It has been reported that in the near future Apple will officially announce a gamepad for its iOS devices.

Apple has added warnings about the presence of IAP in the description of applications on the App Store. But will this help parents avoid “unexpected” embezzlement in the future?  

According to the well-known Apple Insider resource, Apple has applied for a patent, which deals with a system of resale and “rental” of digital products by end users.

The Apple company promises to compensate those parents whose children made in-game purchases without permission. $100 million has already been allocated for this.  

Tim Cook said at the Goldman Sachs conference that his company has paid more than $8 billion to developers over the entire existence of the App Store. This is $1 billion more than last January.

FireMonkeys has announced the introduction of an improved “ghost mode” in its yet-to-be-released project. Now it will be possible to compete on the track independently with record results of the standings. 

Apple is adding new functionality for developers of “apple” content: each application will soon have a direct beautiful link to the domain AppStore.com .

The size of apps on the App Store is growing. Recently released Baldure‘s Gate weighs 1.7 GB. One issue of Edge or Cosmopolitan magazine is slightly smaller – about 1 GB. Space ceases to be enough even for users of the 64 GB version of the iPad. Apple has offered a way out.

Less than half a year has passed, and after as many as five beta versions, a full-fledged iOS 6.1 update appeared. There were no surprises and radical changes.

According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2012, Chinese smartphone manufacturers, Huawei and ZTE, entered the top five, displacing Korean LG and Taiwanese HTC.

The Apple company reported on the results of the first fiscal quarter of 2013, which it accounts for the fourth calendar quarter of 2012. 

Briefly about the main “iron” events of today: a new line of Apple tablets will appear this spring, Surface sales in the fourth quarter of last year, according to preliminary estimates, do not stand up to criticism. 

Briefly about the main announcements of recent days in one article: Apple is forced to reduce orders for components due to low demand for the iPhone 5, Samsung has reported on the success of the Galaxy S, Asus has finally introduced an ultra-tablet for emerging markets.

In 2012, tablets overtook laptops in sales in the USA and Canada. In 2013, this trend will become global, according to NPD DisplaySearch. 

Yesterday, the number of app downloads from the Apple App Store exceeded 40 billion.

According to the 9to5Mac resource with reference to the Japanese blog Macotakara, Apple is ready to introduce a new generation iPad 5 months after the launch of the iPad 4.

Apple is still the main smartphone manufacturer in the United States, but in Europe, the “apple” company is among the catching up, Kantar analysts write in their latest report.

Starting today, Apple has officially gone on Christmas vacation. During this period, developers will not be able to upload new apps or updates to existing ones to the App Store. 

Unity-based games dominate the list of the best apps in the App Store over the past year. In total, there are 17 such projects among the laureates.