Apple’s new encrypted browsing feature won’t be available in China, Saudi Arabia and more: report Apple announced a handful of privacy-focused updates at its annual software developer conference on Monday. One called Private Relay particularly piques the interest of…
Apple finally launches a Screen Time API for app developers Just after the release of iOS 12 in 2018, Apple introduced its own built-in screen time tracking tools and controls. It then began cracking…
Apple’s new App Store Guidelines aim to crack down on fraud and scams Apple today is releasing a new version of its App Store Review Guidelines, its lengthy document which dictates the rules which apps must abide…
Apple releases torrent of updates, and Wall Street yawns Today’s WWDC keynote from Apple covered a huge range of updates. From a new macOS to a refreshed watchOS to a new iOS, better…
Apple Maps upgrade brings more detailed maps, transit features, AR view and more Among many updates coming to iOS 15, Apple Maps will receive a number of upgrades that will bring more detailed maps, improvements for transit…
Apple’s Live Text lets you interact with text in your photos Apple has introduced a new feature to its camera system that automatically recognizes and transcribes text in your photos, from a phone number on…
Apple announces FaceTime updates Over a year into a global pandemic, Apple announced some major updates to its FaceTime app at WWDC 2021, which will be available in…
Watch Apple’s WWDC keynote live right here Today, Apple is holding a (virtual) keynote on the first day of its developer conference, and the company is expected to talk about a…
This Week in Apps: WWDC Prep, F8 recap, TikTok goes after biometric data Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The…
This one email explains Apple An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple’s App Store based suit brought…
Tencent helps Chinese students skip prohibitively low speeds for school websites overseas Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students enrolled in overseas schools are stranded as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt life and airlines worldwide. Learning…
Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi, now the No. 1 app on…
Collab Capital closes $50 million debut fund to back Black founders A decade before investing outside of San Francisco and New York became trendy, entrepreneurs Jewel Burks, Justin Dawkins and Barry Givens were betting on…
Tesla will store Chinese user data locally, following Apple’s suit The handling of user data in China has become a delicate matter for foreign tech companies operating in the country. Apple’s move to store…
Malware caught using a macOS zero-day to secretly take screenshots Almost exactly a month ago, researchers revealed a notorious malware family was exploiting a never-before-seen vulnerability that let it bypass macOS security defenses and run…
This Week in Apps: Google I/O hits and misses, Snap goes shopping, Parler returns to App Store Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The…
Tim Cook plays innocent in Epic v Apple’s culminating testimony Apple CEO Tim Cook took his first turn in the witness chair this morning in what is probably the most anticipated testimony of the…
Spotify brings offline listening to the Apple Watch, at last The relationship between Spotify and Apple has been…understandably contentious at times. After all, Apple runs the streaming service’s biggest competitor. At the end of…
Tesla supplier Delta Electronics invests $7M in AI chip startup Kneron Despite a persistent semiconductor shortage that is disrupting the global automotive industry, investors remain bullish on the chips used to power next-generation vehicles. Kneron,…
Apple expands its ad business with a new App Store ad slot At the same time as it’s cracking down on the advertising businesses run by rivals, Apple is introducing a new way for developers to…