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To comply with European Union regulations, Apple has introduced sweeping changes that make iOS and Apple’s other operating systems more open, ArsTechnica reported. The changes are far-reaching and touch many parts of the user experience on the iPhone. They’ll be coming as part of iOS 17.4 in March. Apple will introduce “new APIs and tools that enable developers to offer
Apple has restored Russian social network VKontatke and webmail provider Mail.Ru to the App Store, three weeks after removing them both for sanctions violations, Alex Hern from The Guardian reported. According to Alex Hern, the two services are home-grown versions of Facebook and Gmail with domestic market share to match. They were removed from Apple’s platforms in late September, following
Google has launched its “Switch to Android” app on the App Store. The app does not yet appear if you look for it on an iPhone, but it can be viewed via the App Store on your desktop computer. The Switch to Android app is free, but is not downloadable just yet. TechCrunch reported that Google has not officially launched
Last summer a Google security researcher announced he had found serious flaws in the Apple App Store. The company was serving up data over an unencrypted HTTP connection, leaving its customers open to attacks from anyone using the same public network. Six months later, the company finally flipped on the encryption. Elie Bursztein announced yesterday that "I am really happy that
Getting into mobile app development often seems like a path paved with gold, but the reality is very different with many apps failing to succeed. Good apps do not simply "get lucky" but rather their developers work hard at planning a successful app. Smashing Magazine's article "How To Succeed With a Mobile App" shows the elements needed to plan for
Every year, we get new hype of electronics that are suppose to rock their niche. This year, we saw tablets galore. At CES 2011, I personally saw around 8 tablets that disappeared quicker than a fake Apple store in China. But those tablets that stayed to try and take the market had to deal with the 500 lb gorilla in
Next Tuesday, November 15th, Amazon will release the much-anticipated Kindle Fire. The 7" Android tablet has been rumored to be receiving a huge number of pre-orders - 250,000 in the first 5 days if the news reports are correct. Now, with the release only 5 days away, Amazon has bumped their App Store to version 2.0. The new look of