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John Stauffer, Top Apple Executive Who Pushed for Shift to Cloud, Leaves for Roblox

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John Stauffer, Top Apple Executive Who Pushed for Shift to Cloud, Leaves for Roblox

[ad_1] Apple's top executive is leaving the iPhone maker to join Roblox Corp., adding to a string of recent high-profile departures. Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of media-related software technology is leaving the iPhone maker to join Roblox Corp., adding to a string of recent high-profile departures. John Stauffer is exiting Apple after about 24 years to become a vice president of engineering at the online gaming platform. He was one of a handful of company vice presidents to report directly to software engineering chief Craig Federighi. The departure adds to upheaval at Apple, with a series of vice presidents leaving in recent months. The company's head of procurement was ousted in September, while its chief privacy officer, head of industrial design, chief information ...

Mark Zuckerberg Calls Apple App Store Rules a ‘Conflict of Interest’

[ad_1] Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said that Apple Inc.’s App Store presents a conflict of interest. Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said that Apple Inc.'s App Store presents a conflict of interest, adding his voice to a flurry of criticism of the iPhone maker's software policies. “It is problematic for one company to be able to control what app experiences end up on a device,” Zuckerberg said Wednesday in an interview at the New York Times DealBook conference. The “vast majority of profits in mobile ecosystem go toward Apple,” he added. App store policies and fees implemented by Apple, and to a lesser extent Google parent Alphabet Inc., have long been a point of contention for technology companies looking to reach broad...

New Apple App Store Rules for Crypto and NFT Payments Issued

[ad_1] Apple Inc. updated its App Store guidelines with new and clearer language explaining its policy toward cryptocurrency trading and NFT. Apple Inc. updated its App Store guidelines Monday with new and clearer language explaining its policy toward cryptocurrency trading and non-fungible tokens. The Cupertino, California-based company has no issue with crypto exchanges or any other apps that allow the trading of digital tokens and currencies -- provided those exchanges have the requisite regional licenses to operate where the app is distributed. But in order for apps to sell NFTs and related services, they'll have to go through Apple's in-app purchase systems and “may not include buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms o...