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Prominent Hong Kong lawmaker warns Apple of becoming an ‘accomplice for Chinese censorship’
In an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, A prominent Hong Kong lawmaker and IT entrepreneur, Charles Mok, has warned Apple…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removal of Hong Kong police activity tracking app in memo to employees
You have likely seen the news that we made the decision to remove an app from the App Store entitled HKmap.live…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s continued kowtowing to China is a very bad look
China poses a triple threat to Apple. First, the escalating trade war between the US and China…
Apple removes Quartz news app from App Store in China over Hong Kong coverage
Apple has removed Quartz’s mobile app from the App Store in China after complaints from the Chinese government due to the publication’s ongoing coverage of the Hong Kong protests…
Apple again pulls Hong Kong police activity tracking app from App Store following Chinese warning
The Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper on Tuesday called the app “poisonous” and decried what it said was Apple’s complicity…
China warns Apple of ‘consequences’ for reinstatement of Hong Kong police activity tracking app
The mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party slammed a transport app available on Apple’s store that it alleged helped protesters identify police in Hong Kong…
Apple’s Catalyst apps for Mac leave some developers uneasy, users paying twice
Last year, Apple Inc. software chief Craig Federighi said developers would be able to easily bring their iPad apps to Mac computers…
Apple approves Hong Kong police activity tracking app
Apple Inc.’s App Store reversed a recent decision to reject a Hong Kong app that shows police activity in the midst…
Apple pulls Hong Kong police tracking app from App Store, calling it ‘illegal’
Apple has banned an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state…
Users can’t replace Apple’s default apps with third-party options; U.S. House antitrust panel wants to know why
When consumers fire up the latest iPhones for the first time in the coming weeks, they’ll find the device brimming with Apple Inc.’s home-grown apps…
How Apple Arcade could upend the app experience
If you thought the App Store was spammy and scammy before in-app purchases, it was nothing compared to apps distributed for free…
Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour hits Apple’s App Store
Ready, set, go! Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour is now available to download on the App Store…
Apple adjusts algorithm that stacked App Store search results with their own apps
Top spots in App Store search results are some of the most fought over real estate in the online economy….
Leaked Apple document says new Siri device is in the works
Leaked documents reveal upgrades to Apple’s Siri digital assistant, meant for supporting a new piece of hardware, are coming in late 2021…
How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideas
The imbalance of power between Apple and the apps on its platform could turn into a rare chink in the company’s armor as regulators and lawmakers put the dominance of big technology companies under an antitrust microscope…
Apple’s Project Catalyst polarizes developers ahead of iOS 13, macOS Catalina launches
iOS and macOS developers have thoughts on what’s good and what’s still surprisingly bad about Apple’s plan to get iOS apps on the Mac…
Developers accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior with its privacy changes in iOS 13
A group of app developers have written a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook in which the group argues that a new privacy-focused change to Apple’s iOS 13 operating system is likely to negatively impact their businesses…
Why Steve Jobs rejected the first Apple Card
If you’ve got your Apple Card, or when you get it, makes sure you change your payment method for Apple services like the App Store, iTunes Store, iCloud, and more…
Apple comes under antitrust pressure in Russia
Apple recently removed several parental control apps from the App Store, and they did it for a simple reason: those apps put users’ privacy and security at risk…
Morgan Stanley: Apple’s App Store growth accelerated in July driven by strength in China
Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty wrote Wednesday that growth rates for Apple Inc.’s App Store picked up in July
Researchers: ‘No individual brand is as predictive of being high-income as owning an Apple iPhone’
Apple’s iPhone has become the best indicator of wealth from among everyday items…
WSJ claims Apple favors its own apps in App Store search; Apple denies unequivocally
The Wall Street Journal alleges that Apple is favoring its apps unfairly in iOS App Store searches…
BofAML: Apple grew app sales in third quarter
Bank of America Merrill Lynch says Apple’s App Store revenue showed slight acceleration…
Analyst claims Apple’s App Store growth is slowing dramatically
Apple stock will not rise due to slowing sales growth in its App Store business, according to Goldman Sachs…
Apple plans an Arabic language App Store for Middle East
Apple plans to woo the growing wealth of the young Middle East consumer…
Parental control app OurPact regains Apple App Store slot
OurPact makes it back to the Apple App Store following temporary eviction in order to protect children from undesired snooping…
Apple re-launched Texas Hold’em for App Store birthday
Apple has published an all-new and heavily revised version of one of its first ever games, Texas Hold’em…
Apple’s App Store still makes more cash than Google Play
Apple’s App Store continues to massively outpace Google Play on consumer spending, even though iOS app installs are lower…
Apple publishes 3 new iPhone ads
Watch Apple’s three newly-published iPhone ad spots: Recycling, iMessage Encryption and App Store Privacy
Catalyst deep dive: The future of Mac software according to Apple and devs
Ars spoke with key members of the Apple team responsible for developing and promoting Project Catalyst
U.S. Supreme Court’s business-friendly reputation takes a hit
The U.S. Supreme Court in its term that concludes this week was not quite as business friendly as it has been in recent years…
Apple’s Catalyst can simultaneously rescue the Mac and grow the iPad
If SwiftUI is the future and spans every hardware platform, why bother bringing iPad apps to the Mac with Catalyst in the first place?
Inside Apple’s team, led by Phil Schiller, that greenlights iPhone apps for the App Store
In an inside look at Apple, CNBC has learned from people familiar with the process how the company reviews and approves apps…
Top Apple’s App Store developers are earning 64% more than Google Play’s
We analyzed quarterly consumer spending in apps from the top 100 publishers on the App Store and Google Play between Q1 2014 and 2019…
Apple and antitrust
Last week that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission were divvying up tech companies for potential antitrust investigations…
CEO Tim Cook: Apple is ‘not a monopoly’
CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook in San Jose, California, for an exclusive interview…
Apple’s 2019 Design Awards celebrate best-in-class design for apps and games
Apple yesterday hosted the Apple Design Awards and recognized nine iOS developers for outstanding artistry, technical achievement, user interface and application design. The developers represent companies large and small, located all over the world…
Apple backs off crackdown on parental-control apps
Over the past year, Apple purged iPhone apps that helped people limit the amount of time they and their children spent on Apple devices, drawing accusations of anticompetitive behavior…
Can Apple be trusted with the App Store?
On the App Store, Apple is legislator, judge, jury, and executioner. Apple makes the rules….
Apple defends App Store against developer backlash, says it ‘welcomes competition’
Apple has launched a public relations campaign to counter claims that it uses the App Store…
Apple defends App Store amid mounting criticism
Apple Inc on Wednesday publicly defended its App Store from mounting criticism over its treatment of…
