Apple announced measures on Friday to make it easier for music streaming apps on its App Store in the European Economic Area to inform users of other ways to purchase digital services, as it looks to comply with a European Union mandate. The announcement comes weeks after the iPhone maker was fined 1.84 billion euros ($1.99 billion) by the EU for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store. The European Commission had said in March that Apple's...
Apple today updated its App Store guidelines to comply with an anti-steering mandate levied by the European Commission. Music streaming apps like Spotify are now permitted to include a link or buy button that leads to a website with information about alternative music purchasing options, though this is only permitted in the European Economic Area. Music Streaming Services Entitlements: music streaming apps in specific regions can use Music Streaming Services Entitlements to include a link...
The iPhone continues to be overwhelmingly popular with teens, according to Piper Sandler's biannual teen survey. 85 percent of U.S. teens surveyed own an iPhone, and 86 percent plan to purchase an iPhone as their next smartphone. While the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone among teens, ownership is down from the October 2023 survey where 87 percent of teens owned an iPhone and 88 percent planned to purchase one.Both the 85% iPhone ownership and 86% intention to purchase an...
Apple observers are expecting the tech company to unveil an upgraded Notes app, integrating audio recordings and advanced math features, revolutionizing its digital note-taking.
Apple's Ferret LLM could help allow Siri to understand the layout of apps in an iPhone display, potentially increasing the capabilities of Apple's digital assistant. A ferret in the wild [Pixabay/Michael Sehlmeyer] Apple has been working on numerous machine learning and AI projects that it could tease at WWDC 2024. In a just-released paper, it now seems that some of that work has the potential for Siri to understand what apps and iOS itself looks like. The paper, released by Cornell...
Reports suggest that Apple's first set of AI features, arriving with the soon-to-launch iOS 18 at WWDC 2024 on June 10, will run natively on your iPhone and won't require cloud servers.
Apple will make it easier for you to pay for music purchases and subscriptions outside of its payment system, if you're living in a European Union country. As first noticed by 9to5Mac, the company has updated its Apple Developer guidelines page to state that iOS and iPadOS music streaming apps "in specific regions" can now include a link to an external website where you can find alternative ways to pay for content and services. Developers can also ask you to provide your email address, so they...
iGBA seems to have taken unauthorized code from earlier GBA4iOS project.
Apple has released the first beta of iOS 17.5. This is the version that allows users in the EU to install apps from developer sites. The first beta version was launched on Tuesday evening, 9to5Mac reports. Based on releases in previous years, the site believes that Apple will release the stable version sometime next month. […]
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