With the thousands of Apple Watch apps that you can scour online, what would be the best pick for your lifestyle and even on your budget? Some would go for new apps that excite, but any smart shopper would opt for usability features and design. While there …
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Apple hikes App Store prices by 25% in response to Brexit
Apple has announced that it is raising prices on its … only in historical customer behaviours but future behaviours too…. The Drum app brings you some of the world’s best marketing and media news, analysis and creative insights. Already the UK and …
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15 Controversial Apps That Were Banned from Apple’s App Store
Apple has booted apps from its platform for a variety of reasons … apps around the stringent app review process — which doesn’t make it easy to stay on top of all of the fake apps in the App Store. Your iPhone’s tethering or mobile hotspot …
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This is how much we spent on apps last year
Google and Apple profited as well, keeping some $15 billion in commissions … with the smash hit Pokemon Go picking up the lion’s share of it. The top app downloads of the year were the tried and true: Facebook, What’sApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram …
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Apple sued over iOS app distribution 'monopoly'
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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How to Easily Create Beautiful App Store Screenshots for your iPhone App
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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The best 12 iPhone apps for your 2017 New Year’s resolutions
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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iPhone app buyers may sue Apple over monopoly allegations, rules US appeals court
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 owners CAN sue Apple over claims it monopolized the market for iPhone apps: U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit
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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iPhone users could sue Apple for not allowing third-party app stores
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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8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
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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IPhone Apps Should Be Sold Outside App Store
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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WhatsApp still insecure, but a tiny switch can fix it
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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Researcher: WhatsApp has 'bug' that could be exploited
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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There's no 'backdoor' in WhatsApp
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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My Take On Evernote in 2017
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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Monopoly suit against Apple is revived
… 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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