FT Web App Bypasses App Store: How Ya Like Dem Apples?

Financial Times called an end-around play to dodge the Apple App Store, releasing a Web app that brings its content to several smartphones and tablets, including the iPad, with one login and one subscription payment for users.

Financial Times called an end-around play to dodge the Apple App Store, releasing a Web app that brings its content to several smartphones and tablets, including the iPad, with one login and one subscription payment for users.

Content will be free this week for the first week of the app’s launch, and FT said it was built using HTML5 technology, and it supports automatic, regular downloads so users can have access to its fare at any time, via any supported device.

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