In order to develop and release applications through the App Store or Mac App Store, devs must be subscribed to Apple's Developer program, which costs $99 per year in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the price has long been set at £60 per annum, which, at current exchange, is slightly cheaper than Stateside developers. However, Apple has hiked the price for some nations within the European Union, and while Brits looking to join the party will now have to pony up £79, the yearly premium has risen in Germany from €80 to €99.
Apple Pay is still very much in its infancy but those that are able to take advantage of it have universally good things to report. It seems that being able to pay for things easily and while on the go isn’t just a good idea when you’re buying goods and services though, because the city of New York is reportedly considering adding Apple Pay to its existing ways of paying for parking tickets.
Apple is facing yet another class action lawsuit and this time it's regarding the amount of storage space iOS 8 occupies when installed on an iPhone or iPad.
Well, this is a turn up for the books. Customer satisfaction surveys have long found Apple to be the champ when it comes to pleasing those who purchased its products, but according to recent findings, those who picked up a Samsung gadget in 2014 were generally happier with their haul than folk wielding devices featuring the famous bitten apple logo.
2014 has been one of Apple's strongest years so far. More record-breaking early sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus threw the gauntlet to its competitors, particularly Samsung, and to cap off a great twelve months, the Cupertino company has also pushed some very impressive numbers this holiday period. A total of 51 percent of mobile device activations over Christmas were of Apple products, and with the company's inaugural smartwatch effort looming, the Mac maker looks set for yet more dominance as we head on into 2015.
If for some odd reason you were wondering if your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus is snow proof, that question seems to be have been answered in what can be best described as another crazy experiment posted on YouTube. More on that, right after the jump!
After a substantial amount of early skepticism upon its arrival with the iPhone 5s last year, Apple's Touch ID has settled nicely as a central iOS feature, even expanding to reach the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 just a couple of months back. But it hasn't all been plain sailing, with the fingerprint sensor having been the subject of scrutiny by security experts, and now, it has emerged that it’s theoretically possible to bypass Apple’s latest security measure or any fingerprint based biometric system using a closeup photographs of your fingers and software that is available readily.
One of the major features of the iOS 8 update, or specifically, iOS 8.1, was that of Apple Pay. Apple is really pushing banks and retailers to support its new contactless infrastructure, which operates seamlessly with its array of devices, and now, it appears that the United Kingdom will be joining the party very shortly. As per a new report from a reputable British newspaper publication, Apple Pay should be ready for prime time throughout the UK in the first half of next year, with a number of major banks already making the necessary preparations.
Christmas is always a good time to shift goods online, whether that be as part of something like Black Friday madness or just the good old fashioned gift shopping. Christmas day itself is also a big shopping event with people getting gift cards or, our personal favorites, generic gift tokens in the form of cold hard cash.
Around a decade ago, Nike introduced its ZVEZDOCHKA modular shoes designed by Marc Newson. The shoes which were apparently too futuristic back in 2004 were not released to consumers en masse, and it took Nike 10 years to do that. The ZVEZDOCHKA has finally been released and it eerily resembles the official iPhone 5c cases. Read more about it after the break.
















