In a move to help app developers retain subscribers, Apple will let developers offer discounts to both new and existing subscribers. Up until now, app developers can only give freebies and discounts to new users, this means they would not be able to give any incentives or discounts to current and lapsed subscribers in order to entice them...Read More
Apple is planning to make the lives of app developers easier by merging iOS and macOS apps into one by 2021. While the company has previously shot down any claims about plans to merge iOS and Mac apps, Apple has already been tying its iOS and Mac Apps together for some time now. With features...Read More
Google has previously released a year-in-review announcement and said that Play Store app rejections went up 55% last year after the company implemented new rules and improved its app review process. App suspensions also went up by more than 60%, in which, according to the company, credited to its continued investment in: “automated protections and...Read More
As app developers are continuously figuring out ways to keep their users happy and continue using their apps. Amazon has recently launched a new API to help app developers do just that. “Amazon Moments” will allow developers to reward users performing high-value actions on their apps with real-life gifts. Developers can create actions, or “moments”,...Read More
Microsoft has recently announced that the company will be launching the latest release of its developer platform, Visual Studio 2019 on April 2, 2019. Microsoft is also planning a day-long, virtual event for the launch of Visual Studio 2019 on the same day, April 2. According to the Visual Studio 2019 launch page, the company plans...Read More
A recently discovered vulnerability found in the plugin named “Simple Social Buttons,” lets others gain control of your entire website. The “Simple Social Buttons” plugin currently has an install base of more than 40,000 WordPress sites. And website owners are advised to update the plugin as soon as possible to fix a security issue that...Read More
Just a few weeks after releasing Gradle 5.1, the team behind Gradle has released a quick update to their popular Java and Android development tool with Gradle 5.2, with added plugin enhancements for Java and C++. Gradle 5.2 has a new Java plugin for declaring platforms for the Java ecosystem. This java plugin platform could include modules...Read More
In the US, iPhone users have spent $79 on average last year on apps. According to market analyst firm Sensortower, that figure is 36% higher than in 2017. This means that consumer spending in-app purchases and premium apps has more than doubled since 2015. While there was a 23% increase in average spending in 2017...Read More
Calm, the meditation and wellness app that launched back in 2012, has today announced the close of an $88 million Series B financing with a valuation of $1 billion. (We have not been able to clarify whether the valuation was post- or pre-money.) The funding was led by TPG Growth, with participation from CAA and...Read More
Normally, when an app says it collects usage data for analytics and technical support purposes, it seems harmless enough that users don’t mind them at all. But a recent report from TechCrunch and The App Analyst found a number of iOS apps that had been secretly collecting more data than whats normally acceptable to users. The...Read More
