Apple is cutting App Store fees in half for the majority of developers

Posted on 18/11/2020 by Engadget

Apple has announced that it will cut the amount of commission it charges app developers as part of a new Small Business Program. Developers earning less than $1 million a year will now pay 15 percent on all transactions, half the current rate of 30 p...

Apple will delete the fan-made app that brought Stadia to iPhone

Posted on 20/10/2020 by Engadget

The iOS app Stadium Full Screen Browser won’t be available on the App Store much longer, according to developer Zach Knox. Though it doesn’t mention Stadia anywhere in the description, Stadium is designed to allow Google’s cloud gaming service to run...

Apple will let you pre-order apps up to six months in advance

Posted on 16/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Apple has updated its App Store policy for pre-orders, allowing developers to offer their apps up to half a year before they’re officially released. In a post on its Developer portal, the tech giant has announced that developers can “let customers pr...

Judge won’t let Apple block Unreal Engine, but won’t make it unblock ‘Fortnite’

Posted on 09/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The trial over Epic Games’ legal battle against Apple over its App Store policies won’t take place until next year, but there’s an update in the case. Bloomberg reports that US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled against Epic’s request for a...

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer reportedly said xCloud is coming to iOS

Posted on 09/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The policies of Apple’s iOS App Store are under more scrutiny than usual, now that they stand in the way of cloud gaming services and are also facing a legal battle with Epic Games. Microsoft tested a version of its xCloud game streaming on iOS but c...

Apple outage is causing iCloud, App Store, Music and TV+ problems

Posted on 30/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’re getting error messages instead of media across your Apple devices and services then you’re not alone. The company’s status page notes an outage that’s affecting many of its connected services that bring music, video and pictures to you. App...

A Redditor got Stadia to run on an iPhone

Posted on 28/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Although Apple cracked open the door for game streaming services to run on iPhone and iPad earlier this month, you can’t use Stadia, xCloud or GeForce Now on those devices yet. Well, at least not officially.Members of the Stadia subreddit have been t...

Apple won’t collect fees on paid Facebook events until 2021

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Last month, Facebook and Apple clashed over App Store fees. Now, Apple seems to be easing up slightly. Businesses that host paid online events through Facebook on iOS will be able to keep all of their earnings (minus taxes), Facebook announced today....

A closer look at Luna, Amazon’s cloud gaming service

Posted on 24/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Luna is what happens when you take the subscription model of Prime Video, mash it up with Twitch, plug that into Amazon Web Services, and wrap it all in an Alexa-powered gamepad. In short, Luna is Amazon’s cloud gaming platform, and the latest rival...

Epic, Spotify and others ally against Apple and Google app policies

Posted on 24/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A diverse variety of companies including Epic Games, Spotify, Match Group, Tile and others have formed an alliance to pressure Apple, Google and others to change their app store rules. The Coalition for App Fairness debuted today, stating that “Apple...

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