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New cars from Fiat Chrysler and VW will come with up to 6 months of free Apple Music
Two major car manufacturers, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Volkswagen, announced today they will begin to offer free Apple Music subscriptions of up to six months to customers purchasing new vehicles with CarPlay starting on May 1, 2018. The offers are meant to help boost Apple Music subscribers, and arrive shortly after rival Spotify filed to…
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Apple Maps shows you the nearest bike-sharing stations
Apple has signed a partnership with Ito World to add bike-sharing data in Apple Maps in over 175 cities across 36 countries. The feature is now live and helps you find the nearest station by typing “bike sharing” in the search bar or the name of the service. Once again, Apple chose to integrate an…
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France takes legal action against Apple and Google for their app stores
France’s Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire criticized Apple and Google for the way they run the App Store and Play Store. According to him, Google and Apple have too much power against app developers. Le Maire will ask a court to look at it and fine tech giants if necessary. “When developers want to develop…
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Apple could be announcing a new cheap iPad
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple could be unveiling a new version of its entry-level iPad at its event next week. The company is holding a press event on March 27 in Chicago. And the only thing that we know is that the event is going to be focused on the education market.…
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Even with double the subscribers, Spotify says Apple will always have some edge owning the app store
Spotify just filed for a direct listing in the U.S., sidestepping the traditional IPO process, and now we’re starting to see some of the true financial guts of the company — and some of the significant risks it faces from challenging services from Apple and Google. Apple, for example, charges apps a percentage of revenue…
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Apple Watch apps now track ski performance
Skiers, rejoice! It just got a lot easier to track your mountain treks. Due to an Apple Watch update that combines GPS and altimeter (altitude) measuring, ski apps are now able to quantify performance. If you’re wondering how many calories you’ve burned or how fast you were going, all that data is available and more.…
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Facebook works it out with Apple to test news paywalls on iOS
Apple is allowing Facebook to bend the subscription rules. Starting March 1st, news publishers will be able to use their paywalls inside Facebook’s iOS app. Facebook started testing paywalls on Android in October, but at the time it couldn’t come to an agreement with Apple about how subscription revenue would be taxed. TechCrunch has confirmed publishers…
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Las reglas de pago de la App Store no cambiarán ya que la batalla de Apple con Epic Games se dirige a la Corte Suprema
Las reglas actuales de la App Store de Apple seguirán vigentes, ya que su caso con el fabricante de Fortnite, Epic Games, se dirige a la Corte Suprema, lo que significa que los desarrolladores no podrán redirigir a los clientes a sus propios sistemas de pago en el corto plazo. Los dos gigantes tecnológicos han…
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Apple compra Disney es una posibilidad según algunos analistas
La fusión de Apple y Disney, que se especuló durante mucho tiempo, no es una fantasía inverosímil en estos días, dicen algunos. Una venta de The Walt Disney Company a Apple es una posibilidad según varios analistas que hablaron con El reportero de Hollywood para un nuevo informe. El potencial de la fusión Apple-Disney se…
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Stomp trae una aplicación Mastodon completamente funcional a su Apple Watch
Otro ex desarrollador de aplicaciones de Twitter ha centrado su atención en Mastodon a raíz de la adquisición de Twitter por parte de Elon Musk, que puso fin a los clientes de terceros. Con el lanzamiento de hoy, una nueva aplicación del desarrollador de la aplicación de Twitter, Chirp, trae la red social de Mastodon…
