Apple rolled out the ability to rate and review its own applications on the App Store, including built-in apps like Podcasts, Music, News, and Stocks. One thing that quickly became clear when this …
New Apple Podcasts Rating Prompt Artificially Boosts App Store Score
With the launch of iOS 15.1, Apple introduced a new prompt for the Podcasts app that asks customers to rate it, and as it turns out, confusion …
Apple just provided the perfect example of why you can’t trust App Store review scores
Apple just found one incredibly effective way — get listeners to submit better reviews by interrupting their podcast experience with an in-app prompt to submit a rating. That’s how the Apple Podcasts …
Apple Celebrates Opening of The Grove Apple Store in LA With Ted Lasso Appearance
Apple today opened a new retail location in the Los Angeles area with the official launch of Apple The Grove. Apple has had an Apple Store in …
Enterprises get closer to the app store experience with Kubernetes and GitOps
Commentary: The big enterprise problem isn’t running hundreds of apps across multiple clouds; no, the big problem is running the same app consistently on just one cloud or data center.
Apple’s new Self Service Repair program is an opportunity to repair relationships
Apple’s newly announced Self Service Repair program, set to launch in early 2022, will finally provide individual customers access to genuine Apple OEM parts and manuals for DIY iPhone (and eventually …
Black Friday Apple deals for 2021: iPhones, MacBooks, Apple Watch
Apple deals are always worth taking a look at. While Apple itself only sometimes offers Black Friday discounts of its own, retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and more, almost always carry at …
Apple Black Friday deals started early with these crazy sales
Deep discounts on Apple devices have been popping up with increasing frequency lately. That makes sense, of course, since Black Friday 2021 is right around the corner. Today, however, there are so …
PLLAY Labs Inc. names former Apple App Store head, Phillip Shoemaker, to its Strategic Advisory Board
PLLAY Labs, the AI-driven video game wagering platform, announces today the appointment of Phillip Shoemaker, former Apple App Store head, to its Strategic Advisory Board. Shoemaker joins PLLAY at a …
The best early Black Friday deals on Apple devices
That’s because Apple doesn’t typically offer discounts on its new products in-store or on its website, at least outside of the occasional educational discount. Don’t fear, however, as there are plenty …
‘Ted Lasso’ stars join Tim Cook at Apple’s new LA store
Stars of Apple TV+ smash-hit Ted Lasso joined Tim Cook at Apple’s new store at The Grove in LA ahead of its opening on Friday. As announced by Apple: Cast members of Apple’s multi …
iPhone 14 design rumors: Apple could ditch the notch in 2022
Apple’s iPhone 13 debuted just two months ago and its successor is probably about a year away. But, it’s never ever too early for the consumer tech community to start buzzing about what the iPhone 14 …
Apple AirPods Max headphones drop to $440, near low price on Amazon
Approaching Black Friday, you can pick up Apple’s high-end noise-canceling headphones near their lowest price to date in space gray or blue.
Apple Is Finally Giving You the Tools to Repair Your iPhone Yourself
Apple says it intends to offer the parts to individual technicians, but anyone can buy them. In a potentially landmark decision, Apple announced on Wednesday that it will make repair manuals and parts …
Apple ‘Self Service Repair’ Store Will Let Consumers Fix Their Own iPhones
Apple is pivoting to embrace the right-to-repair movement after spending years fighting it. But one big question remains: How much will it cost?
South Korea weighs monetary fines to rein in app store operators
South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to impose a fine on dominant app store operators such as Apple Inc and Alphabet’s Google if they force app developers to use only their payment systems. The …
S.Korea weighs monetary fines to rein in app store operators
South Korea said on Wednesday it plans to impose a fine on dominant app store operators such as Apple Inc and Alphabet’s Google if they force app developers to use only their payment systems.