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Apple to significantly overhaul App Store for the fall, add developer-focused changes, subscription models

As good as Apple’s App Store has been over the years, it still has its rough spots. It can be difficult to find apps, even when searching for them by name and it’s tough for developers to stand out from each other. This coming straight from the horse’s mouth, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president […]

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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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iOS 9 “App Skinning” feature delayed, iCloud backup bug to blame

Well, this is sort of a kick in the pants. One of iOS 9’s major new features, App Thinning (or “app slicing”), has been delayed due to an issue with iOS 9. App Thinning was announced at WWDC as a way to help trim down the size of large applications by letting developers mark assets […]

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Apple announces watchOS 2, new features such as video playback, more accessible development environment

Apple pulled the curtain back on watchOS 2, its upcoming operating system for the Apple Watch, on Monday. The new version, which will be available in the fall, is said to feature added support for native third-party apps, on-screen video playback, and a collection of many new features for both users and developers. The upcoming […]

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App Camp for Girls 3.0 Indiegogo launches, worth looking into

If there was one Indiegogo worth getting behind, it’d be this one. The App Camp for Girls 3.0 fundraiser has launched and is looking to raise US$100,000 to finance this year’s App Camp for Girls programs. The fundraiser works to address the larger issue of why only 20 percent of software engineers are female and […]