• What to Know About Apple Allowing Game Emulators in the App Store

    Apple updated its App Review Guidelines this month to allow "retro game console emulator apps" on the App Store for the iPhone and other devices. Below, we outline everything to know about these emulators and available options so far. This information is up to date as of April 2024, but Apple's policies could change over time. What is Allowed Apple told us that emulators that can load games (ROMs) are permitted on the App Store, so long as the apps are emulating "retro console games"...

  • At Last! Apple To Finally Introduce Calculator App For iPad After 14 Years: Report

    Apple is expected to finally introduce a Calculator app for iPad in the upcoming iPadOS 18 release, announced at the WWDC on June 10. read more

  • Philippines SEC Orders Binance's Removal From Google And Apple App Stores, Report

    The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stepped up its ongoing regulatory crackdown, ordering Google and Apple to remove Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, from their respective app stores. This follows earlier regulatory actions against the exchange’s operations in the Asian country. Binance Faces Escalating Legal Challenges According to a recent CNBC report, […]

  • Tesla drops prices, Meta confirms Llama 3 release, and Apple allows emulators in the App Store

    Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. Google’s annual enterprise-focused dev conference, Google Cloud Next, dominated the headlines — and we had plenty of coverage from the event. But it wasn’t the only thing afoot (see: the spectacular eclipse). Lorenzo wrote about how […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Apple finally allows used Apple parts in repairs

    Apple today made a huge announcement about the upcoming changes to its existing repair processes. With this upcoming process change, customers and independent repair providers can now utilize used Apple parts in repairs. This process change will be supported starting with select iPhone models this fall. Apple mentioned that the used genuine Apple parts can […]

  • Apple Removes Meta-owned Apps from Chinese App Store

    The decision follows a mandate from government authorities.

  • Nintendo emulator Delta lands on the Apple App Store, now the top free app

    According to Testut, iGBA was a knockoff of GBA4iOS, which he developed while still in high school. Testut expressed frustration that Apple approved the clone (despite it being filled with ads and trackers) while his own app had been stuck in the approval process for well over a month.Read Entire Article

  • Apple cans knockoff Game Boy app as emulators suffer first App Store casualty

    Frankly, another unauthorized software related to Nintendo getting taken down is par for the course and not all that surprising. However, it is notable that iGBA's takedown originated from something other than Nintendo's DMCA legal hounds. Apple either removed it for its own reasons or the developer of the GBA4iOSRead Entire Article

  • Apple India: Chain reaction: Apple jobs in India set for 3x jump in 3 years

    Apple's ecosystem of component makers and suppliers could collectively employ around five lakh people in India directly in the next three years — marking an over three-fold increase — as the iconic phone-maker moves at least half of its existing supply chain from China to India, top officials aware of the matter told ET.The Cupertino-based company, which is looking to increasingly decouple from China, also aims to increase local value addition from its Indian suppliers in line with the approach...

  • EU to approve Apple's iPhone NFC chip policy changes, will allow competitors to Apple Pay

    The EU commission is set to approve Apple’s previously-announced policy changes regarding access to the NFC chip on the iPhone, with the view of increasing competition in the contactless payments market. The commission’s decision will be officially announced in the coming weeks, via Reuters. With these changes, apps will be allowed to become the default wallet app that appears when users double-click the side button or hold their phone near a payment terminal. However, the relaxation of...

  • Apple will now let users in the EU download apps through web sites, not just the App Store

    Apple is opening up web distribution for iOS apps targeting users in the European Union starting Tuesday. Developers who opt in — and who meet Apple’s criteria, including app notarization requirements — will be able to offer iPhone apps for direct download to EU users from their own websites. It’s a massive change for a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Chase App Down? Users Report Platform 'Logging Out' Amid Reports Of Outage Hitting Online Banking | Ways To Tr

    The Chase Bank App is currently down with users reporting that the platform keeps "logging them out," with an error showing on the screen while signing into the application. The customers are saying that they have been locked out of the Chase Bank App for the past few hours. The retail bank services provider's online platform ie the mobile app reportedly is not functioning as usual, as confirmed by the online outage trackers. The data provided by Downdetector showed that user reports on Chase...