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John Stauffer, Top Apple Executive Who Pushed for Shift to Cloud, Leaves for Roblox
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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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 ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Calls Apple App Store Rules a ‘Conflict of Interest’
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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Apple’s Tim Cook Goes to Washington to Meet With Top GOP Lawmakers
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple’s Tim Cook Goes to Washington to Meet With Top GOP Lawmakers

[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Washington to meet with top Republican lawmakers as the company seeks to forge ties with the GOP ahead of the party’s takeover of the House. Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is in Washington to meet with top Republican lawmakers, according to people familiar with his visit, as the company seeks to forge ties with the GOP ahead of the party's takeover of the House early next year. Cook has scheduled sessions with Republican Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio, Darrell Issa of California and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, according to two of the people familiar with the meetings, who asked not to be identified discussing private travel plans. Jordan and McMorris Rodgers are likely to chair the top committees overseeing the tech industr...
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Apple bans VK apps from App Store? Furious Russia wants answer
28Sep By adminNo Comments
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Apple bans VK apps from App Store? Furious Russia wants answer

[ad_1] Apps operated by the Russian state-controlled tech firm VK were removed from the Apple App Store. Russia's communications regulator on Wednesday demanded an explanation from Apple after applications operated by the Russian state-controlled tech firm VK were removed from the U.S. firm's App Store. The regulator, Roskomnadzor, has been a thorn in the side of foreign tech firms, issuing fines over data storage violations and for failures to remove content Russia deems illegal - disputes that have escalated since Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine in February. VK runs Vkontakte, which with over 75 million monthly users is Russia's largest social network, often compared to Facebook. Along with VK's email service...
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Apple App Store Price Set To Be Hiked From Europe to Asia Next Month
20Sep By adminNo Comments
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Apple App Store Price Set To Be Hiked From Europe to Asia Next Month

[ad_1] Apple Inc. unveiled major increases to its price tiers on apps and in-app purchases from Europe to Asia Apple Inc. unveiled major increases to its price tiers on apps and in-app purchases from Europe to Asia, protecting its margins as major currencies tumble against the US dollar. Customers in nations that use the euro as well as those in Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Chile, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam will all see price hikes as early as Oct. 5, the company said in a message to developers. The move in Vietnam also reflects new local regulations around tax collection, Apple said, without elaborating on why it's raising prices elsewhere. The strong dollar may be a key driver. In Japan, prices are rising by ...
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