Collective action: Developers want compensation due to Apple’s app store link ban

Collective action: Developers want compensation due to Apple's app store link ban

Apple’s great US court dispute over his app store commissions that the American game group had started Epic Games, may now also have a legal impact on smaller developmentopers. A lawyer company specializing in collective lawsuits has found those affected who have agreed to to proceed against Apple to obtain compensation. If the procedure (Case … Read more

“Transferred to iOS”: Apple speeds up iPhone change app for Android

"Transferred to iOS": Apple speeds up iPhone change app for Android

Apple has placed its iPhone migration app for Android, “Move to iOS” or “transferred to iOS”, in an improved version in the play store. The update 4.0.2, which has been available for a few days, is to accelerate the transfer of data and improve the “general use experience”, as the iPhone manufacturer reports in his … Read more

Zuckerberg complains about Apple: “deep bitterness” because of app restrictions

Zuckerberg complains about Apple: "deep bitterness" because of app restrictions

Meta Platforms do not agree to Apple’s app store strategy and anti-tracking measures; This has been known for years. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has complained several times about the so-called App Tracking Transparency (Att), which requires that users be asked by iOS applications before tracking. In addition, Apple’s app-store opening measures are only a sham solution, … Read more

Time turn in the App Store: What Apple is allowed to do according to the US judgment-and what is not

Time turn in the App Store: What Apple is allowed to do according to the US judgment-and what is not

The hard judgment against Apple’s app store regulations, which had been issued in the United States in the process between Apple and Epic Games last week, ensures larger renovation measures in the software shop. Apple is no longer allowed to apply some of its measures carried out with prohibitions and app review investigations and thus … Read more

According to the app store judgment: Apple changes rules for US developers

According to the app store judgment: Apple changes rules for US developers

According to the judgment of a US court, according to the Apple there is no participation in purchases triggered from apps, the iPhone manufacturer has adapted its app store guidelines. In the freshly updated App Review Guidelines for the American market Various things are now explicitly allowed that were previously prohibited so that Apple always … Read more

META AI: Independent app including social media feed

META AI: Independent app including social media feed

The new META AI app is said to be a “central point of contact for all interactions with Meta Ai”. So far, the AI ​​assistant has been integrated in the other services of META, including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and in Germany the Ray Ban glasses. In the new app there should then be an … Read more

Change to Passkeys: How to make it as an app developer on Mac and iPhone

Change to Passkeys: How to make it as an app developer on Mac and iPhone

In detail, the user sends his user name to the server when registering. This sends a random string, a so -called challenge, back to the app so that it signs the app with the private key stored in the Secure Enclave. That was the reading sample of our Heise Plus article “switching to Passkeys: This … Read more

App Store: Apple gives an insight into how AI summaries arise

App Store: Apple gives an insight into how AI summaries arise

At first glance, Apple’s new summary for app reviews looks like a simple task for artificial intelligence. The function introduced with iOS 18.4 is intended to provide users of the app store a faster overview of what others say about an app. On closer inspection, however, it is much more complex, since older and false … Read more