Black Friday deals on Apple products are already underway. Here are the best ones we’ve found so far. If you’re in the market for a new Apple Watch, a pair of AirPod headphones, an iPad, a new Mac or …
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Apple highlights warm developer reaction to App Store Small Business Program
Apple is highlighting developers who are pleased with the recently-introduced App Store Small Business Program, one that stands to cut the standard 30% commission for App Store sales to 15% for many …
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Apple has now taken out two public relations problems with the App Store: Nilay Patel
Apple has now exempted virtual events from Apple’s 30 percent cut through June 2021 and slashed its fee in half to 15 percent in 2021 for developers making less than $1M in sales. Nilay Patel, The …
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Apple Shutting Down App Store Connect From December 23 to December 27
Apple shuts down App Store Connect for a week around the holidays each year in an effort to give App Store staff time off from work. This year, …
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Apple Makes Another Concession on App Store Fees
Apple said the extension was to help businesses by giving them more time to transition in-person events to digital events during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Apple 4-Day Shopping Event Starts Friday; Gift Cards Offered
Apple will be launching a four-day shopping event on Friday and will offer customers up to $150 gift cards with certain purchases.
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Apple Black Friday 2020 deals: Up to $69 off latest Apple Watch models now, iPad and AirPods price cuts coming soon
Black Friday deals on Apple products are already underway. Here are the best ones we’ve found so far. Here’s a dirty secret about the Apple Store: It’s the worst place to buy Apple products if you …
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Walmart Black Friday 2020 deals: Save on TVs, $169 AirPods Pro and $119 Apple Watch coming soon
Walmart finally revealed all of its upcoming Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals, and the prices are impressive.
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Apple’s move to cut App Store commissions in half for small developers is a start, but it mostly misses the real point
Apple has a developer relations problem, and if they want to create a better user experience for customers, they need to solve it now.
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Black Friday 2020 Apple deals: $49 off latest Apple Watch models now, iPad and AirPods price cuts coming soon
Black Friday deals on Apple products are already underway. Here are the best ones we’ve found so far. Here’s a dirty secret about the Apple Store: It’s the worst place to buy Apple products if you …
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Apple’s New App Store Move Changes the Game for Indie App Developers
The tech giant this week announced that it would slash its App Store commission by half, to 15 percent from 30 percent, for iOS developers who qualified for a new program on small businesses. Those …
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Hope For Fortnite Gamers As Developer Launches App Store Bypass Software
Gamers are now able to play previously-unavailable titles on Apple devices after developers launched software that bypasses the App Store and allows users to access PC games on the Safari browser, …
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Apple takes its retail-store education and holiday activities online
Throughout the pandemic, Apple has hosted online classes and camps meant for its stores. Now it’s offering activities for the holidays too.
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Apple Caves on App Store Fees
Follow @dannyvena In the face of mounting pressure and the glare of the antitrust spotlight, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) cut its app store commission in half for qualified developers. The company on Wednesday …
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Apple Will Take a Smaller Cut of Some App Store Revenues
The App Store Small Business Program aims to improve the company’s public image and its standing in antitrust battles.
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‘A cynical ploy to divide and conquer’: Apple’s big App Store fee cut enraged its biggest adversaries in its developer war, including Spotify and Epic Games
Apple has reduced its commission on App Store in-app payments, but only for small developers. Spotify called it “arbitrary and capricious.” …
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Apple cuts its App Store commission fee from 30% to 15% for small developers
The reduced comission fee will see small developers keep 85% of the revenue their apps generate—up from the 70% they keep today.
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