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Apple may soon enable gifting for in-app purchases

Updated guidelines allow developers to let users buy virtual items and currency for each other

Apple pulls mobile strategy game for including Taliban as enemies

But Slitherine development director hopes mobile platform holder will reverse its decision

Donut County and Gorogoa triumph in Apple Game of the Year Awards

Meanwhile, Apple Design Awards highlight Florence, Inside, Alto's Odyssey and more

Microsoft kills support for Minecraft on Apple TV

"We need to reallocate resources to the platforms that our players use the most," says Microsoft

Apple becomes first US public company worth $1 trillion

Q3 earnings report bolsters stock to record amount, maintained to market close

Apple ends App Store Affiliate program, citing improved discovery

iOS-focused sites to lose app revenue after September, other content types untouched

Apple clamps down on developers sharing data on users' friends

"When someone shares your info as part of their address book, you have no say in it, and you have no knowledge of it," says privacy expert

Developers can now offer free trials on the App Store

New App Store Review Guidelines also clarify rules around multi-platform apps like Steam Link

iOS developers have made $100 billion since App Store launched

20 million companies now registered as developers for Apple's mobile platform

Florence and Inside among the winners of Apple's Design Awards

Other games honoured at WWDC were Alto's Odyssey, Oddmar and Frost

Apple deprecates support for OpenGL

iOS developers encouraged to use Metal rather than OpenGL or its successor, Vulkan

Steam Link app rejected by Apple

Valve's appeal has been denied; Android version already in beta

Apple brings Everyone Can Code to schools for blind and deaf students

Initial launch in eight schools will tailor lessons to students' needs with accessibility resources

Apple targets education with new iPad hardware

New iPad and Apple Pencil will be cheaper for schools, and allow teachers to use app market for education

App Store generates almost $900 million in seven days

Pokémon GO amongst the big Christmas success stories

Apple waives dev membership fees for US schools, non-profits

Apple Developer Program membership will be free for eligible organisations making free apps

Apple acquires mobile dev company BuddyBuild

Vancouver-based creators of "single, seamless" app development platform will now make tools for iOS

Developers must disclose loot box odds following update to App Store guidelines

Change to guidelines comes amidst ongoing debate as to whether loot boxes constitute gambling

Apple introduces pre-orders to App Store

Developers will now be able to sell mobile games to iOS users up to three months before launch

Splitter Critters, Hidden Folks were the year's big winners on the App Store

App Store editors name the most notable games, developers and trends of 2017