and put particular emphasis on the …
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HomePod Now Unavailable From Apple in Canada After Being Discontinued
Apple announced that the full-sized HomePod would be discontinued once supplies run out, following years of reportedly lackluster …
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App Store scam apps make up almost 2% of top-grossing apps – WP
Checks run by the Washington Post revealed that App Store scam apps make up almost 2% of the top-grossing apps, despite CEO Tim Cook …
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Apple App Store isn’t as scam-free as you might think
A new investigation has revealed that 18 of the top 1,000 highest grossing apps on Apple’s App Store are guilty of scamming iOS users. While there’s nothing new about scam apps on mobile stores, …
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Apple developers look for App Store changes at annual conference
Chief Executive Tim Cook and his team address one of their most important audiences on Monday, kicking off an annual conference for app developers at a time the iPhone maker is defending itself in …
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Report suggests two percent of the top 1,000 App Store titles were scams
A report suggests two percent of the top 1,000 App Store titles were scams, including VPNs, dating apps and QR readers.
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The 10 best Microsoft business apps for your iPhone and iPad
If you spend your time in the office working on apps like Word and Excel, with all your files stored in OneDrive, why should you stop being productive when you step away from your desk? These 10 Micro …
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Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams
Apple claims its App Store is carefully curated so that only the best apps get through. The truth is, the App Store is littered with scams and “fleeceware,” which uses fake user ratings to trick …
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Texas man fired for selling school-owned iPads in the Apple Crime Blotter
Shots fired near a Pittsburgh Apple Store, Find My iPhone solves Akon’s car theft, and several iPhones were seized from a Capitol riot defendant.
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