• MLB breaks its Mac app, pulls it from the App Store instead of fixing it

    One of the many great benefits of Apple Silicon is the ability to run iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac. For baseball fans, this meant support for using the iPad version of the MLB app on macOS. Sadly, the 2024 MLB season is off to a rocky start for Mac users (just like it is for Cincinnati Reds fans). more

  • New Adobe Express app with Firefly AI now available on the iOS App Store

    Adobe on Thursday officially launched its new Adobe Express app with Firefly AI for iOS and Android. This version of the app has been available to beta testers for some time, and can now be downloaded by anyone. Read on as we detail everything that’s new with the Adobe Express update. more

  • 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

  • Now at the top of the App Store, the Eclipse App is a great companion for Monday's solar eclipse

    The app includes cloud cover forecasts, guides that pinpoint when totality will occur at your exact location, and information about local events, parks and viewing sites in your area. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • 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 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.

  • Delta Emulator Finally Arrives on the App Store

    Hopefully it stays on the App Store this time.

  • Another Retro Emulator Disappears from the App Store

    The app launched with a 99-cent price tag before being made available for free.

  • Bimmy NES Emulator Pulled from the App Store—But Why?

    Bimmy NES Emulator was accepted, but its developer later pulled it. A new game emulator app, best known as the Bimmy NES Emulator, made its way to the Apple App Store, but it was short-lived.

  • Drama about emulators on the App Store has only just begun

    The weekend drama surrounding emulation on the App Store isn't the first one, and it won't be the last. Here's what you need to know about emulators in the App Store and the complexities surrounding them. Emulation is coming to the App Store - eventually To make a long weekend saga short, a developer released a GameBoy Advance emulator called iGBA onto the App Store. However, this was, in essence, a clone of GBA4iOS and the follow-on Delta. The latter of which has already been approved...

  • WhatsApp & Threads pulled from Apple App Store in China

    Apple has removed Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from the China App Store after government officials claimed national security concerns. China dictates what it allows on its country's internet and App Store The App Store culling continues in China after 30,000 games, then an additional 94,000 games, 44,000 apps, then 100 ChatGPT-like apps were removed over the past four years. The government in China is the driving force behind these app removals, but a more significant App Store...

  • Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads from App Store in China

    Apple has removed two Meta apps from the App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government. Both WhatsApp and Threads have been made unavailable in the App Store, preventing new installs for the messaging and social apps. more