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Selected links of June 2016

The Talk Show with Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi

John Gruber interviews SVP Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller and SVP Software Engineering Craig Federighi live from WWDC 2016. There is a full transcript by Serenity Caldwell from iMore and an audio only version.

§Monday, June 20, 2016

The 2016 Apple Design Award Winners

Complete Anatomy (iOS) by 3D4Medical
Streaks (iOS) by Zervaas Enterprises
Zova - Personal Trainer (iOS) by Zova
Frame.io - Video Review and Collaboration (iOS) by Frame.io
Ulysses (iOS, OS X) by The Soulmen GbR
Chameleon Run (iOS) by Noodlecake Studios Inc.
Lara Croft GO (iOS) by Square Enix Inc.
INKS. (iOS) by State of Play Games
Auxy Music Creation (iOS) by Auxy
djay Pro (iOS) by algoriddim GmBH
Linum (iOS, student winner) by Joaquin Vila
Dividr (iOS, student winner) by Josh Deichmann, Patrick Pistor, and Erik Lydick

§Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Phil Schiller phones John Gruber to sell the new App Store(s)

The new features are valid for all Apple OSes (macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS) and are set to begin this fall. After a new subscription based business model was introduced, new features are announced for application developers as well:

Paid advertising in search results.
Over 200 price points for subscription based applications.
Applications may change subscription prices easily.
The subscription-based applications can offer multiple levels / tiers (and therefore multiple tarifs).
Pricing based on the geographical area.
The renewal of the subscription can be done at different intervals: monthly or yearly, but every two months, three months or six months as well.

The post is a must read as it is full of details on each of these features.

§Thursday, June 9, 2016

Apple App Store will introduce a subscription based model for apps

Lauren Goode writing for The Verge:

In a rare pre-WWDC sit-down interview with The Verge, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said that Apple would soon alter its revenue-sharing model for apps. While the well-known 70 / 30 split will remain, developers who are able to maintain a subscription with a customer longer than a year will see Apple’s cut drop down to 15 percent. The option to sell subscriptions will also be available to all developers instead of just a few kinds of apps.

§Thursday, June 9, 2016