While Apple had originally removed some features during the revamping of the Mac App Store on macOS Mojave, Apple has announced that the company is adding app analytics for Mac App Store applications in App Store Connect. Apple developers will now be able to see how many times their app was seen on the Mac...Read More

Google Play Store has always been plagued by millions of apps by shady app developers that hire users and companies to write fake reviews about their apps to help boost exposure and artificially boost their apps ratings. Now Google has created a machine learning-powered anti-spam system to detect and get rid of fake reviews from...Read More

Microsoft has recently launched its new Clarity analytics tool in beta. Developed to compete with rivals like Google Optimize 360 and Visual Web Optimizer, Clarity is designed to help web developers understand user behavior and how visitors interact with their sites. Clarity lets web developers run A/B tests, and play back visualizations of users’ experiences and...Read More

Earlier this December, Australia passed a law called the Assistance and Access Bill requiring companies to provide law enforcement access to their users’ communications. And failure to comply under the to this law could see app developers in Australia fined up to AU$10 million and AU$50,000 for individuals. However, the Australian government has been told...Read More

iOS App developers have less than a week to submit new apps and app updates before the annual Apple holiday break where app reviews will be taking a few days off for the holidays. According to Apple, new iOS apps and app updates will not be accepted from December 23 to 27 (Pacific Time), so...Read More

Viva Republica – the company behind popular payments app Toss, has become South Korea’s latest “unicorn” after raising $80 million in investments from Kleiner Perkins and Ribbit Capital. This brings the company’s total sum raised so far to around $200 million and now has a $1.2 billion valuation. This new round of investments comes just...Read More

Automattic and its public developer community have recently released the latest major version of its immensely popular WordPress CMS with WordPress version 5.0. WordPress 5.0 comes with new features centered around customizable content blocks, a feature that that has been available on WordPress competitors for years now. The biggest change in this new version is...Read More

Google has announced that it acquired Bangalore-based Sigmoid Labs, the company behind popular Indian travel app “Where is my Train”. Sigmoid Labs will be joining the company and will continue to work and provide services to the app. “We are excited that they’re joining Google and will be part of a team that will continue...Read More

Android ICS or better known as Android Ice Cream Sandwich has finally reached the end of its life cycle. Google has been keeping ICS going for over 7 years and has recently announced that the company is discontinuing updates to the platform. According to the Android Developers blog post: “The Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)...Read More

Google has recently introduced 2 new ways for app developers to push their app updates during the Android Developer Summit held this November. The new ‘In-App Updates’ API provides new features that Android developers have been requesting for some time now, according to Google Senior Director of Android Product Management and Developer Relations Stephanie Saad....Read More