Preliminary lawsuit settlement allows developers to circumvent the tech giant’s lucrative commission systemApple has conceded ground in the battle over app payments, agreeing to allow app developers to email users about alternative ways to pay other th…
Apple will finally let devs tell users about non-App Store purchase options
Proposed settlement would make it a bit easier to avoid Apple App Store commission.
Apple will now let App Store developers talk to their customers about buying direct
Apple announced today it has reached a proposed settlement (embedded below) in a lawsuit filed against it by developers in the United States. The agreement, which is still pending court approval, includes a few changes, the biggest one being that developers will be able to share information on how to pay for purchases outside of […]
半導体価格上昇で「iPhone 13」も高くなる？
台湾の半導体大手TSMCは、今年中に半導体の価格を最大20％引き上げると顧客に通知したと報じられています。TSMCの最大の顧客はアップルであり、iPhone 13の価格に影響を及ぼす可能性があります。 TSMCの関係者に […]
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Apple lowers commissions on in-app purchases for news publishers who participate in Apple News
Apple today is launching a new program that will allow subscription news organizations that participate in the Apple News app and meet certain requirements to lower their commission rate to 15% on qualifying in-app purchases taking place inside their apps on the App Store. Typically, Apple’s model for subscription-based apps involves a standard 30% commission […]
Big Tech pledges billions to bolster U.S. cybersecurity defenses
Tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft have pledged billions to bolster U.S. cybersecurity following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday. The meeting, which also included attendees from the financial and education sectors, was held following months of high-profile cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and several U.S. government agencies, along with a […]
As office returns get postponed, workers say they’d take pay cut to work from home
Some tech firms want workers back at their desks, but expectations have shifted.
Fig raises $2.2M to supercharge the terminal
Can an old Terminal learn new tricks? Fig, a company out of Y Combinator’s S20 class, has raised a $2.2M seed round to prove that it can. Their goal: augment (but don’t try to replace) the command line terminal that so many people use every day and make it more powerful and easy to use […]
Canalys: US PC sales up 17% YoY for quarter, even as tablet sales stagnate
Canalys released its quarterly U.S. PC sales today, and while the news was quite good with sales overall up 17% YoY, the growth slowed significantly from the prior quarter when sales soared to 74% pushed by the pandemic. Perhaps that is also due the widely reported worldwide chip shortage. HP retained top spot for the […]
Apple allows children to access casual-sex and BDSM apps, finds report
App Store gave 14-year-old’s account access to apps rated ‘17+’ even though it knew user’s self-declared ageApple knowingly lets underage users access apps intended for adults, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), despi…