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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 record earnings of more than $1.1 billion in App Store sales over 2015 holiday season

The numbers are in and Apple had a killer 2015 holiday season on the App Store, customers spending over $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases over a two week period and $144 million in App Store spending on January 1st. The total beat last year’s record in terms of gross purchases.

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Best Buy quietly rolls out support for Apple Pay, begins accepting transactions within some of its locations

Best Buy and in-store Apple Pay finally tied the knot, albeit Best Buy has yet to officially announce it. Best Buy recently began rolling out full Apple Pay support within its stores, a new YouTube video and Reddit thread confirming that customers have made successful debit and credit card purchases using both Apple Pay and […]

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KeyRaider malware steals credential information for 225,000+ jailbroken iOS devices

The bad news is that more than 225,000 Apple IDs and passwords were taken from assorted iPhones via a chunk of malware dubbed “KeyRaider”, which can also remotely lock iOS devices in order to hold them to ransom. The good news is that this only occurred with jailbroken iOS devices and probably didn’t happen to […]

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Google Play Books for iOS updated to 1.6.0, adds textbook rental support

This is kind of nifty. Per AppleInsider, Google on Thursday updated its iBooks-like Google Play Books port, bringing in-app rentals, highlighting and note taking for scanned books, as well as other features to the iOS title. Now at version 1.6.0, Google Play Books for iOS now supports in-app rentals, which allows users to access select […]