App Store news stories

Xero has announced App Launcher, a new way for customers to launch and sign in to their favourite Xero App Store apps.

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 announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Texture, the digital magazine subscription service by Next Issue Media.

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.