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Apple developers grow App Store ecosystem billings and sales by 24 percent in 2020
UPDATEJune 3, 2021
Meeting pandemic challenges, Apple developers grow total billings and sales in the App Store ecosystem by 24 percent to $643 billion in 2020
New study details how small businesses innovate on the App Store to reach customers around the world
Apple today announced that the App Store ecosystem facilitated $643 billion in billings and sales during 2020, a 24 percent year-over-year increase. An independent study by economists from the Analysis Group found that developers selling goods and services across many categories grew their businesses while reaching customers around the world. App creators applied their creativity and passion to help people stay connected, healthy, and entertained - while the App Store played a vital supporting role as developers adapted to the year s challenges and brought new innovations
UAE-based Filipino student among winners of Apple s WWDC coding challenge
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App developers are getting younger thanks to easy-to-use tools such as those from Apple.
Pandemic has made 12-year-old Sabrina Sales realise how people have become very dependent on technology, and she s doing her part
A 12-year-old Filipino residing in Abu Dhabi was among the winners of Apple s annual competition for student coders, and she s among the growing number of young guns globally turning their ideas into reality with the help of the iPhone maker s software and ecosystem of developers.
Sabrina Sales announcement of being among the winners of the Swift Student Challenge is part of the run-up to this year s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple s biggest industry gathering outside of its iPhone launch.
Apple Teams Up With the University of Nevada, Reno to Give Every Freshman a Free iPad Air
Thursday May 27, 2021 1:20 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Apple is teaming up with the University of Nevada, Reno to develop a program that will offer a common learning platform and deliver equal access to technology. As part of the Digital Wolf Pack initiative, all incoming freshmen that will be attending the university in Fall 2021 will receive an iPad Air, an Apple Pencil, and the Apple Smart Keyboard Folio at no cost.
Along with an iPad Air, students will be offered focused training to improve digital literacy and fluency with productivity, creativity, and communication apps. Freshmen will have access to Apple s suite of apps, such as Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Swift Playgrounds, and more, along with custom apps that are designed to support their experience on and off campus.
eXtensions - Tuesday 25 May 2021
Tuesday Diversion: 11 M1 iPad Pro in Thailand - an Increase in Productivity
By Graham K. Rogers
WWDC runs online from 7-11 June this year. Apple updates its OS versions. An order of an iPad Pro arrived in my hands at the start of this week: a little earlier than expected. After setting it up, an import of RAW images was faster and took more files than the older iPad Pro. A stand-in keyboard is workable, but a Folio Keyboard will be coming soon.
Apple has put out its invitation to WWDC which will run from 7 - 11 June. The Keynote presentation during which some of the outline secrets for the coming months will be revealed is at 10am on the first day, which is about midnight here. I will catch the headline in the morning and look at the presentation on AppleTV later in the day. After the Keynote, the focus is on developers with a state of the Union address at 2pm Cupertino time. John Voorhees (MacStories) reports that there will be over 200 sess