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Hong Kong real estate developers are elevating their prices for newly built homes, following a pattern of successful sales. This trend is occurring amidst growing economic and political instability, as well as uncertainty revolving around interest rates.…
Apple will decrease the commission fees it collects from App Store transactions in mainland China, marking a substantial victory for Chinese developers. This decision comes in response to the perceived pressure from regulators in the U.S. technology…
Phuket’s real estate market is poised for a significant influx of new properties, with approximately 10,000 new flats set to hit the market this year, according to property consultancy Colliers, as highlighted by the South China Morning Post. New project…
The first of its kind, a law preventing app market operators—the likes of Apple and Google—from necessitating app developers to use specific payment systems were imposed by Korea’s National Assembly in September 2021. Today, on January 11, 2022, Apple has…
Several app developers say that Apple is secretly purchasing Google ads for iOS subscription apps found in the App Store without approval from the apps’ developers. The report claims that Apple is doing this to help it collect millions of dollars in…
Based on an independent study of the App Store, the iOS app storefront generated $643 billion in sales and billings last year (which includes Apple’s cut of in-app purchases and ad sales), up 24% from the $519 billion that the App Store brought in during…
Huawei’s AppGallery seems to have done quite well for itself this past year despite everything, according to recently released numbers. In a press release this week, Huawei revealed that the platform boasts 2.3 million registered developers today—nearly 80%…
It took me a while to figure out what the big deal was. It’s not that people buy a $1.99 game, then get a refund and keep playing.It’s that people buy $100 in in-game “currency” using an in-app purchase, then get a refund, and keep the $100 of in-game…
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