Wednesday Apple Rumors: Calculator Widgets Aren’t Allowed on iOS 8

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Here are your Apple Rumors for today:

apple-rumors-calculator-widgets-ios-8-aaplCalculator: Apple (AAPL) isn’t allowing widgets that make calculations on iOS 8, reports MacRumors. One such app that has a widget for making calumniation on iOS 8 is PCalc. The widget was previously approved by the tech company and it works on the “Today” view of the Notification Center. According to Apple’s App Extension guidelines, widgets must be simple and can’t be miniature versions of a full app. This may be why the PCalc widget is under fire.

Supply: Limited Supply of the iPhone 6 Plus have kept price of the device high on eBay (EBAY), AppleInisder notes. According to data collected by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, the iPhone 6 Plus was selling for 138% of its retail price a week after it was released. The device reached a high of 159% the retail price three weeks after it was released. As of 42 days after its launch, the iPhone 6 Plus is selling for 124% of its retail value.

WatchSpring: Some clever developers have created an app that gives iPhones the Apple Watch interface, reports BGR. The new app is called WatchSpring and it looks almost identical to the Watch’s interface. However, the app can’t be easily downloaded. First of all, the app can only be downloaded onto iPhones that are jailbroken. The other issue with downloading the app is that it’s not on the Cydia app store for jailbroken smartphones. If iPhone owners don’t mind jumping through some hoops, they can get the app installed on their devices for free.

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