Emails and documented revealed in the Epic Games v. Apple case showcase the Cupertino tech giant’s efforts to convince Netflix to keep using in-app payments on the App Store.
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Internal emails reveal how badly Apple wanted to keep Netflix using in-app purchases
The emails, spotted by 9to5Mac, start with an explanation of a test Netflix wanted to run to study the impact of disabling in-app purchases on iOS. Netflix’s main concern, as Director of App Store …
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The best iPhone apps (May 2021)
These days, your phone is capable of just about anything, from boosting your dating prospects (through dating apps) to looking up recipes. And if you have an iPhone or iPad, the App Store offers …
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Apple’s app store goes on trial Monday in suit brought by maker of Fortnite
Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions of dollars each year while feeding more …
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Apple and Epic Head to Court Over Their Slices of the App Pie
Apple and Epic Games, maker of the wildly popular game Fortnite, square off on Monday in a trial that could decide how much control Apple can exert over the app economy.
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The best iPhone apps of 2021
If you’ve got an iPhone, then you want the best iPhone apps – these programs are still the thing that set it apart from Android phones, as iPhone apps are more often than not the best in class.
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Why You Suddenly Need To Update WhatsApp On Your Phone
WhatsApp threatened users with the loss of their accounts unless they agreed to a Facebook-mandated update to their terms of service. Shaken by the ensuing backlash and media frenzy, WhatsApp …
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Top 3 best productivity-boosting applications
Here is a quick list of some of the best applications that can help you better your productivity. Let us get started and address them one by one.
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This Is the Single Most Powerful Productivity Tool I’ve Ever Used, And I’ve Tried Them All
I assure you I’ve spent a lot of energy trying to find the perfect productivity system to stay on top of all the things I have to do every day. For a long time, I’ve been convinced that there’s a …
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Facebook lifts the lid on how it’s making money from WhatsApp
Since Facebook paid a whopping $19 billion to buy WhatsApp in 2014, investors have wondered how it will cash in on the acquisition, especially after the company walked back a controversial plan to …
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How to turn on WhatsApp’s dark mode color scheme on a computer or mobile device
You can enable WhatsApp’s dark mode on the Android, iOS, and Windows app, as well as on WhatsApp’s web browser client.
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Alibaba executives fretting about Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recently held a meeting of executives to discuss concerns about Apple’s new App Tracking Transparency privacy feature.
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Apple’s privacy changes to iOS have arrived. What do you do with your Facebook app?
With this software update to Apple iPhone and iPads, apps must ask permission of device owners to track their activity across other apps and sites.
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Apple Explains Why ‘Allow Apps to Request to Track’ May Be Grayed Out on iOS 14.5
Starting with the iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5 software updates released this week, apps must ask for permission before tracking …
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Apple says user feedback to App Tracking Transparency has been ‘tremendous’
Apple says the user response to its App Tracking Transparency feature has been “tremendous,” and reiterated that the feature is meant to put a user in control of their own privacy.
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New Warning For WhatsApp Users As Videos And Photos Are Deleted
But other serious flaws have also just been reported. This should serve as a warning for WhatsApp’s 2 billion users to beware how they use the app. I have warned iPhone users before to be careful with …
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The top iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Store
The top iPhone and iPad apps on Apple App Store for week ending 4/25/21 Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 3. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 4. Heads Up!, Warner Bros.
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