Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Twitter continues to expand the capabilities of its direct messaging functionality today. After rolling out its new abuse filter for Direct Messages yesterday, Twitter is now expanding the availability of DM search to all iOS users. more… The post Twitter starts rolling out Direct Message search to all iOS users appeared first on 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac
Apple has scrubbed a number of VoIP apps from the App Store following a report that some developers were creating clones to capture more search traffic. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple has today expanded its lyric search feature in Apple Music to several new countries. This feature lets users search for songs within Apple Music by simply typing a portion of the lyrics. The company is also expanding lyric availability today as well. more… The post Apple Music lyrics & search expanding to several new…
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Apple has promoted recent hire John Giannandrea to its executive team with a new role: senior vice president of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Giannandrea joined Apple earlier this year after leaving his role of search and AI chief at Google. more… The post Apple promotes John Giannandrea to SVP of ML and AI Strategy after hiring ex-Google…
A statement made by Google could suggest a slowing in the growth of the payments the company makes to Apple to be the default search engine on iOS devices … more… 9to5Mac
Google on Monday announced several upgrades for its iPhone and iPad search app, designed to weave it more deeply into everyday use. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Last year’s search ads changed the way Apple’s App Store functioned in a fundamental way by surfacing promoted (and sometimes irrelevant) apps into search results. With the latest update to the program, developers have a new way to pay for app promotion, the ability to pay for installs. more… 9to5Mac
While Google parent company Alphabet beat forecasts in this week’s third-quarter results, pulling in $ 27.77 billion in revenue, the company simultaneously warned of higher traffic acquisition costs — likely supporting claims that it’s paying Apple more to be the default option in Safari search. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple VP of Advertising Platforms Todd Teresi in a keynote Q&A session at the Postback conference in Seattle on Tuesday explained the company’s switch away from iAd in favor of the new Search Ads platform, revealed never before seen internal metrics and discussed the future of app advertising. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Prior to WWDC last week, Apple highlighted that it has now paid developers over $ 70 billion through the App Store, with $ 21 billion of that occurring the last year. A new post on Medium from Johnny Lin, however, highlights that not all of that $ 70 billion is necessarily legitimate… more… 9to5Mac
Popular PDF Expert app for Mac is getting a notable update today from developer Readdle with version 2.2 bringing a redesigned, new and improved UI alongside better search and more. more… Filed under: Apple 9to5Mac
Apple this week added Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo to a slowly growing list of services that offer support for universal search on fourth-generation Apple TV devices. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple has silently added Australia’s Stan to the list of services supported by universal search on the Apple TV, representing the first time the feature has gone beyond U.S.-based companies. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
As part of a continued buildout of Apple TV services, Apple this week integrated programming data for Comedy Central, MTV and VH1 into tvOS universal search, allowing users to easily surface content hosted by those apps. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
A significant number of users on Reddit and Twitter, corroborated by multiple tips we have received, are affected by an ongoing App Store issue preventing a number of popular iOS apps from showing up in search results unless already installed, including Google, Periscope, Spotify, Tidal, Tumblr, Uber, Vine, Waze, and many others. The search issues…
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