Google Lowers App Store Fees: Everything you Need to Know
In a recent blog post, Google announced that they will be lowering the fees they charge developers for in-app subscriptions from 30% to 15%. This news comes as a major win for the Google app developer community after voicing their concern over high in-app service fees for years. Google writes: “To help support the specific […]
Tech’s Main Role in Healthcare? To Transform
Perhaps nothing will ever rival technology’s omnipresence in every facet of society. Shopping, socializing, entertainment, and work all bear only a shred of semblance to what they were a couple of decades ago. Healthcare has always received it’s fair share of attention from tech as well. But recently, there’s been a resurgence in interest to […]
Has Apple Won the Wearables War, or Is It Just Beginning?
Wearable technology is a relatively young technology; this category of the Internet of Things (IoT) only hit the mainstream less than a decade ago. And yet, more tumultuous events have occurred in the short lifespan of wearables than in the history of several hundred-year-old industries. This leaves many experts and industry insiders wondering — is the […]
The Smart Home Arms Race Between Amazon and Google Is Heating Up
IoT developers, grab the popcorn. AI developers, bring the salt and butter. Get some good seats, because there’s a smart home battle brewing. Amazon, Google, and some of the other big names in tech are competing for their share of the smart home market. Regardless of who you’re rooting for, you won’t want to miss […]
Apple (Finally) Announces Its AR Platform at WWDC
Everyone in tech seems to agree that the future is in augmented reality, but a clear AR leader has yet to emerge. Google and Facebook have a head start on the competition, but Apple threw its hat in the ring at this week’s WWDC with ARKit, its new AR platform. Apple can now claim that […]
Google Hires Former Amazon and Apple Hardware Chief
Apple and Android app developers have been watching Google go through a slow-motion metamorphosis the past few years. With the release of the Pixel phones and a new hardware line, the direction of that change is becoming clear: Google is becoming a lot more like Apple. In the process, they’re capturing more of the upscale […]
App Store Review Process Cut by More than a Third
New data from AppReviewTimes.com indicates that review times in the Apple iOS and Mac app stores are down approximately a third in both categories, prompting widespread approval from iPhone app developers excited about faster and more frequent app update possibilities. As of this writing, the Mac App Store average review time was down to 1.17 […]
YouTube Announces YouTube Red Subscription Service Launch
The subscription model trend has reached a new titan in the industry; YouTube Red, YouTube’s new subscription-based service, is available as of October 28. Users on the fence about whether a subscription is worth the expense will have a chance to try a one-month free trial. When that trial ends, however, there’s a catch for […]
Google Creates New Privacy and Security App
On June 1, 2015, Google rolled out its new “My Account” service, a privacy and security app that provides a unified platform where users can manage account information. Through the service, users are able to view and change passwords, update account access settings, and check over their current security settings and account activity. Google also […]
iOS Apps Earning Nearly 5 Times More Than Android
Mobile app developers continue to choose the iOS platform over Android. Google may be wondering why so many developers flock to create software for the iTunes App Store over Google Play. The main reason is blatantly obvious. Developers follow the money. Apple’s dominance over the mobile app ecosystem may be waning slightly, yet applications launched […]