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Apple releases unknown tools to the App Store, may be expanding its partner base for Apple Maps data collection

You can never have too much data when it comes to GPS-based mapping applications. Apple appears to be expanding its pool of partner firms supplying data for its Apple Maps app, as the company has recently released an app designed for partner companies to contribute updated information. The new app, dubbed “Surveyor,” is available in […]

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Skich launches app, offers alternative marketplace for iOS, iPadOS games within the EU

If you’re in the EU and looking for an alternative marketplace for iPhone and iPad games, you might like this. Following Apple’s agreement to allow sideloading of apps in the EU through App Marketplaces, Skich has raised as a platform for discovering new mobile games within the European Union. With Skich Store, users can not […]

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Rumor: Apple “exploring” inserting search ads into Apple Maps app

Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has begun “exploring” the idea of showing search ads in its Apple Maps app. Back in 2022, Gurman said software engineering was “already underway” to display ads in the Apple Maps app, but Apple did not move forward with the idea at the time. On Sunday, he said Apple is […]

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Apple completes acquisition of Pixelmator, Photomator image editing applications

Back in November, graphics company Pixelmator Team announced that the firm was involved in an acquisition agreements with Apple. The company has officially confirmed that it is now part of Apple. The confirmation was delivered through a software update for the Pixelmator and Photomator apps on iPhone and iPad. The announcement was followed by a […]

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OCR-based crypto wallet theft programs surface in Apple, Android app stores

It’s a bit of a technical story about apps that wound up on both the Apple and Google app stores, but it’s interesting. In March 2023, a group of security researchers at ESET discovered malware implants embedded into various messaging app mods. Some of these scanned users’ image galleries in search of crypto wallet access […]