Analysts at Morgan Stanley view Apple’s new Mini App Partner Program as a significant move to broaden App Store revenue streams…
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Apple and Tencent dance delicately in China over WeChat mini-games
Tencent Chief Strategy Officer James Mitchell on Thursday confirmed that the company is in discussions with Apple about sharing…
China’s Tencent in talks with Apple about sharing WeChat mini games mobile revenue
Tencent has confirmed ongoing negotiations with Apple regarding revenue sharing for WeChat mini-games. This development could have…
Elon Musk inches closer to turning X into a super-app
Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk wants to turn X into a super app for your social networking, private messaging, news, shopping, and banking.…
Apple opens official online store on Tencent’s WeChat
Apple has opened a store on WeChat, China’s dominant messaging app. This marks an expansion of Apple’s retail channels in the world’s…
Elon Musk: Twitter could be ‘an accelerant to creating X, the everything app’
Hours after Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter, he tweeted that Twitter could be “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” Such an app…
Trump administration explores restrictions on Chinese Alipay and WeChat payment platforms
Trump administration mulls possibly restricting the expansion of Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeChat Pay over concerns…
President Trump’s WeChat ban could impact iPhone sales in China
U.S. President Donald Trump’s order banning U.S. companies from doing business with Chinese messaging app WeChat could impact Apple’s iPhone…
Clean Network: U.S. steps up campaign to purge untrusted Chinese apps
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said expanded U.S. efforts on a program it calls “Clean Network” would focus on five areas and include…
Apple’s China problem may require a new iPhone tailored specifically for Chinese users
For years, Apple Inc. has operated on the assumption that it gets to set the world’s tastes…
Analyst: Apple may be headed for ‘serious ramifications’ from ‘superapps’ like WeChat in China
A recent update of the WeChat app from Chinese tech juggernaut Tencent…
WeChat rival ‘Bullet’ removed from Apple’s App Store over copyright complaint
hinese chat app Bullet Messenger – touted as an upstart rival to Tencent Holdings Ltd’s hugely popular WeChat…
Apple and Tencent reach deal to let WeChat users tip each other
Apple Inc. and Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. have settled their tiff over tips…
Apple CEO Cook optimistic that some apps pulled in China will return; welcomes WeChat ecosystem on iPhone
Cook stressed that he believes strongly in freedoms, in comments after a U.S. democratic senator’s remarks on Tuesday that Apple had a moral obligation to promote free expression…
Apple goes to war with Tencent’s WeChat
In most of the world, the success of Apple’s ‘walled garden’ of proprietary software has two element…
Courting controversy, Apple tells several Chinese social-networking apps to disable their ‘tip’ functions
Apple Inc. has seen its challenges multiply in the all-important China market over the past year or so…
China’s WeChat applauds Apple, even as it unveils a potential threat
China’s WeChat saluted Apple Inc. Monday on the iPhone’s 10th anniversary…
How stickers and apps work within iOS 10’s Messages
Developers can create apps that let you share content, edit photos, play games, send payments, and collaborate…
Beyond the flair: iOS 10 turns iMessage into a platform
Apple’s big changes to Messages in iOS 10 seem mostly cosmetic: Giant emoji, full-screen fireworks, handwritten scrawls…
Chinese sperm banks use iPhone 6s to stimulate donations
You don’t need to give up a kidney to raise cash to buy an iPhone 6s as you can get enough money just by donating sperm!
