Apple bumps up iOS app size limit to 4GB

Here’s something for the developers out there. Apple is making it easier for you to create high-quality games and apps. The Apple App Store now supports app sizes of up to 4GB. The limit used to be 2GB. Apple hopes the boost will help create a “complete, rich user experience.” However, the one thing that hasn’t changed is cellular download limit is at 100MB per app.

Source: Apple | Via: iMore

Apple adds Beats Music app to ‘Made by Apple’ list on App Store

Just in case you forgot that Apple now owns Beats. The Cupertino-based tech giant has added the Beats Music streaming app has been added to the App Store’s “Made by Apple” list. The free app’s developer is still listed as Beats Music, LLC, though because this keeps in line with Apple’s promise that they are treating the brand as a separate entity.

Source: AppleInsider

Facebook Messenger becomes no. 1 downloaded app on App Store but gets 1-star rating

With the forced unbundling of Facebook’s messaging feature to become Facebook Messenger, it is natural that the app will become the number 1 app on the Apple App Store. However, this change is also showing how people do not like being forced to download new apps that another app already does. The current version of the Facebook Messenger app has been getting one-star ratings from users. It is mostly attributed to the switch as the previous versions of the app usually earned a four-star average on the App Store.

Source: Mashable

Apple App Store reports iOS 7 adoption moves up to 85%, iOS 6 drops to 12%

More and more Apple users are adopting iOS 7, according to the report Apple shown on its support page for developers. Apple iOS 7 (including iOS 7.1) have reached the 85 percent mark, while iOS 6 has dropped to 12 percent. The numbers are based on the usage of the App Store.

Apple first published the iOS numbers based on App Store usage back on December 1, 2013. At that time, 74 percent of users were using iOS 7, 22 percent were using iOS 6, and 4 percent were using earlier versions.

Source: The Next Web