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Apple enables universal purchases for Mac and iOS apps

February 5, 2020
Apple’s Catalyst apps were designed to help bridge software between its macOS and iOS platforms, and now the company is taking things a step further by enabling universal purchases between the two platforms, as spotted in Apple’s Xcode 11.4 beta by developer Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter. In other words, if developers choose to enable it, customers who buy the Mac App Store version of an…
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Apple adds ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase

February 5, 2020
With the latest beta releases, Apple has added the ability for developers to create unified purchases across Mac and iOS. This means that a developer can list an iPad app in the App Store and a Mac version in the Mac App Store. When the customer buys either version, it automatically unlocks for all platforms. Previously, developers could only offer separate independent purchases. This feature is…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 US pricing revealed

February 5, 2020
Just yesterday we got word on the South Korean pricing of the new Galaxy S20 lineup and now a new leak has revealed the US prices of Samsung’s upcoming flagships. According to an insider source, the Galaxy S20 lineup will start at $999 for the standard S20 and will go all…
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Apple gives developers Universal Purchase option for iOS, macOS apps

February 5, 2020
Though Apple has worked for two years to streamline iOS and macOS development by enabling iOS apps to work on Macs, the process has always been intended as gradual, consisting of steps towards the ultimate goal. Today, Apple unexpectedly took one of its biggest steps with the debut of a “universal purchase” option for Mac apps developed with Xcode, allowing macOS and iOS apps to share a single…
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Apple releasing first developer beta of iOS 13.4 today

February 5, 2020
Apple will release the first developer beta of iOS 13.4 today. This update comes after the public release of iOS 13.3.1 last week, which included new privacy settings, Screen Time updates, and more. We don’t yet know what to expect in iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4. Apple’s…
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Apple releases iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, macOS 10.15.4, tvOS 13.4, and watchOS 6.2 betas

February 5, 2020
Three months after Apple released the first 13.3 betas for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS alongside similarly small macOS Catalina and watchOS updates, it’s ready to give developers beta access to the next point release for each platform. Registered developers can now download the first betas of iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS version 13.4, as well as macOS 10.15.4 and watchOS 6.2. As of this point, it’s unclear…
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