Tim Cook and Donal Trump in 2019 — image credit: White House Despite scaremongering headlines, Trump did not escalate his “reciprocal” China tariff to 245% on Tuesday night. The figure is a reinstatement of previous tariffs that don’t apply to Apple or big tech at all. Coming on top of previous escalations and the Apple…
A US-based version of social network TikTok appears to be eminent. Apple has been told it is allowed to keep the TikTok app in the App Store, following a US government assurance that no action should be taken for another 75 days. US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Apple and Google on…
The Apple Health app could offer AI-based coaching to users in a similar way to a real doctor, with food tracking also likely to be a big feature in a future app update. The Health app is used as a central store for a user’s health metrics. Compiling together data collected from hardware like…
Apple won’t be forced into enabling sideloading in Brazil, per a new court ruling. A Federal Civil Court judge ruled that Apple will not be required to enable sideloading in Brazil, meaning that the iPhone maker can continue to distribute apps exclusively via the App Store. The decision comes a week after Apple was previously…
Apple appears to be expanding its pool of partner companies supplying data for Apple Maps, as it has now released an app especially for firms to contribute updated information. Just as it did with the Apple Vision Pro Demo Fit app — releasing it in the App Store but practically hiding it, Apple now has…
Netflix confirms Apple TV app integration was just a bug As quickly as it came, support for Netflix in the Apple TV app has been removed, and it turns out it wasn’t supposed to exist at all. Earlier we saw what appeared Valentine’s Day truce between Netflix and Apple, but unfortunately, that isn’t the case. …
A newly discovered malware campaign is stealing cryptocurrency from iOS by exploiting vulnerabilities in apps available on the App Store. Kaspersky researchers have discovered a malicious software development kit (SDK) called SparkCat hidden inside multiple apps on both iOS and Android. SparkCat is designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases using optical character recognition (OCR),…
Hot Tub arrives on AltStore The first native porn app for iPhone called “Hot Tub” may have passed notarization checks, but Apple wants everyone to know it certainly doesn’t “approve” of such dangerous things on its devices. Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines have almost always explicitly stated that apps featuring “overtly sexual or pornographic material”…
Apple has introduced a new Advanced Commerce API for in-app purchases. Apple has announced its new Advanced Commerce API, designed to provide app developers the ability to manage large catalogs of in-app purchases or subscriptions. The announcement was published on Apple’s developer page, along with the eligibility requirements. The Advanced Commerce API aims to help…
India says Apple has abused its dominant market share of iOS apps The Indian government wants its own state-backed apps to be pre-installed on every iPhone and Android phone, but Apple and Google are expected to refuse. India’s government has a thing about pre-installed apps, having previously told Apple it should let its experts examine…