App Store stories

Experian has partnered with Microsoft to help businesses manage data in new ways.>>

Developers can qualify for the programme and a reduced 15% commission if they earned up to US$1 million in proceeds during the previous calendar year.>>

The tech giant has also banned outright entertainment or game apps which use the coronavirus as a theme or central idea.>>

It's a ‘darkly humorous’ mobile game, in which players must help Morticia and Gomez to reunite their family and refurnish their home.>>

"Think about it, unsecured Wi-Fi, spoofing, phishing attacks, ransomware, spyware... mobile devices make for the perfect target.">>

Plenty of people hope their app will make them rich, but only a few apps ever make it.>>

Whether you’re after news, TV, or gaming, it seems like Apple is pulling out all the stops to get your attention.>>

Apple's App Store rules "purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience—essentially acting as both a player and referee to deliberately disadvantage other app developers".>>

Apple's global developer community has collectively earned more than $70 billion since the App Store first launched in 2008.>>

Heard of that loud, gregarious and fiery British chef/TV star Gordon Ramsay? He now comes in app form, through a new game called Gordon Ramsay DASH.>>

The app has been designed to deliver an individualised reading coaching to beginning readers, struggling readers, and English language learners.>>

Lingogo, the brainchild of three Kiwi women, is a new digital bookshop app filled with interactive, dual-language stories.>>

Do a quick 'cat' search on the App Store and you will lose most of life browsing through pages and pages of beautiful cat-dedicated apps.>>

Gaming, Social Networking and Entertainment were among the year's most popular App Store categories.>>

Apple has set new second quarter records posting quarterly revenue of $58 billion and quarterly net profit of 13.6 billion.>>

Apple will hold its 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year from June 8-12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West.>>

Google is significantly changing its review process for apps on Google Play after years of solely using automated processes>>

Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Education has released its second Te Reo Maori learning app, Puna.>>

In the first week of January Apple customers around the world spend nearly half a billion US dollars on apps and in-app purchases through the App Store. >>

"Developers of all sizes, across the App Store’s 24 categories, create incredible apps for iOS, and an especially inspired segment is the newest generation of independent game creators." >>

Clones can appear to be legitimate versions of the original app, or affiliated with the original app, but can be anything but.>>

I live for the day Instagram or Facebook has a feature where you can combine multiple photos into one frame to share online. But until they do, a separate app must be used and Framatic is up there with the best.>>

July 2008: a certain fruity company launched its app store and gave a home to 500 freshly pressed iPhone OS (iOS nowadays) apps.>>

"We’re excited for hundreds of millions of users to begin experiencing iOS 8, with incredible features that offer new ways to use your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.">>