iOS-Entwickler bestimmen den (In‑App‑)Preis für ihre App-Store-Software aus festgesetzten Preisstufen – eine komplett freie Preisgestaltung ist nicht möglich. Diese vorgegebenen Preisstufen erhöht Apple in der nächsten Woche. Als Grund wurden Wechselkursentwicklungen genannt. Das letzte Mal änderten sich die Euro-App-Store-Preise vor zweieinhalb Jahren. Ausgenommen von der anstehenden Preiserhöhung sich (App‑)Abos, die sich automatisch verlängern. Und so sieht die

While Apple Watch bands remain a source of mockery within some Apple user circles, the product is incredibly important for Apple. Watch bands are the primary reason Apple has been able to sell close to 25M Apple Watches to date and become the wearables leader in the process. While there is value and convenience found

A report by AdDuplex, an ad network running on top of Windows devices, found that four of the top ten Windows phones won’t be allowed to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest feature update. That works out to about 40 percent of all Windows phones already in the hands of users. […] Unfortunately for Microsoft users, that

Yesterday, we released an update to PhotoScan, an app for iOS and Android that allows you to digitize photo prints with just a smartphone. One of the key features of PhotoScan is the ability to remove glare from prints, which are often glossy and reflective, as are the plastic album pages or glass-covered picture frames

When it became clear iPhone and future products would require custom silicon, the story goes Steve Jobs set out to find the best chip designers in the world. Im zehnten iPhone-Jahr ist Apple in puncto ‚Single Core‘-CPU-Performance mindestens ein Jahr der Konkurrenz voraus. Im ‚Multi-Core‘-Vergleich liegen sie mit dem iPhone 7 (Plus) gleich auf. Doch

Starting on May 1st 2017, commissions for all app and in-app content will be reduced from 7% to 2.5% globally. All other content types (music, movies, books, and TV) will remain at the current 7% commission rate in all markets. We will also continue to pay affiliate commissions on Apple Music memberships so there are

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, visited Apple’s headquarters in early 2015 to meet with Timothy D. Cook, who runs the iPhone maker. It was a session that Mr. Kalanick was dreading. For months, Mr. Kalanick had pulled a fast one on Apple by directing his employees to help camouflage the ride-hailing app from