Categories
Finance News Software

Software industry now officially bigger than Hollywood with Apple paying $10 billion to developers in 2014

It’s official: Software is now more profitable than Hollywood, baby. Per the results over at Asymco and the box office receipts over at Box Office Mojo, Apple’s App Store receipts outgrossed movie receipts in 2014. Apple paid US$10 billion to developers in calendar 2014. Additional statistics for the App store are as follows:

Categories
iOS News Software

Apple advises iOS developers on temporary fix for in-app purchase hack

Apple on Friday issued a note to developers outlining a fix for an in-app purchasing exploit that allowed for the free download of for-pay content, and also announced that the loophole will be plugged when iOS 6 is released this fall. Per CNET, in its support document for iOS app developers, Apple recommends that apps […]

Categories
How-To

How-To: Reset Mac OS X’s Software Updater Function

As nigh-indispensable as Mac OS’s Software Update feature can be to locate and install patches for the operating system and supported applications from Apple, there remains the fact that some items might not install or the updater may not seem to work at all. Per MacFixIt, a user identified as “The Dragon” posted this comment […]