Apple has changed the rules around how games on its app store use loot boxes. These boxes are random rewards for gameplay and often give players benefits and power-ups that can be used in games. In a change to its developer guidelines, Apple said games …
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Apple said to have plan to combine iPhone, iPad, Mac apps
Apple’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store. The same approach hasn’t worked nearly as well on Apple’s desktops and laptops. The Mac App Store is a …
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Google might want to follow Apple’s lead and force developers to disclose loot box odds
In a move that I think Google should follow with the Play Store, Apple revised its App Store guidelines to force developers to disclose the odds of people receiving each type of item from them. The updated guidelines are a tad vague, in that they do not …
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Apple just enacted a massive change for all apps — and it affects every game that charges money for ‘loot boxes’
Apple made a crucial change to the language of its App Store guidelines this week. The change states that all games must disclose odds related to items earned from so-called “loot boxes” — a mechanism for rewarding players with valuable in-game items.
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Apple adds new rules for loot boxes, requires disclosure of probabilities
Apple has added guidelines to the App Store that make disclosure of loot probabilities mandatory. The change can be found in the payment section, where it now states the following: Apps offering “loot boxes” or other mechanisms that provide randomized …
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Apple wants universal apps across all its platforms
“Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store”, he wrote. One of them is the state of the current Mac App Store, a far less successful initiative …
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YouTube TV app for Apple TV and Roku to launch Q1 2018
The YouTube TV app will be launching on Apple TV and Roku in Q1 2018 … One of the limiting factors when choosing an over-the-top streaming service is the ability to stream the content to your TV. Most services allow some sort of casting from your …
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Apple Quietly Updated the App Store Review Guidelines to Require Disclosure of “Loot Box” IAP Odds
… Guidelines is the law of the land of the App Store. Inside this document you’ll find everything you can and can’t do inside Apple’s walled garden, and over the years Apple has modified it to stay on top of new trends on the App Store. If something …
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Apple plotting the biggest change to iOS and macOS apps in years
Bloomberg sources say the universal functionality will be aimed at boosting the barren wasteland that is the Mac App Store. The initiative, which could be announced as soon as WWDC next summer and make its debut next autumn, would also make it easier the …
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iPhone 8 Plus can’t connect to some wifi networks only, can’t install Whatsapp app
Our latest #iPhone8 troubleshooting article for today covers two unusual issues — unable to connect to select wifi networks and inability to install Whatsapp app. We hope you’ll find our solutions helpful. Before we proceed let us remind you that you …
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Best Home Automation Apps for Apple Watch: Control Smart Home Automation Devices from Your Smart Watch
Apple Watch has been a friendly gizmo till date and continuously developing its features to let people utilize its serviceability for their best. Starting from sending messages to controlling your smart home appliances, it is a sweet spot of technologies.
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How a simple app exposed some Apple suppliers for the toxic polluters they are
Every editorial product is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our journalism. Almost 200 Apple suppliers are really, really bad for the environment.
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YouTube’s TV App Isn’t Coming to Apple TV and Roku Until Early 2018
As Apple waits for its billion-dollar push into original programming to bear fruit, the company has been bulking up its overall offering with the recent addition of the Amazon Prime Video app on the Apple TV. But one app we thought would land on both Apple …
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6 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
We’re now just one week away from Christmas. Have you finished shopping for presents yet? If so, are you trying to save as much money as possible until your next paycheck? Well, we can’t send each and every one of you a blank check, but what we can do …
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Ready to Download Paid iPhone Apps for FREE? Here’s the List for Today
Some great paid iPhone and iPad apps are available for free, so dive right in and download away. These Are the Best Paid iPhone and iPad Apps Have Gone FREE Today. Please make sure that these apps are free before you download them. They are bound to return …
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10 Best Health And Fitness Apps For Apple Watch
Apple Watch is quite popular and most sold wearable across the world. The Apple Watch is more of a comprehensive platform for Athletes, but Apple has definitely taken the popularity of these fitness trackers into account, equipping the Watch with a built …
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Learn English with Your iPhone! 9 Apps for That
I tend to be slower than most people at buying gadgets and new technology. I didn’t get my first smartphone until 2013. It was a 16-gig iPhone 5, which at the time I thought had plenty of storage space. Turns out, I ended up using all 16 of those gigs in …
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