Earlier this year, human rights and privacy groups to Apple asking why it was delaying the introduction of a feature that would force apps to receive explicit opt-in from iPhone users before tracking …
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This week in Apple: iPhone 12 display woes, cloud gaming coming to iOS, more!
In other Apple news, we saw early benchmarks of the M1 chip, news about the rumored foldable Apple smartphone, confirmations that cloud gaming services are coming to iOS, and a resolution to the weird …
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Latest watchOS beta suggests Apple Fitness+ to arrive with iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2
An informational screen displayed as part of the latest watchOS beta update process suggests Apple’s anticipated fitness product, Apple Fitness+, will launch alongside iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2.
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Amid Dispute With Apple, Epic Games Finds Workaround To Bring Fortnite Back To iOS
Nvidia’s cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, won’t run through an app, meaning it won’t be subject to Apple’s App Store rules.
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Apple remains ‘fully committed’ to privacy features like anti-tracking in iOS 14 [u]
Apple remains committed to implementing anti-tracking features in iOS 14 and further privacy improvements down the road, the company’s privacy chief said in a letter.
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Google Is Dropping a Bunch of New Widgets for iOS 14
I have become something of a widget addict since they were introduced to iPhone users with iOS 14. A big weather widget now takes up three-quarters of my home screen and helps me keep track of when to …
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Scriptable Supercharges iOS 14 Widgets Like No Other App
Scriptable lets us run Javascript in iOS, and with iOS 14, that means Javascript-powered widgets. They’re extremely good.
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Apple remains ‘fully committed’ to privacy features like anti-tracking in iOS 14
Apple remains committed to implementing anti-tracking features in iOS 14 and further privacy improvements down the road, the company’s privacy chief said in a letter.
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Apple’s iOS 14 update is driving me crazy
Chris Matyszczyk says Apple’s apps don’t always make things better, as I recently discovered. Read more: …
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NVIDIA’s GeForce Now Frees IOS Gamers From Apple’s Restrictive Store Policies
There is no shortage of controversy around Apple’s policies regarding game streaming services like Google Stadia, Microsoft Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming, Amazon Luna, and many others. In fact, the US …
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iOS 14: 10 Most Useful Widgets for Your iPhone
After waiting for years, Apple finally took a page from Android’s book and implemented resizable widgets and custom app icons on the iPhone home screen. Yes, you read that right. Starting with the iOS …
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IOS 14.3 Public Beta 2 Makes It Even Easier To Customize Your Home Screen
iOS 14.3 Public Beta 2 is a great entry point to the world of … click the Profile Downloaded section at the top and verify that you want to install the profile. Then restart your iPhone when …
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Apple embraces iOS 14 home screen customization by fixing how app shortcuts work
Apple is making a change to how app shortcuts work in the next release of the iOS 14 operating system. In iOS 14.3, beta 2, the Shortcuts app will now no longer open when you tap on an app shortcut on …
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Apple Will Reduce iOS App Store Cut To 15%, But Not For ‘Fortnite’ And Others
Facing pressure from regulators and a high-profile lawsuit from Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, Apple is attempting to take action to undercut a common argument against its “industry standard” 30% …
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10 best new features to try in iOS 14
From searching for the right emoji to replying to specific messages, here are 10 great new features in Apple’s iOS 14.
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Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st
Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App Store commission rate, one of the most substantial changes to how iOS developers earn money in the history of the iPhone maker’s digital app …
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Apple cuts App Store fees by half to 15%, big win for developers under Small Business Program
At the moment, Apple takes a 30 percent cut from all the paid app revenue and in-app purchases of apps downloaded from the App Store.
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