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At U.S. Senate hearing, Spotify, Match claim Apple is abusing power in App Store
Executives from Spotify and Match Group, the company behind dating app Tinder, testified Wednesday at a Senate hearing examining potentially…
Apple approves Parler to return to App Store
According to a letter Apple sent to Congress on Monday, the company’s App Store has approved Parler’s return citing improvements the…
Discord blocks iOS users from joining and accessing NSFW servers due to App Store rules
Discord, the gaming-focused social networking app which lets users create public or private servers to chat via text, image, voice, and…
Apple capitulates, agrees to testify in U.S. Senate app store hearing
Days after U.S. Senate panel leaders criticized Apple for refusing to appear at a hearing on competition issues related to mobile app…
Apple provokes bipartisan ire for skipping U.S. Senate App Store hearing
Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, a Republican say Apple is refusing to participate in an upcoming Senate App Store hearing …
Apple to argue it faces abundant competition in video game market in Epic Games lawsuit
In a court filing in the Epic Games lawsuit on Thursday, Apple said it plans to argue that it faces abundant competition in the market for…
Apple’s App Store again destroys Google Play as global app spending hits new record
Consumer spending grew 40% year over year to $21 billion on Apple’s App Store, and by the same percentage year over year to around…
Fake app approved by Apple’s App Store stole man’s life savings in bitcoin
Apple bills its App Store as “the world’s most trusted marketplace for apps,” where every submission is scanned and reviewed, ensuring…
H&M erased from Apple Maps and other apps in China
As of Thursday, H&M had been wiped off Apple Maps in China and also removed from China’s leading e-commerce, ride-hailing, daily-deals…
Apple: iOS developers multiple alternative channels to reach users and are not limited to the App Store
Apple has responded further to the Australian consumer watchdog saying there are multiple alternative channels for iOS developers to reach…
Arizona Senate skips vote on bill to regulate Apple’s App Store
The Arizona State Senate was scheduled to vote on a bill Wednesday that would have imposed changes on Apple operates their App Store by…
Apple’s longtime App Store developer relations chief Ron Okamoto retires
Apple’s executive in charge of App Store developer relations, Ron Okamoto, has retired and the role has been taken over by a key marketing…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, other executives to testify in Fortnite trial
Apple CEO Tim Cook and exec. Craig Federighi are among top executives likely to testify in its trial vs. Epic Games, maker of Fortnite …
Google follows Apple, cuts store fee from 30% to 15% on first $1 million developers earn
As it is wont to do, Google is once again following Apple by reducing the commission it charges developers that sell digital goods…
Apple beefs up lobbying at U.S. state level ahead of Arizona App Store bill vote
Tech companies including mighty Apple are turning their lobbying attention to statehouses across the country as a wave of local bills…
UK starts probe on Apple over alleged App Store monopoly
The UK competition regulator said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into Apple after complaints that the company’s App Store terms…
Google Docs, Calendar for iOS updated with Apple’s App Privacy labels
Google on Monday continued a slow rollout of updates to its flagship iOS apps that includes Apple’s mandated App Privacy labels…
Apple and Google lobby against Arizona bill that would allow third-party app store payment systems
A bill in Arizona, HB2005, would allow app developers to use third-party payment systems to circumvent the 15% to 30% cut that Apple and…
Minnesota bill targets Apple App Store
A proposed bill in the Minnesota state legislature would force Apple’s App Store and Alphabet’s derivative Google Play store to keep the…
Dutch competition regulators nearing draft decision in Apple investigation
According to a letter sent this month to some of the developers involved in the case, Dutch competition authorities are nearing a decision…
Google adds Apple’s App Privacy labels to Gmail App
Google on Monday added Apple’s App Privacy labels to its Gmail app, marking the first of its major apps to receive the privacy details…
Arizona bill could force Apple’s App Store to permit third-party payment systems
An Arizona bill, HB 2005, that could force Apple’s App Store and Google Play to allow third-party payment platforms for in-app purchases…
Apple users may spend more on non-gaming mobile apps by 2024
Data analytics firm SensorTower said on Monday that Apple device users may end up spending more on non-gaming mobile apps by 2024…
Judge bars Epic Games from pursuing Apple in the U.K. over Fortnite ban
A U.K. judge has barred aspiring freeloader Epic Games from widening its fight with Apple over App Store access to its Fortnite video game.
‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games takes its Apple battle to the EU
“Fortnite” game developer Epic Games said on Wed. that it had filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the EU’s European Commission…
North Dakota rejects anti-Apple App Store bill drafted by Epic Games lobbyist
The North Dakota Senate on Tuesday voted down the bill that would’ve banned Apple and Google from taking a cut of app sales from firms…
Social media app Parler flickers back to life on ‘independent technology’
Social media service Parler relaunched on Monday, although the service is spotty and users report getting hung up at the login page…
YouTube, Tinder, and Disney+ top U.S. consumer spending for iOS subscription apps
YouTube, Tinder, and Disney+ topped U.S. consumer spending for iOS subscription apps in 2020. Worldwide consumer spending grew…
Apple CEO Cook links Facebook business model to real-world violence, yet Facebook app remains on App Store
Apple CEO Tim Cook implicitly linked Facebook’s business model, which uses data to serve targeted ads, with real-world consequences like…
Parler’s website is back online
The chief executive of social media platform Parler, John Matze, posted a brief message on the company’s website, which does not…
Epic Games extends ‘Fortnite’ dispute with Apple, Google to the U.K.
Epic Games on Thursday widened its dispute with Apple over access to its “Fortnite” video game as it complained to the U.K.’s antitrust…
Parler CEO says social media platform may never return
Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers, may never return online, said its CEO John Matze…
Tim Cook: Parler can return to App Store if they comply with Apple’s terms of service
Parler can return to the App Store according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, but they must first comply with the company’s App Store Terms of Service…
Parler finds a new home
After a handful of Big Tech companies moved to take down Parler over the weekend, the social media platform appears to have found a new…
Parler sues Amazon over site takedown
Parler, a social networking service that advocated free speech before it was deplatformed has sued Amazon.com on Monday…
Apple pulls Parler from the App Store
Apple has pulled Parler from the App Store, just hours after the free speech Twitter rival hit No.1 on Apple’s top free apps chart…
Parler rises to No. 1 on App Store after Apple threatens ban
Parler surged to No. 1 on Apple App Store’s chart of top free apps Saturday after Apple threatened to ban the app from the store…
Apple threatens to ban free speech Twitter rival Parler from the App Store
Parler co-owner Dan Bongino said that Apple has threatened to ban the platform from its App Store and bar it from iOS devices…
FTC calls Apple a ‘gatekeeping giant of the mobile gaming industry’
Two FTC commissioners also blamed Apple (and follower Google) for helping to create the environment that they claim squeezes mobile gaming…
Apple’s App Store had gross sales of at least $64 billion last year
Apple’s App Store grossed more than $64 billion in 2020 while other data shows consumer spending on the store hit $72.3 billion…
President Trump bars U.S. transactions with eight Chinese apps
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps, including…
