Apple said the extension was to help businesses by giving them more time to transition in-person events to digital events during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Apple 4-Day Shopping Event Starts Friday; Gift Cards Offered
Apple will be launching a four-day shopping event on Friday and will offer customers up to $150 gift cards with certain purchases.
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WhatsApp is working on two big upgrades for Android and iPhone: here’s what is new
WhatsApp is hard at work making its hugely-popular app even better. Over the past few weeks … and another designed for those with an iPhone. The first change that’s coming to Android looks set to …
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Why You Should Change This ‘Dangerous’ WhatsApp Photo Setting On Your iPhone
The App Store is more tightly locked down than Google’s Play … Fortunately, the remedy is simple. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone, then click on Settings, Chats, and ensure that “Save to Camera Roll” …
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New solution brings end to boring presentation, videoconference formats
People learn of a new videoconferencing application almost every day, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet most of these application systems work in a …
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This Week in Apps: Apple slashes commissions, Twitter launches Fleets, warnings about Parler
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with …
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Stadia on iPhone, iPad’s initial web app testing to begin soon
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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