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Developers have earned more than $260 billion since Apple launched the App Store in 2008

Monday, January 10, 2022 2:20 pm3 Comments

Since Apple launched the App Store in 2008, developers have earned more than $260 billion. In 2021, Apple’s services helped deliver…

Apple now allows apps to send ads as push notifications, but only if users explicitly opt in

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:42 pm3 Comments

Apps available on Apple’s App Store can now send ads, promotions, and direct marketing as push notifications if users have explicitly opted in…

Is Apple’s Mac Catalyst is working for developers?

Thursday, February 27, 2020 11:54 am2 Comments

Apple’s Mac Catalyst is meant to provide a simple way for iOS developers to bring their apps to the Mac. now that the project has been underway for…

Apple’s Project Catalyst polarizes developers ahead of iOS 13, macOS Catalina launches

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 3:00 pmThursday, September 5, 20192 Comments

iOS and macOS developers have thoughts on what’s good and what’s still surprisingly bad about Apple’s plan to get iOS apps on the Mac…

Apple is on track to deliver their $350 billion promise

Friday, August 16, 2019 11:39 am3 Comments

Last year, Apple promised that it would make a positive impact of $350 billion on the U.S. economy over a five-year period…

Apple’s U.S. job footprint grows to 2.4 million

Thursday, August 15, 2019 4:25 pmThursday, August 15, 20197 Comments

Altogether, Apple is responsible for creating and supporting 2.4 million US jobs across all 50 states, four times the number of American jobs attributable to the company eight years ago…

Catalyst deep dive: The future of Mac software according to Apple and devs

Monday, July 1, 2019 3:25 pmMonday, July 1, 20191 Comment

Ars spoke with key members of the Apple team responsible for developing and promoting Project Catalyst

Apple’s Catalyst can simultaneously rescue the Mac and grow the iPad

Monday, June 24, 2019 12:55 pmMonday, June 24, 20192 Comments

If SwiftUI is the future and spans every hardware platform, why bother bringing iPad apps to the Mac with Catalyst in the first place?

Bloomberg Op-Ed ludicrously claims ‘Apple’s developer conference glosses over developers’

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:29 pmWednesday, June 5, 20198 Comments

Apple Inc.’s worldwide developer conference revolves around — you guessed it — developers. Since Tim Cook became chief executive officer of Apple and master of ceremonies at the annual rite known as WWDC…

Apple’s App Store caps record-breaking 2018 with blockbuster holiday week

Thursday, January 3, 2019 2:16 pmThursday, January 3, 20192 Comments

Apple today announced that App Store customers worldwide set new spending records…

The key to Apple’s success: The walled garden

Thursday, December 27, 2018 12:14 pmThursday, December 27, 201817 Comments

At the very end of July, an event popped up on the horizon…

Apple releases Xcode 9.3, includes new battery usage analysis features for developers

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:57 pmWednesday, January 24, 2018No Comments

With the release of iOS 11.3 beta 1 and macOS 10.13.4 beta 1, Apple has also issued…

New app using Apple’s ARKit lets iPhone recreate 16 weeks of painstaking rotoscoping on the fly

Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:10 pm6 Comments

Trixi Studios has shown off an augmented reality iOS app that produces…

Apple’s iOS 11 will make AR a legitimately cool thing this year

Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:15 amThursday, July 27, 20174 Comments

Later this year, Apple will release the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 11….

I’ve underestimated the speed of ARKit adoption

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:38 pmThursday, July 27, 20175 Comments

I knew developers had already begun working with Apple’s new AR tech, but…

iPhone gamers, brace yourselves for the app-ocalypse: Apple’s coming iOS will kill off some beloved games

Monday, July 24, 2017 10:10 amMonday, July 24, 201717 Comments

If you’re an iPhone user still addicted to Flappy Bird, be ready to experience withdrawal symptoms…

Apple’s ARKit will deliver the future of maps

Friday, July 21, 2017 2:25 pmFriday, July 21, 20174 Comments

From crowdsourced traffic data on Waze to Apple’s innovative ‘Flyover’ feature for Apple Maps…

Augmented Reality will change the way we make decisions

Friday, July 21, 2017 11:00 amFriday, July 21, 20172 Comments

According to research by Goldman Sachs, the virtual and augmented reality industry will become…

Apple’s ARKit is accelerating augmented reality development

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 4:28 pmTuesday, July 18, 20175 Comments

It has been only a few weeks since ARKit was announced, but developers are already…

The last mile for Apple’s iPad

Friday, June 23, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, June 23, 201721 Comments

7 years after the iPad release, some of us are still trying to parse out if it is a real computer…

November sets new record for Apple’s App Store revenue

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 5:36 pmWednesday, December 7, 201624 Comments

Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, today…

Apple blamed for loophole in App Store refund policy

Monday, December 5, 2016 3:30 pmMonday, December 5, 20163 Comments

Some users have abused the loophole in Apple’s refund policy to purchase charged content multiple times, request refunds and continue to consume the content without actually paying for it…