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Apple External Payments Explained: A 2025 Beginner’s Guide
For years, Apple’s famous “30 % cut” on in‑app sales left many indie studios and SaaS founders feeling boxed in. Want to offer a web discount? Against the rules. Crave direct credit‑card data for churn analysis? Forget it. The latest iOS update, propelled by EU regulators and a decisive U.S. court ruling, cracks open that walled garden. Here’s what it actually changes—and what it doesn’t
Apple External Payments Explained: A 2025 Beginner’s Guide
For years, Apple’s famous “30 % cut” on in‑app sales left many indie studios and SaaS founders feeling boxed in. Want to offer a web discount? Against the rules. Crave direct credit‑card data for churn analysis? Forget it. The latest iOS update, propelled by EU regulators and a decisive U.S. court ruling, cracks open that walled garden. Here’s what it actually changes—and what it doesn’t
Apple External Payments Explained: A 2025 Beginner’s Guide
For years, Apple’s famous “30 % cut” on in‑app sales left many indie studios and SaaS founders feeling boxed in. Want to offer a web discount? Against the rules. Crave
Spotify’s U.S. App Gets Apple’s Green Light for External Payments
Spotify has won Apple’s approval to show external-payment-links in its U.S. app, marking a breakthrough for app developers and subscription services after a pivotal court ruling. This update lets users
Apple changes US App Store rules to let apps link to external payment systems
Apple App Store external payment era begins: a U.S. ruling scraps Apple’s 27 % fee and lets iOS apps embed a single web‑checkout link, unlocking higher margins and pricing freedom.
Exploring Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1: What’s New and What’s Missing
Apple’s latest iOS 18.1 beta brings Apple Intelligence to life with smarter Siri, AI-powered writing tools, and handy features like call transcription and message summaries. You can now breeze through
Apple Releases iOS 18.1 Beta With First iPhone Apple Intelligence Updates
iOS 18.1 beta 1 now available with first Apple Intelligence features Apple releases the first beta of iOS 18.1 for developers and includes its anticipated native artificial intelligence model. iPadOS
Mobile Health Apps: How Are They Redefining Healthcare in 2025
Mobile Health Apps: How Are They Reshaping Healthcare in 2025 In an era marked by rapid technological advancement, mobile health (“mHealth”) apps have emerged as a revolutionary force in healthcare.
The Five Key Steps To Starting A Technology Business
If you’ve been affected by layoffs, COVID-19, or simply want a career change and think that now is the time to start your business – you are 100% right. Now
Micro-Grants Available for Philly Artists & Designers Affected by COVID-19
Update: We selected two winners for this contest: Emerson Ruffin and Andre Chaney, both talented artists local to Philadelphia. You can find them on instagram at emersontheartist and andrenchaney. Congrats
Celebrating women’s contributions to the tech industry, in Philly and beyond
As March — Women’s History Month and Technical.ly’s Gender Equity in Tech Month — comes to a close, I’ve been thinking: What can we do to celebrate the accomplishments of