Apple drops App store commission fee to 15% for developers making up to $1 million in sales per year

Apple is set to halve its longstanding 30 percent app commission fee for small developers and businesses. The tech giant announced its new App Store Small Business Program that cuts the fee to 15 percent for those who generated less than $1 million sales in the previous calendar year. The initiative is set to launch … Read more

Not paying BBC licence fee is STILL a crime: Plans to decriminalise non-payment are delayed

Not paying BBC licence fee is STILL a crime: Plans to decriminalise non-payment are delayed amid fears bailiffs will target the elderly Ministers have postponed a move to decriminalise non-payment of licence fee  The alternative would be a switch to a civil rather than a criminal system There are concerns this could be worse as … Read more

PayPal customers will be slapped with a £12 ‘inactivity fee’

‘Merry Christmas from PayPal’: Irregular users of the payments platform will be charged a £12 ‘inactivity fee’ from 16 December – but it’s easy to avoid PayPal will start charging some customers an inactivity fee The US-based company said it will not be closing inactive accounts There are ways you can act now and avoid … Read more

BBC ‘terrifies’ the elderly with ‘threatening’ licence fee letters warning viewers of a £1,000 fine

The BBC has been accused of ‘terrifying’ the elderly with ‘threatening’ licence fee letters warning viewers of a £1,000 fine if they do not pay the £157.50-a-year cost. Social media users complained online after receiving the letters, which are emblazoned with red capital letters and informed recipients they could face prosecution. The letter reads: ‘Our … Read more

Questions BBC too arrogant to answer about licence fee

Tim Davie, the BBC’s new director general, was it seems, too high and mighty to respond to the hundreds of letters we recently handed over from pensioners unhappy about the Corporation’s decision to get the over-75s to pay for a TV licence.  Here, we answer the questions the public-funded broadcaster would rather you did not … Read more

Education watchdog backs tuition fee refunds for students if the quality of their course drops 

Students at universities hit by coronavirus should seek tuition fee refunds if the quality of their course slips, the higher education watchdog said last night. At least 40 universities have recorded virus cases – around one in four – leaving thousands of students locked down in halls. They have complained of ‘disgusting’ conditions as they are … Read more

Education watchdog backs tuition fee refunds for students if the quality of their course drops 

Students at universities hit by coronavirus should seek tuition fee refunds if the quality of their course slips, the higher education watchdog said last night. At least 40 universities have recorded virus cases – around one in four – leaving thousands of students locked down in halls. They have complained of ‘disgusting’ conditions as they are … Read more