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Parcels – Track Your Packages app apparently creates botnet, violates user privacy

And now there’s a parcel tracking app that works to track everything else around it. The app, entitled “Parcels – Track Your Packages”, currently holds a 4.7-star rating in the App Store and is distributed by Russian developer Pavel Tisunov. It’s free with an optional subscription of $3.49/year or $0.99/month. The same app is also […]

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Netflix sheds in-app/App Store subscription option for iOS device users

Following a trend set by a number of other companies, video streaming service Netflix is no longer allowing new customers to subscribe via iTunes, or at least by way of an in-app purchase on their iPhone or iPad. The change began rolling out globally in late November, according to a VentureBeat article published on Friday. […]

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Customers receive 10 percent bonus when adding funds to iOS App Store

A picture’s worth a thousand words. Or at least these pictures are in that they seem to indicate a neat bonus feature for adding funds in the App Store on iOS.

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Apple releases App Store Connect to developer community, helps developers track additional app-based analytical data

If you’re a developer, this is going to come in handy. Last Thursday, Apple released a new tool with which to track customer engagement in macOS Mojave via its newly-activated Mac App Store analytics in App Store Connect. The app, which was announced in a post on Apple’s developer website, grants developers a detailed overview […]

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Apple posts $62.9 billion in revenue, $14.2 billion profit for Q4 2018 quarterly report

Apple has released its Q4 2018 numbers via its earnings conference call and they look impressive. The figures, which include two weeks of iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max sales, come to $62.9 billion in revenue with a $14.2 billion profit. The company sold 46.89 million iPhones, up from the previous quarter’s 41.3 million. 9.69 […]