Apple today announced its annual App Store, iTunes Store, iBooks Store and other content rankings, highlighting App of the Year, Game of the Year and other Best of 2017 top charts whilst announcing winners via the Today section of iOS 11’s revamped App …
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Ed Sheeren To Rogue One – Here’s Everything Singaporeans Consumed In The App Store For 2017
2017 has been a whirlwind year of awesome new tech, apps, and content and in the App Store and iTunes, Singaporeans have definitely been busy downloading a whole host of stuff for their new devices. With the launch of the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone …
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Apple to Switch From Dollars to Brazilian Reais for App Store Purchases in Brazil in 2018
Starting in early 2018, Apple users in Brazil will pay for purchases from the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBooks Store using the Brazilian real instead of the dollar. The Brazilian real will also be used for Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud storage …
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Apple reveals most popular apps, games, songs, and movies of 2017
Apple has revealed the most popular apps, music and movies across the App Store, Apple Music, and iTunes for 2017. The Cupertino-technology giant notes that 2017 has been a big year for apps and games, thanks to the introduction of Augmented Reality apps …
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Apple Inc. Stock Takes a Hit Amid Chinese App Store Controversy
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been in the spotlight for several reasons recently, but an old issue — the removal of apps from the Chinese Apple APP Store — has resurfaced. And AAPL stock is down about 0.2% in mid-day trading as a result. AAPL CEO Tim …
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Apple Store App Updated With iOS 11 Enhancements and Support for iPhone Purchases Without Carrier Pre-Activation
Apple today updated its Apple Store app to version 4.4, introducing iOS 11 enhancements and a new scanner feature for quickly adding your credit card information at checkout. According to the release notes, the app update also allows customers to bypass …
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Apple Store app updates lets iPhone buyers bypass carrier preauthorization
Apple updated its Apple Store app for iOS on Wednesday with a few feature additions, including the ability to bypass a pesky carrier preauthorization requirement when buying iPhone. Apple Store version 4.4 brings a few minor updates to Apple’s dedicated …
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Apple’s Tim Cook believes China App Store’s popular titles will be reinstated
Apple Inc is optimistic that some of its popular apps removed from its China App Store this year to comply with government requests will be reinstated, the US tech giant’s Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday. Cook, speaking at the Fortune Forum in …
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A battle between Apple and an app developer has caught Congress’ attention
The trouble stems from Apple’s decision this July to quietly update its App Store guidelines, largely to prohibit “apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service.” It’s an apparent new ban on so-called template apps …
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How does WhatsApp make money when it’s a free app?
WhatsApp is a free instant messaging service for those using standard cellular mobile numbers to send text messages, voice calls, video calls, images, video and other media to each other. Who is the girl in the iPhone X Animoji advert? The app was launched …
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A top indie developer that previously won Apple’s app of the year is taking on PowerPoint
Paste is a new app from acclaimed iOS app developer FiftyThree. It’s basically a PowerPoint replacement, but with added emphasis on beauty, collaboration, and on its iOS apps. It’s worth a try if you want easy-to-use software to put together a …
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Apple developers in China made $17 billion in revenue since App Store launch
There may not be a lot of foreign technology allowed behind China’s so-called Great Firewall, but that certainly hasn’t stopped the Apple developers who have managed to make it through government censorship from profiting massively. In his speech on …
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Apple iOS 11.2 update now out for iPhones, iPads: How to install, top features, and more
Apple has started to release iOS 11.2 ahead of the schedule … Evidently, the issue seemed to be related to local notifications from third-party apps that offer daily or repeat reminders, notes Macrumors. The issue was reported in several countries …
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The five best weather apps for the iPhone or iPad to help you plan your day
Dark Sky gets our top pick for the best weather app out there … so you’re not caught by surprise. There’s also an Apple Watch app that provides the basics, meaning you can keep your phone stowed on the go. What we really like about Dark Sky, however …
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8 Best Note Taking Apps: Evernote, OneNote, & Alternatives
Evernote is the original digital note taking app. Launching just a year after the iPhone, it was the first app to really take advantage of the idea of everyone having a smartphone with them wherever they go. Evernote’s biggest advantage is how mature a …
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Apple’s Tim Cook says developers have earned $17 billion from China App Store
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings.
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Apple devs earn $A23b from China App Store
Apple chief Tim Cook says developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($A23.70 billion), roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings. Cook shared the data on Sunday during a speech at China’s …
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