Apple on Monday announced an extension to its deadline for requiring in-app purchases for online events and classes offered within iOS apps to June 30th, 2021. Apple previously adjusted what types of …
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Apple Exempts Virtual Events From Paying 30% App Store Cut Through June
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is exempting digital classes and virtual events from its 30% App Store commission until June 30, extending the commission-holiday period from …
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The Technology 202: Four reasons why covid exposure apps haven’t taken off in the United States yet
But these apps are most effective when more people join them — and to date, the United States has had a scattered rollout of the technology. But there is early research abroad indicating that the …
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WhatsApp is working on two big upgrades for Android and iPhone: here’s what is new
WhatsApp is hard at work making its hugely-popular app even better. Over the past few weeks … and another designed for those with an iPhone. The first change that’s coming to Android looks set to …
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Why You Should Change This ‘Dangerous’ WhatsApp Photo Setting On Your iPhone
The App Store is more tightly locked down than Google’s Play … Fortunately, the remedy is simple. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone, then click on Settings, Chats, and ensure that “Save to Camera Roll” …
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New solution brings end to boring presentation, videoconference formats
People learn of a new videoconferencing application almost every day, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet most of these application systems work in a …
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This Week in Apps: Apple slashes commissions, Twitter launches Fleets, warnings about Parler
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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Stadia on iPhone, iPad’s initial web app testing to begin soon
Testing will begin in “several weeks,” according to Google. Like Nvidia GeForce Now and baby Amazon Luna, Google’s getting in line to add iOS support for its Stadia cloud-gaming service, which runs …
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Netflix struck gold with ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ and now guess which iPhone app is all the rage
Netflix just figured out a new way to keep its viewers in check. The streaming service has sparked a renewed interest in chess after the success of its buzzy drama miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, which …
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12 of the best hidden WhatsApp features you need to know
WhatsApp has a new feature that can make messages automatically disappear. Learn how to do that and much more with these tips.
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Save 5% on Apple products and more by using the Slide cash-back app
In the Slide app, search for Apple and choose Apple Gift Card … you’re getting an extra 4% (or 5%) on top of that. Take note, however, that if you need to return something (like the aforementioned …
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WhatsApp’s New Feature Has Security Vulnerabilities, According to Expert
There are a series of warnings of this new option indicated by the same app. WhatsApp recommends using temporary messages only with people you trust. First of all, the expert comments, in an article …
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WhatsApp promises to change how you manage your chats on Android and iPhone
WhatsApp looks set to ditch its Archived Chats feature. According to the eagle-eyed team at @WABetaInfo, who trawls through the latest beta version of WhatsApp on iPhone and Android to unearth new …
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How to install iPhone and iPad apps on your Apple Silicon Mac
Apple Silicon Macs with the M1 processor can run apps built for the iPhone and iPad natively. Learn how to find them and download what you want — plus what limitations they may present.
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Best note-taking app for iPad Pro in 2020
Although Apple provides its own Notes app with iPadOS, this is only intended to provide a simple and basic functionality. Luckily, there are other notepad applications developed specifically for use …
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Apple says it’ll change how it collects data on the MacOS apps you launch
Apple said Monday it’ll change the way it logs data from your Mac about the apps you launch. Cybersecurity experts pointed out Thursday that a security feature was sending the information to Apple …
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Mac certificate check stokes fears that Apple logs every app you run
Mac users everywhere began complaining of a crippling slowdown when opening apps. The cause: online certificate checks Apple performs each time a user opens an app not downloaded from the App Store.
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