Category: APPS

Apple Inc.’s App Store generated record revenue of more than $20 billion for developers in 2016, the company said Thursday, as that business roughly maintained its growth rate even as iPhone sales volumes declined. The figure implies the App Store’s total …
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An insatiable desire by gamers to jump to the next level generated record revenues for App Store developers in 2016, according to Apple. Developers who sell their apps through Apple earned a record $20bn in 2016, up 40% on the previous year. Games …
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Normally available in many regions around the world, news apps created by The New York Times are no longer offered through Apple’s App Store in China at the insistence of the country’s authorities, The Times reports. According to Apple, the authorities …
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Apple, USA. According to Nintendo, Super Mario Run is now the number one free game on the app store in 140 countries, and is among the top 10 money-earning games. It is free to download, but users can unlock more content by paying a one-time $9.99 fee.
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Apple rang in the New Year with some good news: the first day of 2017 marked the highest daily sales ever for App Stores. The company took in $240 million from app purchases on Jan. 1 through its app platform App Store, according to a news release …
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There’s an app called “Finder for AirPods” in the iOS App Store that will help you find missing AirPods that, as many would say, “gotta be here somewhere.” The Finder for AirPods app uses your iPhone and missing AirPod’s Bluetooth connection to show you …
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Many of the free apps you’re setting up on new gadgets … Apple’s Notes is an option too — but you’d better be married to Apple’s hardware to rely on it. If you’ve spent years in Evernote, bringing over those notes may constrain your choice.
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By Nicole Bogart National Online Journalist, Breaking News Global News Anyone who uses an older smartphone and relies on messaging app WhatsApp is off to a rough … or an older model iPhone running iOS 6 or earlier will no longer be able to use the …
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After blocking the U.S. publication’s English and Chinese websites for nearly five years, Chinese authorities have now had Apple (AAPL, Tech30) pull New York Times news apps from the App Store in China. “We have been informed that the app is in violation …
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Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has removed the New York Times Co’s (NYT.N) news apps from its app store in China following a request from the Chinese authorities, the companies said separately on Thursday. Apple removed both the English-language and Chinese-language …
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Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month. The move limits access to one of the few remaining channels for readers in mainland …
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Mac App Store is the simplest way to find and download apps for your Mac. To download Storme from the Mac App Store, you need a Mac with OS X 10.6.6 or later. Learn More. Storme helps you brainstorm, explore, develop, and present media-rich ideas and notes …
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The TV app consists of three main components: Watch Now, Library, and Store, as well as an additional Search feature. When you open the TV app on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll see your Library, which displays items that you’ve rented and purchased from …
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In February last year, the firm said: “When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today. The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70% of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems …
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However, an update to the Facebook-owned app will only let users recall a message before it has been read by the recipient. WhatsApp appears to be trialling the new feature in its iPhone beta software, according to an image posted on Twitter by@WABetaInfo.
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By Nicole Bogart National Online Journalist, Breaking News Global News BlackBerry users who rely on messaging app WhatsApp are off to a rough start … or an older model iPhone running iOS 6 or later will no longer be able to use the messaging app.
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Bear, the stylish note-taking app, appears on first sight to be superfluous to most people’s needs. It’s available only for iOS and Mac, which come pre-installed with their own perfectly efficient equivalent, Notes. Plus, Evernote has already cornered …
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