The App Store reportedly hosts over a dozen apps made by a Chinese paramilitary group that is tied to the Uyghur genocide, in contravention of a US blacklist.
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Apple says iOS has alternative app distribution because the internet exists
Telling the ACCC that users of iOS can go to a website to purchase and consume digital content or services, in its argument centred on discrediting the belief that Apple has market power.
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How to turn off location services on your iPhone and prevent apps from tracking you
You can turn off location services on your iPhone in a few different ways. Here’s what you need to know to prevent apps or people from tracking you.
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Apple turns its Pages, Numbers, Keynote apps up to 11
Apple has updated its iWork suite of apps to version 11.0, with the iOS and macOS versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote making changes to the Arrange inspector to make it easier to design your …
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Apple launches Apple Teacher Portfolio, updates education apps
Apple launched a portfolio of templates and lesson plans for educators as part of its self-paced Apple Teacher Learning Center. Apple Teacher Portfolio is a recognition badge that …
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Apple Updates iWork Apps for iOS and macOS to Version 11
Apple today updated its suite of iWork apps designed for iOS and macOS devices to version 11, introducing a number of new features and tweaks …
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WhatsApp Is Reportedly Testing Out Different Playback Speeds, But I Get Lost Listening to Voice Messages Now
If you’ve ever gotten a really long voice message on WhatsApp that you wish could go a little faster, WhatsApp apparently listened to you. The app is reportedly … update in Apple’s …
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Apple is surprised that developers take issue with its app review process
Apple has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) it is surprised to hear that developers have legitimate concerns about their ability to engage with Apple in the app review …
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WhatsApp stops working on this iPhone: Update WhatsApp to continue using the app
The secure messaging platform stops working on this iPhone. Update WhatsApp to continue using the platform. Check details here.
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You Definitely Need These 11 Essential Apple Watch Apps
Each new model of the Apple Watch comes with added features and capabilities, and a thriving ecosystem of third-party apps makes your step-tracking, heart rate-monitoring timepiece all the more useful …
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Apple TV+ is being held back by its terrible app
If I hadn’t already watched all nine episodes of Calls, a new star-studded drama series that Apple TV+ is debuting on Friday and which the company screened early for the press, I was already …
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This Week in Apps: Google Play slashes commissions, Apple sued over scammy apps, YouTube launches a TikTok clone in the US
This week, Eleftheriou filed a lawsuit that attempts to hold Apple accountable for his own app’s lost revenue, saying that Apple promises developers a safe and trustworthy marketplace …
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The best drawing apps for the iPhone
If the iPhone is the camera you always have in your pocket, it’s also your always-available sketchpad. Here are the best drawing apps available for iPhone.
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What an upcoming Apple privacy prompt will mean for you – and the apps you use
In iOS 14.5, app makers must show a privacy label in the App Store, and if you see a a card that says, “Data Used to Track You,” they need permission.
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Apple and Epic’s top execs plan to testify live and in person this May in the Fortnite app store trial
It’s hard to believe it’s only been seven months since Apple booted Fortnite off the App Store and Epic Games sprung its antitrust trap, but you won’t have to wait much longer before the …
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Apple Promotes, Profits From Scam Apps, Developer Claims
Apple Inc. was sued by the creator of a mobile-device keyboard interface for the blind who says the company’s failure to police fraudulent knockoffs sold in the App Store penalizes honest developers.
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These are the 10 most invasive iPhone apps available on the App Store
Apple enraged the developers of some of the most popular apps on its mobile App Store last year when it announced that it would be adding privacy labels to listings on the digital storefront.
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