Developer convinces Apple to bend App Store rules on subscriptions

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The developer of a firewall and VPN app has successfully managed to challenge the App Store guidelines that govern the app review process, enabling it to offer a day pass subscription that isn’t typically allowed under the rules.During WWDC, Apple revealed a major change to the review process of apps and updates being submitted to the App Store, enabling developers to …

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Chicago Apple Store looting, protest footage theft in the Apple Crime Blotter

By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) A mob vandalized an Apple Store in Brooklyn, suspects have been arrested in an investigation into another store’s looting, investigators demand data from Apple over a municipal hack, and more crime stories involving Apple, its products, and services.Apple Store in Christiana MallThe latest in an occasional Apple Insider series, looking at the world of Apple crime….

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Manhattan Apple Store customers targeted by group of thieves

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A series of robberies have been reported in New York involving Apple products, with a group of criminals targeting customers who are exiting Apple Stores with their purchases.A total of 15 such thefts have been reported since June 30 in Manhattan, New York, where Apple Store customers have their new hardware taken shortly after buying them. In some instances, it seems the criminals involved are staking out near the Apple outlets, then following customers leaving with store bags.One incident caught on security cameras at a nail bar shows a thief taking a shopping bag containing a MacBook valued at $2,400, by casually holding open the door and then reaching and taking the bag. Authorities …

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