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Apple’s App Store business model may be in danger in China
If Apple Inc. is lucky, a 10-page complaint posted on social media by a Chinese law firm…
China’s dream is Apple’s nightmare: U.S. tech firms face risks as they quietly bow to China’s censorship and technology demands
CEOs of U.S. high-tech companies have been notably silent…
As Apple’s services business grows in China, so does its censorship risk
Apple Inc. took a public-opinion beating after it removed anticensorship tools from its China app store…
Joining Apple, Amazon’s China cloud service bows to censors
Another major American technology company is moving to implement the country’s tough restrictions on online content…
Apple and Google pull hundreds of trading apps from stores over fears of financial scams
Apple and Google have removed hundreds of trading apps from their online stores after an intervention…
There are two sides to Apple’s China story
Apple Inc.’s decision to remove VPN apps in China is…
Putin bans VPNs to stop Russians accessing prohibited websites
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that prohibits technology that provides access to websites banned in Russia…
Apple issues statement regarding removal of VPN apps from China App Store
China’s MIIT Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that all developers offering VPNs…
Apple removes VPN apps from China App Store
We received notification from Apple today, July 29, 2017, at roughly 04:00 GMT, that the ExpressVPN…
iPhone gamers, brace yourselves for the app-ocalypse: Apple’s coming iOS will kill off some beloved games
If you’re an iPhone user still addicted to Flappy Bird, be ready to experience withdrawal symptoms…
Apple creates new managing director role for China
Apple wants China to know they’re serious…
Apple’s long history of rejecting ‘objectionable content’ from the App Store
Each day, Apple is tasked with a near-impossible job: keeping its sprawling App Store free…
Apple to build second renewables-powered data center in Denmark
Apple Inc said Monday it will spend 6 billion Danish crowns ($921 million) on a new data center…
Kanye West cuts ties with Tidal as Jay-Z’s latest album pops up on Apple Music
The same day that the Jay-Z album ‘4:44’ exits Tidal exclusivity, Kanye West, one of Tidal’s initial 16 artist-owners…
This is why Apple’s iPhone upended the tech industry
In 2007 the cellphone industry was sundered. In hindsight, there is only before and after the iPhone…
How Apple’s iPhone changed gaming for the better and the worse
The launch of a unified digital storefront alongside a native SDK was revolutionary….
How coding can make your kids safer online
All this emphasis on childhood coding may seem like overkill, but it can actually…
Phil Schiller on how Apple’s trying to spark more app innovation
There’s no part of our life that isn’t touched by apps now…
Apple rejects game featuring ‘objectionable’ Pepe The Frog cartoon
Pepe The Frog is not so much deplorable as he is ‘objectionable’ by Apple standards…
Apple unveils all-new App Store
Apple today unveiled the all-new App Store, designed from the ground up…
Apple’s App Store downloads surge
While Apple’s services segment is benefiting from a broad base of growth drivers…
Apple’s Swift Playgrounds expands coding education to robots, drones and musical instruments
Apple today announced that Swift Playgrounds, its educational coding app for iPad, will offer…
Apple announces global developer App Store earnings top $70 billion
Apple today announced that its global developer community has earned over $70 billion…
Why Apple’s App Store is good business for your enterprise
At least 69 iOS developers managed to make their first million-dollars in app revenue last year
The iPhone decade
The design for the device that would revolutionize mobile phones and, eventually, the culture at large…
Apple goes to war with Tencent’s WeChat
In most of the world, the success of Apple’s ‘walled garden’ of proprietary software has two element…
Courting controversy, Apple tells several Chinese social-networking apps to disable their ‘tip’ functions
Apple Inc. has seen its challenges multiply in the all-important China market over the past year or so…
Apple’s App Store took 60% of mobile app sales in 2016 despite a smaller user base vs. Google’s Android
We estimate Apple recently passed 700 million iPhones in use…
Apple reverses decision and protects a vital service
Following online anger at Apple’s decision to cut the commission paid out on apps by nearly two-thirds…
Why Warren Buffett believes Apple can charge whatever it wants
People who buy iPhones generally aren’t swayed by lower prices…
Spotify leads call for investigation into ‘troubling’ Apple and Google app store practices
Spotify and a host of European internet businesses have called on Brussels to crack down…
Warring kings and fire-breathing dragons drive Apple growth in China, even as iPhone sales stall
Apple Inc has a new China growth driver…
Amazon takes on Apple, Google as digital gatekeeper
Amazon on Monday created a single spot for people to sign up to digital subscriptions from companies including…
Apple cuts App Store affiliate commission from 7% to 2.5%
Apple just sent an email to members of the App Store affiliate program saying…
In bid to improve censorship, China to summon Apple execs to discuss stricter App Store oversight
Apple has said it follows local law about what content is illegal and must be censored…
Will Apple CEO Tim Cook stand up to China over App Store censorship?
Chinese authorities plan to question Apple about video streaming services available…
Beijing cyber regulators to summon Apple over live streaming apps
Internet regulators in China’s capital plan to summon Apple to urge the American firm…
Apple bans developers from referencing price in app names, screenshots, and previews
Apple has stepped up its efforts to stop developers from promoting the price of their apps …
Fire erupts at Samsung store in Singapore
A fire broke out in the stockroom of a Samsung store in Singapore…
Apple rekindles its relationship with software developers
Find out how the world’s most valuable company is trying to change…
Apple’s App Store gets a makeover
Apple Inc.’s App Store has turned countless software developers into millionaires since its launch…
