Category: APPS

It is no secret that iOS is a tightly controlled ecosystem. There is not a whole lot that users can do to customize their iPhones, and there are not that many options for developers wanting to sell their apps outside of the App Store. In fact, if you do …
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If you’ve had an iPhone since the early years of the App Store, you might notice the screenshots have changed over time. Apps used to have basic, plain screenshots that anyone could capture, but they’ve evolved for many developers into promotional …
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It’s 2017! And for many people, fervently hurling last year’s calendar into the abyss, a new year is a time to try new things. With the right apps, your iPhone can make this process much easier. So whether you’ve resolved to try something new and …
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A US appeals court has ruled that buyers of iPhone apps may sue Apple over allegations of monopolising the market by not allowing them to buy apps outside its App Store. The ruling from the 9 th US Circuit Court of Appeals revives the case that was …
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iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps by not allowing users to purchase them outside the App Store, leading to higher prices, a U.S. appeals court has ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
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Back in 2012 a group of iPhone owners accused Apple of violating U.S. antitrust law by requiring apps to be sold exclusively at its own App Store, instead of allowing third party sources too. Courts initially sided with Apple’s view that there are no …
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You did it! You survived another week! There’s no better way than to celebrate the end of yet another long week than by downloading a bunch of hot premium iPhone and iPad apps that are all on sale for free. Today’s list includes a bunch of nifty apps …
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Is Apple’s App Store a mall or the equivalent of a sole proprietor shop selling unique wares? That question appears to be at the heart of a now revived lawsuit against Apple, Pepper et al v. Apple Inc. In it, a group of plaintiffs claim that Apple’s …
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According to the ‘best of 2012’ list, messaging app WhatsApp was the best-selling iPhone app of the year, whil… Read More WhatsApp has a gaping secuirty hole in the middle of its app. But it can be easily fixed. An issue issue with the way that the app …
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The app has become hugely popular … saying that “next time, the FBI will not ask Apple but WhatsApp to ship a version of their code that will send all decrypted messages directly to the FBI.” He contacted Facebook and WhatsApp about the vulnerability …
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Related: WhatsApp will share your phone number with Facebook Though not a backdoor, the vulnerability does highlight an issue debated by the cryptography community: What should an encrypted communication app do when someone switches phones? Apple (AAPL …
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Evernote is my space for quick thoughts, notes on how I’ve set up a device or workflow, and also a repository for quick receipts, thanks to the excellent Scannable app. The speed on the iPad Pro has been pretty good; it’s a far cry from the days where …
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… A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing Apple of having an illegal monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday the plaintiffs have the right to sue Apple because they purchased apps directly …
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WhatsApp added GIF support to its platform last year but this is the first time users have been able to find these moving images directly from within the app. The search, which is similar to Apple’s messages, finds GIFs from services such as GIPHY.
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“Finder for AirPods,” an app designed to help users who have misplaced their wireless ear buds, was removed by Apple from the App Store late last week, MacRumors reported. The app, which uses the AirPods’ built-in Bluetooth technology to locate the missing …
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A US appeals court revived a civil suit accusing Apple of creating a monopoly by making its App Store the only place to buy iPhone applications. The suit, initially filed in late 2011, seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages based on the reasoning …
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BEIJING China’s largest mobile social media network WeChat is offering its 768 million users a function which allows them to by-pass app stores such as Apple’s APPL.O. The launch of “Xiaochengxu”, which translates as “mini programs”, challenges Apple APPL …
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