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Developer gets disqualified from Small Business Program after Apple couldn't answer his question

TechSpot

Last November, Apple announced its App Store Small Business Program. The initiative is aimed at helping small developers making under $1 million per year grow their businesses. It officially launched on January 1 with some restrictions that Apple had not made clear.

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Apple Watch leak offers rare glimpse inside ‘Ultra security program’

The Verge

Image: Apple Demo. New images and video purporting to show an Apple Watch prototype, concealed by a security case that resembles a tiny iPod, offer a rare look behind the product-development curtain of the notoriously secretive company built by Steve Jobs. Image: Apple Demo. Image: Apple Demo. software build.

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Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st

The Verge

On Wednesday, Apple announced a reduction to its longstanding App Store commission rate, one of the most substantial changes to how iOS developers earn money in the history of the iPhone maker’s digital app marketplace, as part of a new program for small businesses. Apple did spell out some of the program’s rules today.

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Apple announces Mac mini powered by its own chips for developers

The Verge

Image: Apple. After it confirmed that future Macs will be powered by Apple Silicon, the company also announced that developers will soon have access to a Developer Transition Kit that will take the form of a Mac mini. Image: Apple. The DTK must be returned to Apple at the conclusion of the program, however.

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Apple heads into developer conference under more scrutiny than ever

The Verge

Apple needs a distraction, and it needs one fast. On Monday, the company will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference ( WWDC 2021 ) during one of the most fraught moments for developer relations in Apple history. While Apple emerged from the Epic v. We treat every developer the same.”

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iOS developer who drew attention to App Store scams is now suing Apple

The Verge

Mobile app developer Kosta Eleftheriou, who publicly called out Apple earlier this year for negligence with regard to policing iOS scams and copycat apps on the App Store, has filed a lawsuit against the iPhone maker in California. It details the development and release timeline of Eleftheriou’s Apple Watch keyboard app FlickType.

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Apple is blocking Apple Silicon Mac users from sideloading iPhone apps

The Verge

Apple has turned off users’ ability to unofficially install iOS apps onto their M1 Macs ( via 9to5Mac ). While iOS apps are still available in the Mac App Store, many apps, such as Dark Sky and Netflix, don’t have their developer’s approval to be run on macOS. The error message in macOS 11.1. Screenshot: Jay Peters.

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