Tag: App Store

June 10, 2022

Apple just launched new App Store Review guidelines in time with its Worldwide Developer Conference. The update sees the loosening of certain restrictions that app developers must meet before publishing on the App Store. It comes as somewhat of a […]

March 5, 2021

If Apple was threatened by “Fortnite” trying to bypass the App Store, it’s not going to be happy when progressive web apps take off. PWAs disrupt the tech giant’s granular control over the Apple App Store because they offer app-like […]

February 22, 2021

Spotify is preparing to offer higher quality music streams to subscribers in a number of markets, with Spotify HiFi set to offer lossless audio, a feature currently not available on Apple Music. In its ongoing bid to fend off Apple’s […]

February 22, 2021

A bill that could force Apple and Google to allow third-party payment platforms for in-app purchases on the App Store has been introduced in Arizona and is slated for a vote in the state’s House of Representatives. The piece of […]

January 22, 2021

Your app is competing for visibility with 1.82 million other apps if it’s on Apple’s App Store, or 2.7 million apps if it’s on Google’s Play Store. That’s tremendous competition. Marketing your app almost seems a lost cause. But while […]

January 5, 2021

New figures for mobile app revenue claim that Apple’s App Store took in $72.3 billion during 2020, a rise of almost a third from the previous year. Research firm Sensor Tower has backed up its previous claims about App Store […]

October 30, 2020

Apple One, a bundle combining services like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade into one monthly subscription, is now available. The bundle was first announced at an event last month, before Apple confirmed the release date yesterday. Currently, […]

September 25, 2020

Apple still doesn’t allow developers to create entirely new Apple Watch faces, but with watchOS 7, it has freed them up to make and share very many different options. As of watchOS 7, you can now buy and download faces […]

September 9, 2020

Apple’s “Sign In with Apple” login system will no longer work with Epic Games accounts as soon as September 11th, Epic said today. The new restriction is another casualty of Apple and Epic’s ongoing spat. If you currently use “Sign […]

July 31, 2020

Billing it as being for “everything Apple,” Apple has added a new gift card that combines the old Apple Store hardware, and App Store and iTunes ones. Alongside the start of its back to school promotions, Apple has launched a […]

May 9, 2019

It’s nearly forgotten today, but back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Apple’s Macintosh enjoyed a favorable position in gaming —nearly by accident. That occurred despite the fact that Apple had stridently avoided promoting any of its products as […]

February 1, 2019

This would normally be the week of dissecting the latest Apple earnings call but far too much has happened since then. Victor does fill us in on the surprising reactions to the financial information in this call but then he […]

November 26, 2018

The US Supreme Court will today hear arguments in the case of Apple v Pepper, which maintains that the company has deliberately created a monopoly with the App Store. The claim is that Apple has then also used this monopoly […]

October 4, 2018

It wasn’t long ago we were declaring our love of Civilization VI on iPad, so we were thrilled to see it on the iPhone. This couldn’t come at a better time with the recent release of the new iPhone XS […]

August 31, 2018

The change to the App Store Review Guidelines on Thursday night, under section 5.1.1 Data Collection and Storage, specifies that developers include the privacy policy link in the App Store Connect metadata field, as well as within the app in […]

June 24, 2015

You’ve just made your first iPhone app and published it into the App Store. Great! But the app installs aren’t going through the roof. Now what? You will need to get some optimization done. IMAGE: Cristiano Betta App Store Optimization […]

March 26, 2015

For just about anything you’re looking to accomplish these days — be it ordering a ride, sending a quick message or finding a new love interest — “There’s an app for that.” Apple recently announced that the iOS App Store […]

February 27, 2015

With its search advertising revenue growth slowing, many investors and analysts have been questioning whether Google will be able to maintain its dominance in the mobile age. Google seems to have addressed those concerns by announcing that it will be […]