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Developer Raises Warning About App Store Scams

Charlotte Henry ·

Developer Kosta Eleftheriou thinks there are major scams threatening to ruin the integrity of the App Store. He told The Verge that they are spreading in part because Apple is not enforcing its own rules strictly enough.

“It’s surprising more people don’t know about this. The extent to which this has been going on and is currently going on is absolutely mind-blowing,” Eleftheriou tells The Verge of the magnitude of fraud he says is occurring daily on the App Store. “In particular now with the App Store, which is my main concern, the problem has grown to such an extent that having the rating and review system is making it worse. It gives consumers a false sense of security and a false idea that the app is great as you’re entering it through a glowing App Store page with raving reviews.” His vocal complaints, which have attracted the attention and support of countless other app developers in the iOS community, underscore the increasing tension between Apple and the software makers upon whom it depends.

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How Tim Cook Transformed Apple

Charlotte Henry ·

Almost whatever way you cut it, financially Apple has reached new heights under the leadership of Tim Cook. Bloomberg Businessweek week on how he transformed the company.

In many ways, Cook is now applying the lessons Apple learned building its China manufacturing network to other parts of the business. Its operational prowess has enabled it to churn out more product permutations and accessories. And just as Apple uses its awesome buying power to extract concessions from suppliers, it’s now using its control over an equally impressive digital supply chain, which includes the company’s own subscription services, as well as third-party apps, to generate greater revenue from customers and software developers. In an October report on the tech industry, the House antitrust subcommittee said this influence of its App Store amounted to “monopoly power” and recommended that regulators step in.

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Adobe Adds Document Collaboration to Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco

Andrew Orr ·

Adobe announced on Tuesday new document collaborations for Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco.

The Invite to Edit feature in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco allows asynchronous editing on all surfaces across the desktop, iPad, and iPhone (Fresco). Now collaborators can edit a shared cloud document, one at a time. Just save your. PSD or. AI files as cloud documents and send invitations for others to edit them. You can also edit files that have been shared with you. In addition, you can access your shared cloud documents on assets.adobe.com and the Creative Cloud Desktop app.

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Apple Supplier Dialog Semiconductor Taken Over by Renesas Electronics in US$6 Billion Deal

Charlotte Henry ·

Apple supplier Dialog Semiconductor is being taken over by Japanese Firm Renesas Electronics, AppleInsider reported. The deal involving the UK chip-maker is worth US$6 billion.

This includes its business in power management, charging and power conversion, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth LE, as well as its expertise in mixed-signal integrated circuits. It is said by the companies that Dialog’s attributes will complement and expand Renesas’ existing portfolio of products. “Dialog has a strong culture of innovation along with excellent customer relationships and serves fast growing areas including IoT, industrial, and automotive,” said Renesas president and CEO Hidetoshi Shibata in a statement. “By bringing Dialog’s talented team and expertise into Renesas, together, we will accelerate innovation for customers and create sustainable value for our shareholders.” The offer value is based on Renesas paying 67.50 euro ($81.17) per share, representing a 20.3% premium over Dialog’s closing price on February 5.

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Which of the Most Popular Apps Have Native Support For Apple Silicon?

Charlotte Henry ·

Apple silicon has been available to consumers for two months now. AppleInsider has a good rundown of the state-of-play, and how many apps have native support for the M1 chip.

So to take a snapshot of how the transition from Intel to ARM is going, AppleInsider drew up a list of 100 major Mac apps. Our list does include ones that are niche but very important in their field — such as the screenwriting app Final Draft… It also includes a range of more technical utilities, plus the kind of general purpose apps that a large number of Mac users have. For each app, we contacted developers, we checked out support groups, and we listed apps as either having native M1 support or not. When an app had native support in beta, we counted that as it at least means the support is coming. Where it was not possible to prove that there was even official beta M1 support, we took that as a no. As of February 5, 2021, the list of 100 apps showed 53 that had native M1 support to at least some degree. And therefore 47 that did not.