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Ganesh Nagarajan / Bloomberg: MapmyIndia, which provides mapping data to Apple, Amazon, McDonald's, and others, aims to raise up to $137M in its IPO; the company has raised $41.3M — - MapmyIndia began an initial public offering Thursday — India relaxed rules this year on mapping and...

MacRumors: Kuo: Apple's AR headset will include four sets of 3D sensors to offer hand gesture controls and object detection — Apple's long rumored AR headset is predicted to include multiple highly sensitive 3D sensing modules in order to offer an innovative hand gesture and object detecting...

Apple will not have to implement changes to its in-app purchase system and App Store guidelines as ordered by the judge’s ruling in its court battle with Epic Games. While Apple largely won that case, as the court ruled Apple was not acting as a monopolist, the company had been ordered to stop...

Russell Brandom / The Verge: Appeals court grants a stay in the Epic v. Apple ruling, letting Apple maintain its IAP system as the sole source of in-app payments on iOS as the case proceeds — Apple can maintain its App Store payment monopoly while the case proceeds — An appeals court has...

At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in June, the company teased its plans to incorporate support for home, office, and hotel keys into Apple Wallet, as well as state driver’s licenses. Today, Apple is announcing Hyatt will become the first hotel partner to support the new technology. The...

Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple...

Sami Fathi / MacRumors: Kuo: Apple's first AR headset will go to mass production in late Q4 2022, and Apple is working on a second gen headset with a lighter design for launch in 2024 — Apple is already working on its second-generation AR headset, which will feature a lighter design, adopt a...

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Report details the supply chain issues that forced Apple to significantly scale down its iPhone and iPad production plans — As Apple's ever-important holiday shopping season continues, the company is facing what a new report from Nikkei Asia describes as the “nightmare...

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: a secret deal between Tim Cook and China, brokered in 2016, paved the way for Apple's success by promising to help develop the country's economy — Interviews and internal Apple documents provide a behind-the-scenes look at how the company made concessions...

Ashley Stewart / Insider: Internal documents: Meta will prioritize selling products directly on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger in 2022, partially in response to Apple's ATT changes — - Meta is pivoting to focus on selling more products directly on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger...

Apple has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to launch a new program that aims to bring coding opportunities to children and teens across the US. Using the tech giant’s “Everyone Can Code” curriculum, children and teens at local Boys & Girls Clubs will integrate coding into their...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Many customers complain that T-Mobile and Verizon have failed to deliver promised rebates for promoted Apple products in a straightforward manner — Some customers are finding that wireless carriers are denying rebates used to promote Apple Inc.'s newest iPhones, iPads...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at the challenges of developing a mass-market augmented reality headset as Apple reportedly prepares to launch its own mixed reality device in 2022 — An augmented-reality headset or smart glasses could become the tech giant's next big thing — If...

RT: Apple sues Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service challenging the order to let developers inform App Store users about alternative payment options — US technology giant Apple has brought legal action against Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in an effort to challenge the request to …

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last...

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for December 2, 2021! There’s a lot going on. More fintech in Latin America. Actuator launching. App Store Awards. The week’s...

Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: Interviews with 16 current and former Apple retail, support, and sales employees detail harsh working conditions, poor pay, and little interest from HR — The company's hourly workers say conditions are untenable. Does Apple care? — Illustrations by Jesse Zhang

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: In a filing in the Epic lawsuit, Apple indicates it intends to collect commission regardless of whether developers use IAP or a competing payments platform — Although the appeal of the Apple-Epic lawsuit is ongoing, Apple is currently subject to the judge's decision...

Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch. This year, children’s app maker Toca Boca won iPhone App of the Year for “Toca Life World,” and Riot Games’ “League of Legends: Wild Rift” was the iPhone...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple announces the best apps and games of 2021 across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, and most downloaded apps of the year — Apple today released its anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of the year across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and...