Apple's finally clamping down on developers who reference the price of their application in its icon, name and screenshots, reports VentureBeat. From now on, the Cupertino company will reject any application submitted to the App Store with the word "Free" (or a raw price) in its title. Developers attempting to violate the newly-enforced policy will receive the following response:...
Apple has significantly increased its maximum file size for Apple TV apps and games. The company previously capped tvOS developers at just 200MB, but it is now accepting submissions up to 4GB in size — a massive 20x increase. Apple says it is making this change so that developers “can include more media in your submission and provide a complete, rich user experience upon installation...
Apple has posted an open casting call for the first season of its upcoming Planet of the Apps reality TV show. The show aims to provide us with a glimpse into the life of an app developer, and shooting kicks off in Los Angeles later this year. Planet of the Apps will be produced by the team behind Biggest Loser — that includes will.i.am, Ben Silverman, and Howard T. Owens. The...
Apple has rolled out its third OS X El Capitan beta to public testers ahead of the update’s final release this fall. The rollout comes just a few days after Apple seeded El Capitan beta 5 to registered developers. This update appears to be identical to that one; it doesn’t introduce any new features or make any major changes, but it is thought to improve performance and fix some pretty...
Apple has rolled out a surprise update to its OS X El Capitan beta for registered developers. It is the platform’s fifth beta update so far, and it comes just one week after the release of beta 4. Available to download now via the Mac App Store for those who already have El Capitan installed, or from Apple’s Developer Center, beta 5 is “recommended for all users,” the company says. It...
Apple has been emailing developers to inform them that it will soon be hiking prices and introducing new pricing tiers in several international markets. The changes will reach all affected countries by Thursday morning (Pacific time). Customers in Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey will see the price increases, which are the result of changes to taxes and foreign exchange...
Several weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled a pair of SDKs intended to make it relatively easy for iOS and Android developers to port their apps over to Windows 10 (for mobile devices). Called Project Islandwood (iOS) and Project Astoria (Android), Microsoft envisioned its toolkits transforming Windows from an also-ran into the mobile space to a fleshed out platform, though the company may...
Apple has begun inviting developers to test its new App Analytics tool that was first unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference last June. The service provides a wealth of useful information about app performance and sales, but it's only available to a select few in beta form for now. "You're invited to sign up for the beta of App Analytics," read the email Apple began...
If you haven’t already pre-ordered your Apple Watch, you’re likely going to have to wait a couple of months to get one. But maybe not if you’re a developer. Apple is giving some the opportunity to buy its new wearable with a guaranteed April 28 delivery date. “We want to give Apple developers the opportunity to test their WatchKit apps on Apple Watch as soon as possible,” reads an...
Pebble Time may not be shipping for another two months, but developers can already start building apps ready for its release with the new Pebble SDK v3.0. What's more, apps developed for the new device will run on existing Pebble watches in the meantime. Pebble Time, which hit Kickstarter on Tuesday, has already been an overwhelming success. It secured more than $2 million in funding...