Testing will begin in “several weeks,” according to Google. Like Nvidia GeForce Now and baby Amazon Luna, Google’s getting in line to add iOS support for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, which runs …
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Netflix struck gold with ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ and now guess which iPhone app is all the rage
Netflix just figured out a new way to keep its viewers in check. The streaming service has sparked a renewed interest in chess after the success of its buzzy drama miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, which …
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Apple Black Friday 2020 deals: Up to $69 off latest Apple Watch models now, iPad and AirPods price cuts coming soon
Black Friday deals on Apple products are already underway. Here are the best ones we’ve found so far. Here’s a dirty secret about the Apple Store: It’s the worst place to buy Apple products if you …
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Walmart Black Friday 2020 deals: Save on TVs, $169 AirPods Pro and $119 Apple Watch coming soon
Walmart finally revealed all of its upcoming Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals, and the prices are impressive.
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Apple’s move to cut App Store commissions in half for small developers is a start, but it mostly misses the real point
Apple has a developer relations problem, and if they want to create a better user experience for customers, they need to solve it now.
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Black Friday 2020 Apple deals: $49 off latest Apple Watch models now, iPad and AirPods price cuts coming soon
Black Friday deals on Apple products are already underway. Here are the best ones we’ve found so far. Here’s a dirty secret about the Apple Store: It’s the worst place to buy Apple products if you …
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Apple’s New App Store Move Changes the Game for Indie App Developers
The tech giant this week announced that it would slash its App Store commission by half, to 15 percent from 30 percent, for iOS developers who qualified for a new program on small businesses. Those …
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Hope For Fortnite Gamers As Developer Launches App Store Bypass Software
Gamers are now able to play previously-unavailable titles on Apple devices after developers launched software that bypasses the App Store and allows users to access PC games on the Safari browser, …
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Apple takes its retail-store education and holiday activities online
Throughout the pandemic, Apple has hosted online classes and camps meant for its stores. Now it’s offering activities for the holidays too.
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Apple Caves on App Store Fees
Follow @dannyvena In the face of mounting pressure and the glare of the antitrust spotlight, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) cut its app store commission in half for qualified developers. The company on Wednesday …
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Apple Will Take a Smaller Cut of Some App Store Revenues
The App Store Small Business Program aims to improve the company’s public image and its standing in antitrust battles.
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‘A cynical ploy to divide and conquer’: Apple’s big App Store fee cut enraged its biggest adversaries in its developer war, including Spotify and Epic Games
Apple has reduced its commission on App Store in-app payments, but only for small developers. Spotify called it “arbitrary and capricious.” …
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Apple cuts its App Store commission fee from 30% to 15% for small developers
The reduced comission fee will see small developers keep 85% of the revenue their apps generate—up from the 70% they keep today.
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App Store: A Problem For Investors?
The App Store is back in the news, now that Apple has lowered its commission charged from smaller developers. Could the new payment policy cause a drag to Apple’s service revenues in 2021?
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Apple reduces App Store tax to 15% for 2021… but not for everyone
Apple has made a significant change to the way it charges its commission for paid apps and in-app purchases made via the App Store. The App Store Small Business Program will launch at the beginning of …
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Tinder publisher swipes left on Apple’s claims of thriving app store competition
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Match Group, and even Huawei have weighed in on the ACCC’s probe into app marketplaces.
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12 of the best hidden WhatsApp features you need to know
WhatsApp has a new feature that can make messages automatically disappear. Learn how to do that and much more with these tips.
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