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Mon, 04/05/2021 - 3:45pm -- tim Vermont Business Magazine Women Business Owners Network (WBON) announces a new annual partnership with Vermont Federal Credit Union. “As a business led by women, Vermont Federal Credit Union is proud to support WBON in their mission to increase opportunities for women,” said Jean Giard, President/CEO of Vermont Federal Credit Union. WBON board member, Pat Heffernan, said becoming an annual partner shows an organization is committed to supporting participation...

Google announced today that it is halving its Play Store commission fee from 30% to 15%. However, there is a catch. The fee is being reduced to 15% for the first $1M USD of revenue every developer earns each year. This means, the company will charge the usual 30% commission if your app has earned $1M USD.  Google wrote in a blog post that it chose $1M USD as the threshold because “we’ve heard from our partners making $2M, $5M and even $10M a year that their services are still on a path t...

Apple says its App Store now supports more than 330,000 jobs in the U.K., a 10% increase over the past year, despite the pressures of the global...

What you need to know As developer Sean Harding found out the hard way, you cant transfer apps and be part of the Apple Small Business Program. Transferring apps means you will not be elegible for a reduced App Store cut to going to Apple. Heres a quick public service announcement specific to developers – if you transfer your apps to another App Store Connect account, you cant then apply to be aprt of the Small Business Program. Thats somethign developer Sean Harding just found out. See, App...

Last November, Apple announced its App Store Small Business Program. The initiative is aimed at helping small developers making under $1 million per year grow their businesses....

SHARE In the aftermath of a global pandemic, the road to recovery will undoubtedly run through small and medium-sized businesses. In recognition of this, Amazon Web Services Inc. has announced the global launch of its Think Big for Small Business Program for small and minority owned partners. The global expansion follows a pilot introduction of the program last August. Think Big for Small Business helps governments focus on emerging enterprises and provides guidance and AWS resources to smalle...

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Setapp has conducted its annual survey of Mac users. 90% of Mac developers say they are happy with Apples new Small Business Program. Setapp has published the results of its 2020 Mac Developer Survey, revealing 90% of them are happy with Apples Small Business Program. Setapp asked developers about lots of different things including the pandemic, 2021, business obstacles, and app distribution: 2020 was a rough year, upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns and quarantine restrict...

Researchers develop rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test affordable for low-income families A test that detects antibodies to the novel coronavirus in 10 minutes and costs only a fifth of the market average has been developed by researchers at the University of São Paulos São Carlos Chemistry Institute (IQSC-USP) and Brazilian startup Biolinker, with São Paulo Research Foundation - FAPESPs support. The device works similarly to the rapid tests available now in pharmacies. It analyzes a drop of blo...