Apple has quietly added a new app to its App Store called the “Accessory Developer Assistant”. While not publicly listed in the App Store, the app is available via a direct link and is intended for accessory makers looking to “test and verify” their new products’ compatibility with Apple devices. The app comes with a…
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Apple has announced that its App Store is expanding its range of price points, now making them available to developers for all App Store purchase options, including paid apps and one-time in-app purchases. Originally introduced in December, the updated pricing options were only available for auto-renewable subscriptions. Apple said at the time that pricing changes…
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Apple has introduced a new dashboard called “peer group benchmarks” that allows developers to track their apps’ performance in comparison to other similar apps. This new feature appears within App Analytics, a tool that is already offered as part of App Store Connect. The dashboard offers percentile data on how an app compares in certain…
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Former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey left the social media giant in May 2022 amid negotiations with Elon Musk. Since then, he has been working on a new decentralized social network called Bluesky, which aims to compete with Twitter. This week, the Bluesky app was officially made available in the iOS App Store, but…
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Apple is facing a potential $39.4 billion fine from the European Union (EU) after the European Commission announced it had issued a Statement of Objections against the company over concerns regarding its App Store rules for music streaming services that compete against Apple Music. The Commission is alleging that “Apple’s anti-steering obligations are unfair trading…
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Apple has recently announced that a staggering 72% of all iPhones now have a version of iOS 16 installed on them, with a further 81% of all iPhones introduced within the last four years using a version of the updated operating system. These figures were obtained through a recent update to the Apple Developer webpage,…