TEHRAN, Iran — Apple Inc. has removed all Iranian mobile apps from its App Store, authorities said Friday. Ali Maleki, who works for Iran’s biggest e-commerce site Digikala, told The Associated Press that the app was shut down around 10 days ago.
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Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade for Its TV Box
that can aggregate programming from apps that already offer live streaming. Apple is seeking to revive its video ambitions with the new product. Apple TV trails devices from Roku Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google in the U.S. set-top box …
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This is the new iPhone App Store coming in September
Apple will launch a brand new App Store for iPhone in September. The App Store will be part of Apple’s iOS 11 update. CNBC takes a look at the big changes that are coming. Apple will launch a brand new app store with iOS 11 in September. The new store will …
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Apple, Citing U.S. Sanctions, Removes Popular Apps in Iran
and Apple does not offer a version of its App Store in the country. That has not stopped Iranians from snapping up millions of iPhones smuggled in from places like Dubai and Hong Kong. Nor has it kept Iranian app developers from creating thousands of apps …
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Mac’s Biggest Threats Lurk in the Apple App Store
Mac malware is on the rise, especially adware and potentially unwanted programs in the App Store. Apple Mac devices, while largely considered safer than their Windows and Android counterparts, are vulnerable to a growing number of malicious applications.
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Cops bust subway thief with Find My iPhone app
New York City police officers used a simple solution to nab a cellphone thief: the Find My iPhone app, according to the NYPD. A woman’s smartphone and cash from her purse were stolen on August 10 while she had been asleep on the Q train. A plainclothes …
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How to install & use WhatsApp on an iPad
There’s no official WhatsApp app available for the iPad, but there’s a workaround. Here’s how to install and use WhatsApp on an iPad WhatsApp Messenger is an incredibly popular app for the iPhone, connecting over one billion active members around the world …
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Apple iMessage use outstrips Facebook Messenger and Snapchat among US youths
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Apple’s native over-the-top (OTT) messaging app, iMessage, could be the most-used messaging platform for US teens …
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WhatsApp and user privacy: Your top questions answered
He also pointed out that Google and Apple take users’ privacy very seriously. Should you use third-party apps to customise WhatsApp? Many users like to use third-party apps to customise WhatsApp themes, icons and even font. These third-party apps give …
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WhatsApp Web Update to Enable Installation on Your iPad Or iPod Touch
Among the popular apps for your iPhone these days, WhatsApp has reached the 1 billion mark. Just like any messaging app, WhatsApp allows you to share text messages, send or receive photos, voice messages, and videos. You can also place voice calls among …
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WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, but user data may still be vulnerable
While WhatsApp did acknowledge that Apple and Google both have their own stringent safety … like fighting spam across apps, making product suggestions, and showing relevant offers and ads on Facebook.” It further goes on to say, “Facebook family of …
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‘Planet of the Apps’ was a successful disaster
If you missed it, don’t stress. It’s just a pretty undramatic, very-edited reality show about dozens of entrepreneurs, people who were trying to make careers off a business based around an app. SEE ALSO: Apple’s Instagram account reeks of desperation …
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North Bay teen spends summer teaching locals coding, developing for Apple
Moore says they started with some Lego kits that could be created and programmed using an iPad app. He says this process helped teach students basic programming skills in a simple, but rigid way. The students caught on quickly, and many of the older kids …
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Apple just shared iOS 11 beta 7 to developers
Don’t forget that the beta program is primarily targeted at developers working on app updates. I still wouldn’t recommend installing iOS 11 on the iPhone you use every day. The changes in iOS 11 will take some time to pay off for your iPhone anyway.
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New Apple App Store Regulation Causes Concern for Event App Buyers
“4.2.6 Apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service will be rejected.” This line of Apple’s new App Store Review Guidelines is causing a lot of speculation about how it will be applied to event apps. The goal of the 4.2.6 is …
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Apple updates Safari Extensions webpage with focus on Mac App Store
Along with releasing beta updates for iOS, macOS, and tvOS today, Apple has updated its Safari Extensions webpage. The redesign includes a prominent link to the extensions available in the Mac App Store, and also features the ability to install extensions …
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‘Planet of the Apps’ wasn’t a great show, but it was still a success for Apple
Planet of the Apps was a decent 10-episode series, but it’s not something that viewers will want to think about for hours like Netflix’s House of Cards or talk about with friends like Hulu’s The Handmaid Tale. It’s just a pretty undramatic, very-edited …
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