iOS-Entwickler bestimmen den (In‑App‑)Preis für ihre App-Store-Software aus festgesetzten Preisstufen – eine komplett freie Preisgestaltung ist nicht möglich. Diese vorgegebenen Preisstufen erhöht Apple in der nächsten Woche. Als Grund wurden Wechselkursentwicklungen genannt. Das letzte Mal änderten sich die Euro-App-Store-Preise vor zweieinhalb Jahren. Ausgenommen von der anstehenden Preiserhöhung sich (App‑)Abos, die sich automatisch verlängern. Und so sieht die

A report by AdDuplex, an ad network running on top of Windows devices, found that four of the top ten Windows phones won’t be allowed to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest feature update. That works out to about 40 percent of all Windows phones already in the hands of users. […] Unfortunately for Microsoft users, that

Starting on May 1st 2017, commissions for all app and in-app content will be reduced from 7% to 2.5% globally. All other content types (music, movies, books, and TV) will remain at the current 7% commission rate in all markets. We will also continue to pay affiliate commissions on Apple Music memberships so there are

“We no longer produce and sell digital cameras,” said a Samsung official on condition of anonymity. “But we will create a new camera product category to continue the business.” (…) “Samsung lost its competitiveness in the entry segment with the robust growth of smartphone cameras,” said an industry source who declined to be named “Even

Microsoft ranks highest in overall satisfaction in the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study,SM doing so for the first time since the study’s inception. With an overall satisfaction score among tablet owners of 855 (on a 1,000-point scale), Microsoft’s achievement is largely due to its top rankings in the features and styling & design

Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG, “Imagination”, “the Group”) a leading multimedia, processor and communications technology company, has been notified by Apple Inc. (“Apple”), its largest customer, that Apple is of a view that it will no longer use the Group’s intellectual property in its new products in 15 months to two years time, and

➝ Video Android Wear spricht speziell eine technische Zielgruppe an; Garmin besetzt mit seinen smarten Uhren die Sportkategorie. Apple Watch positioniert sich in der nicht so eng gefassten Rubrik Lifestyle. Deshalb funktioniert dieser Spot.

Apple has stepped up its efforts to stop developers from promoting the price of their apps in app names and screenshots. For the past month or so, Apple’s iTunes Connect service has been blocking submissions to the App Store or Mac App Store when app metadata includes pricing information. […] „Your app’s name, icons, screenshots,