Hours ahead of the “one more thing” event that will feature Apple Silicon Macs, Apple has taken down the Apple Store.
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Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of Apple Event Today, Apple Silicon Macs Expected to Debut
Apple’s online store has gone down ahead of its “One More Thing” event at 10 a.m. Pacific Time today. The event is widely expected …
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Apple Watch SE Black Friday deal returns to Amazon: 40mm for $230, 44mm for $280
The weekend sale on the Apple Watch SE returns after a brief hiatus. This weekend saw the first big price cuts on the Apple Watch SE, which was just introduced back in September. Sales at Target and …
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‘Free Speech’ Social Network Parler Tops App Store Downloads After Trump Loses Election
Parler, the Twitter alternative for conservatives where users can say anything they want without fear of censorship (except for an arbitrary list of terms conservatives don’t like), is taking off in …
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Apple backtracks on App Store removal threat for Unix shell iOS apps
Developers of Linux and Unix shells have received warnings from Apple that their iOS apps violate App Store Review Guidelines, with the threat of termination from the App Store said to be reversed in …
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Parler Tops App Store Charts As Conservatives Flock to Site After Biden Victory Over Trump
As conservatives reel from Trump’s defeat, well-followed users on Twitter have appealed for readers to sign up to Parler—and it appears some users are listening, as app downloads spike.
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Atlanta thefts, ax-wielding iPhone sales, and Josh Brolin in the Apple Crime Blotter
Three car break-ins of iPads and MacBooks in the city of Atlanta, an iPhone sale ends with a brandished ax, and more from the Apple Crime Blotter.
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Google Stadia workaround for iOS returns to App Store after takedown
An app that allowed iPhone and iPad users to access Google’s Stadia streaming game service returned to the App Store on Friday after being pulled by Apple in October.
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This Week in Apps: Elections’ impact on the app store, new app privacy requirements, iOS 14.2 arrives
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with …
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Fan-made browser that enables Stadia on iOS is back on the App Store
Stadium is available for download on the Apple App Store again. The free fan-made browser gives you a way to play Stadia, Google’s cloud gaming service, on iPhones and iPads and was first released …
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Apple Will Require Developers To Provide App ‘Nutrition Labels’ On App Store
Apple updated its developer webpage to inform devs that they will soon be required to create a sort of “nutrition label” for their apps.
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App privacy ‘nutrition labels’ coming to App Store on Dec. 8
Apple on Thursday told app developers that it would be requiring them to provide new publicly viewable information about their app privacy and data policies starting Dec. 8.
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Calm’s hilarious CNN ad campaign sent the meditation app flying up App Store charts
Meditation app Calm’s brilliant and hilarious marketing campaign that saw it sponsoring CNN’s coverage of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election results this week seems to have paid off for the business.
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Apple’s French and UK stores switch to Express pickups as lockdowns begin
With lockdowns starting today in the UK and last week in France, Apple Stores in those countries are switching gears. Starting tomorrow (November 6th) in the UK, Apple will switch stores over to …
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Best early Black Friday AirPods deals: AirPods hit $99 at Amazon and Walmart, AirPods Pro down to $195 at Woot
If you walk into an Apple Store, you’d be paying $159 for the standard AirPods, $199 for the AirPods with wireless charging case and $249 for the AirPods Pro with better sound quality and active noise …
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Will Apple Kill The MacBook Air Next Week?
As the geekerati get ready to celebrate Apple’s new ARM-powered laptops, spare a thought for the old warhorse that is the MacBook Air.
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Best early Black Friday AirPods deals: AirPods hit $100 at Amazon, AirPods Pro down to $195 at Woot
Here are the best prices available now and coming soon for AirPods. The new iPhones debuted in October, and surprise: For the first time ever, they don’t come with headphones in the box. The good news …
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