Hard Knock Life
What will be the impact of losing the App Store’s top grossing charts?
Another Apple shake up
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Best known for its hardware products, including the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod line of portable media players, and the iPhone. Apple's software products include Mac OS X, iTunes, iLife suite, and Final Cut Studio.
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Tim Cook
CEO
Ann Thai
Director of Product
Amar Subramanya
VP of AI
Isabel Ge Mahe
VP and MD of Greater China
Philip Schiller
Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing
John Ternus
VP of hardware engineering
Armando Soto
Creative Producer
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Articles featuring Apple
A Win For Indies
Indie games clean up at Apple Design Awards 2017
Blackbox, Mushroom 11 and Severed among the winners
Planet Of The Apps
Apple pushes into reality TV with new Apple Music show Planet of the Apps
Will.i.am could help you develop your app
Top Move?
Apple may dump App Store top grossing charts in iOS 11
Could have wide impact on industry and consumers
A True Pro
Apple refreshes iPad Pro range with heavily rumoured 10.5-inch model
The rumours come true six months after they started
Ios Ar
Apple unveils augmented reality development framework ARKit for iOS devices
Only works on iPhone 6S and up
New Era
The App Store is getting a design overhaul
Apple wants to improve discovery of new apps and adds room for how-to guides
Legal Matter
Apple caught in Australian watchdog ‘error 53’ sting alleging staff misled customers over free repairs
Court documents claim staff allegedly misled investigators about rights to free repairs or a replacement
Here We Go
How and when to watch Apple’s WWDC 2017 keynote
The secret is in Safari and Edge
The Big Bucks
Mobile developers generate over $70 billion in App Store revenues
Number of downloads increased by 70% in last 12 months
Apple 180
Apple U-turns on lowering app affiliate commission rates to 2.5%
Now only IAPs will be affected
Apple Manufacturing
Apple to invest $1 billion in US manufacturing in effort to boost local industry
Might score points with Trump while he's at it
Business News
Apple revenues up year-on-year to nearly $53 billion despite iPhone and iPad sales slump
Greater China revenues fall on quarterly and yearly basis
Watch This Space
How Apple’s App Store Search Ads are enabling developers to expand their discovery profitably
Gaining rank at cost
App Store Price Increase
Apple increase App Store prices in Denmark, Mexico, Taiwan and EU countries
Appears to be introducing alternate pricing tiers to affected countries
Search Ads Roll Out
App Store Search Ads roll out to the UK, Australia and New Zealand
Four territories now have access to cheap ad space
Affiliates Affected
Apple to cut commission rates for app affiliate links to 2.5%
Every other type of content remains at 7%
Organic Apple
Apple hits 100% renewable energy in 24 countries and pledges to stop mining the Earth for materials
It's not easy being green
Hardware Upgrade
Report: Apple set to launch three new iPhones this year
Two upgrades and one redesign
Bye Bye 32-bit
Apple could be ending support for 32-bit apps in iOS 11
Should make performance better on newer devices
Moving On
Apple Designer to leave after 21 years with the company
Had worked on the original iPhones and iPads
Business Reality
Imagination Technologies shares plummet as Apple reveals intentions to design its own graphics chips
UK firm asks for evidence that new designs don't infringe on its own
Get Updated
Mobile developers can now respond to App Store user reviews in iOS 10.3
Smoother, faster, better
Free No More
Apple now rejecting any app or game that references its own price on the App Store
No more releasing free versions of the same game
Patent Battle
Chinese court overturns iPhone 6 ban that could have barred sales in the country
Beijing Intellectual Property Court rules in favour of Apple
Apple Manufacturing India
Apple to begin manufacturing iPhone 6s in India
iPhone SEs will join them in three months
New Ipads
Apple unveils two new 9.7-inch iPads and a red iPhone 7
Almost all the rumours come true
Apple China R&d
Apple investing $507 million in China as it plans to open two more R&D centres
How much R&D can one company do?
Indie Spotlight
Apple opens permanent App Store section for indie game developers
Shining a spotlight on indie creativity
We Heart Indies
Apple celebrates indies with launch of 12 new games on the App Store between March 9th and 20th
A new title released and featured every day, even at the weekend
Something's Bugging Me
App Store bug causes top grossing ranks to drop Candy Crush Saga for driving theory test app
Or was Apple testing a new algorithm?
Ipad You Pad
Report: Apple to refresh entire iPad line with four new devices in March 2017
A new red iPhone 7 is also expected
Big Apples
Apple's next iPhone could cost over $1,000 due to OLED screens and memory upgrades
But a top-end iPhone 7 is already $969
Apple In India
Apple expected to start manufacturing iPhones in India by the end of April
Production will take place in Bangalore
Apple Financials Q1 Fy17
Apple posts record-breaking revenues of $78.4 billion thanks to impressive iPhone sales
iPad sales and China revenues tumble
On The Move
Apple to move international iTunes business from Luxembourg to Ireland
Division responsible for App Store in over 100 countries
Rate And Review
Apple to allow users to rate and review games without leaving the app in iOS 10.3
Also adding developer replies and hard limits to rating notifications
Thanks Brexit
UK App Store prices to jump 25% due to slumping value of the Pound
Turkey and India see price increases too
A Lotta Cheddar
Apple expected to reach $1 trillion in lifetime revenues from iOS devices in 2017
So says Asymco
Iphone Birthday
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone turns 10 today
The device that changed the mobile games indsutry celebrates 10 years since it was first unveiled
Smaller Apples
Apple execs see bonuses cut following sales slump in 2016
Tim Cook will probably be OK
Money Makers
App Store developers earned $20 billion in 2016
Apple rounds up its 2016 with some big numbers
Lawyer Up
Nokia suing Apple in 11 countries for infringing on 40 patents
Negotiations break down
Apple In India
Apple in talks with India's government to begin manufacturing in the country
Looking to emulate China model
Apple Best Of 2016
Clash Royale named best iPhone game of 2016 by Apple
Pokemon GO doesn't get a look in
Watch This
Apple Watch sales on track for best quarter ever, says Tim Cook
Still won't say how much that actually is
App Store Metrics
App Store trends for November 2016: Average of 792 games submitted every day
We take a look at the data from our App Store Metrics
Another New Iphone
Apple's next iPhones with OLED screens could hit the market in 2017
Manufacturers asked to increase production to meet demand
India Iphones
Apple sells 100,000 iPhones in India in three days following demonetisation of high-value bank notes
Only manufacturer to hit sales targets in India
Ipad Semi-pro
Report: Apple to launch new 10.5-inch iPad for enterprise and education markets in 2017
Slots neatly between standard iPad and iPad Pro