Use this simple trick to hide App Store purchases on your iPhone in iOS 8
Apple still has plenty of work to do on iOS 8 before users will be satisfied with the update, but there are plenty of improvements …
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Apple just rolled out a great new way to buy iOS apps
During this year’s WWDC, Apple made several announcements related to iOS, OS X and the App Store that targeted both regular device users and app developers. One of …
Tom Hanks’ Typewriter app is a shockingly huge hit for iPad users
Hanx Writer is a simple typewriter iOS app for the iPad, created by Hitcents at the request of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. Launched only last week …
How one ex-Apple exec wants to fix Apple’s ‘impenetrable jungle’ of an App Store
It’s not uncommon to hear criticism of Apple’s App Store even from fans of the company, as many have said in the past that the …
Apple’s App Store just had its best month ever
Apple told CNBC on Tuesday that the App Store brought in record-breaking revenues during the month of July. According to the report, more customers completed transactions …
Apple will pay huge money to give you faster iOS 8 and Yosemite downloads
Apple is apparently working hard on improving iTunes content download speeds for users, Streaming Media reports, with the company having already deployed its own content …
Does Apple have a ‘zombie app’ problem?
While Apple is celebrating six years of App Store action with more than 75 billion app downloads served and over $15 billion paid to developers so …
Go to the App Store right now to get great discounts on several top paid apps
It’s been six years since Apple first unleashed its App Store onto the world and to celebrate several popular paid apps are going on sale …
Apple is making it easier than ever to find the best games on the App Store
Ever since the latest overhaul to the App Store, it’s been harder than ever to find the best new apps, especially in the increasingly crowded …
Apple yanks top weed game from App Store as sleaze app popularity surges
Over the past month, one obvious trend has taken the App Store by storm: sleaze apps. Make It Rain hit the top of the iPhone …
Once seen as a ‘console killer,’ Apple’s App Store now overrun with gaming garbage
When critics and analysts discuss the death of console gaming, they often hold up the iPhone as the culprit. Mobile gaming is destined to replace …
Pebble’s official app store launches on iOS, coming to Android soon
The long-awaited Pebble app store has finally arrived, and with it comes over 1,000 apps and watchfaces for your wearable device. Pebble announced on Monday …
Potential iOS security risk brought to light by developer
A potential security issue with iOS apps has been discovered, as a calendar app has been found to ask users to provide Apple ID login details …
Apple has agreed to settle with FTC over in-app purchase lawsuit
Apple has been negotiating an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission for months in regards to in-app purchases, but a letter from Tim Cook sent …
Has Google Play’s furious sales growth finally stalled?
Distimo’s new app survey has many interesting data nuggets. One fascinating insight is that Apple had 18% app revenue growth in December over November, while Google …
Apple reports record-smashing $10 billion in 2013 App Store sales
Mobile apps have become a very big business indeed. Apple on Tuesday reported that its App Store generated a record $10 billion in sales in …
Mobile app stores will hit 102 billion downloads this year
The explosive growth of mobile apps isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. According to research company Gartner, 102 billion apps will be downloaded from …
Apple’s alleged anticompetitive eBook practices might be even worse than we thought
Apple’s already in some hot water for allegedly conspiring to rig eBook prices and now the United States Department of Justice has revealed some new …
Security researchers find major flaw in Apple’s App Store approval process
Apple’s App Store has a much better reputation for security than Google Play but that may not last long if more hackers take advantage of …
How Apple could improve the App Store by ditching the ‘most downloaded’ chart
Although Apple will likely at least refresh its user interface for its mobile devices with iOS 7 at WWDC next week, at least one app …
This is what’s behind the App Store’s stalled download volumes
The new Fiksu report on Apple’s App Store has a fascinating nugget about its daily download volume, which in April ticked up to 5.61 million app …
Apple’s App Store surpasses 50 billion downloads
The countdown on Apple’s website stopped late Wednesday indicating that the company’s App Store has surpassed 50 billion downloads. The milestone comes just 14 months …
Mobile app downloads have increased 11% in the past quarter
The app stores for the four leading mobile operating systems have grown 11% from the fourth quarter in 2012 to the first quarter of this …
iOS app downloads could exceed 100 million per day within four years
It can’t be said enough: people really do love mobile apps. And according to new analysis published by Asymco’s Horace Dediu, Apple (AAPL) fans may …
Apple’s App Store has delivered 40 billion downloads, including nearly 20 billion in 2012
Yes, people really do love mobile apps. Apple (AAPL) on Monday announced that its App Store has delivered a total of 40 billion iOS app …
$35 Raspberry Pi computer gets its own app store
DIY developers adore the $35 Raspberry Pi and huge communities have enabled the Linux-powered computer to do cool things like emulate Super Nintendo games and run …
Games top App Store revenue in 2012
Apple (AAPL) this week released its annual lists of the top free, paid and grossing iPhone and iPad apps of 2012. To no one’s surprise, …
More than 1 million apps have now been submitted to Apple’s App Store
Yes, mobile applications are pretty popular. Mobile app marketing platform Appsfire said on its Twitter account Monday that Apple’s (AAPL) App Store “has seen 1 …
Android app revenue on the rise, closing gap with iOS
For a while now, developers looking to make serious money selling their apps were better off trying their luck at Apple’s (AAPL) App Store than …
App Store briefly plagued with bug that prevented all app downloads
App Store customers went through a rather frustrating ordeal over the weekend, as Apple’s (AAPL) online app market was plagued by a bug that blocked …
