Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday that it was cutting the service fee that app developers pay to Google Play app store to 15per cent for the …
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Google Cuts App Store Fees in Half, Following Similar Apple Move
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is halving the percentage it takes from developers on app sales through its Google Play store, following a similar move by rival Apple Inc. last year.
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Alibaba’s browser has reportedly been deleted from Chinese app stores
Alibaba’s “UC Browser” has reportedly been removed from several app stores in China. It comes a day after President Xi Jinping said Beijing’s crackdown on large technology firms was just beginning.
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Alibaba browser pulled from Chinese app stores
Chinese internet companies have pulled an Alibaba internet browser from their app stores a day after President Xi Jinping warned that Beijing’s crackdown on big tech companies was just beginning. The …
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Evernote for Mac gets redesigned Menu Bar Helper, now with Quick Note feature
Evernote says the App Store update should be coming as soon as it gets the stamp of approval from Apple, though folks eager to try it now can grab it straight from the source link below.
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These are the ‘most invasive’ iPhone apps — what to do
Among the other “most invasive” apps (we’ll get back to that designation in a bit) are LinkedIn, GrubHub, Uber, Uber Eats, a Swedish shopping app called Klarna and a British train-ticket app called …
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I Love Apple But Even The World’s Best Tech Company Can Disappoint
My experience in trying to buy an iPhone SE to replace my dead phone has been a bit of trial. After a fruitless evening trying to order a new phone, I finally gave up. Even a well oiled machine like …
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DuckDuckGo uses App Store privacy labels to call out Google for ‘spying’ on users
Google is slowly updating its many iOS applications with App Store privacy labels, detailing the type of data it collects from users. The Google and Chrome applications were recently updated with …
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App Store-supported jobs swelling by about 7% across Europe
The App Store is continuing to generate more jobs in the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, with Apple claiming growing job growth across the region.
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Apple pulls the plug on the HomePod
The speaker will still be sold until supplies run out, but the space gray version is already gone from Apple’s online store. Only the white version remains, though you might be able to find the …
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WSJ: Apple increases lobbying to fight state legislation targeting the App Store
From online privacy to app-store fees, a wave of local bills is opening a new frontier in the push to limit Apple and Google’s power.
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App Store-supported jobs swelling by about 10% across Europe
The App Store is continuing to generate more jobs in the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe, with Apple claiming growing job growth across the region.
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App Store Now Supports Over 330,000 UK Jobs, Says Apple
Apple says its App Store now supports more than 330,000 jobs in the U.K., a 10% increase over the past year, despite the pressures of the global health crisis on the nation’s economy. According to …
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Apple’s privacy labels are unfair, says WhatsApp head
Facebook and Apple have been at war for sometime now. Both the companies have been on the fence on the topic of privacy for months now. Apple’s stringent …
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WhatsApp CEO talks competing with iMessage, privacy labels in the App Store, and more
In a new interview this month, WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart talked in detail about what it’s like competing with iMessage as well as Facebook’s ongoing feud with Apple. Cathcart also touched on WhatsApp …
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Stop Using WhatsApp Until You Change This Critical Setting
WhatsApp is finalizing a fix for the most serious threat to your message security—change this setting until it’s …
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Apple does not want people to use Android phones, says WhatsApp CEO
Apple does not want people to use Android phones, says WhatsApp CEO – WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart launched scathing attacks at Apple calling their privacy labels discriminatory.
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