As part of a sweeping overhaul, Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores on its iPhones and iPads…
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Apple to allow third-party app stores on iPhone and iPad
As part of a sweeping overhaul, Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores on its iPhones and iPads…
Apple’s App Store now lets developers charge as much as $10,000 for an app
Apple on Tuesday said it is adding 700 new price points for apps in its App Store, starting as low as $0.29 up to $10,000 …
Apple announces biggest upgrade to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points
Apple today announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched, providing developers with…
MercadoLibre files complaints in Brazil and Mexico against Apple for ‘anti-competitive practices’
E-commerce giant MercadoLibre said on Monday it has filed complaints against Apple with antitrust regulators in Brazil and Mexico for…
Coinbase says Apple blocked its last app release over NFTs in wallet
Coinbase said on Thursday customers using Apple’s iOS will not be able to send non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the cryptocurrency…
Are Apple and Elon Musk’s Twitter on a collision course?
New Twitter owner Elon Musk wants to increase the amount of money the company makes through subscriptions while opening up the site…
Fortnite-maker Epic Games vows to fight Apple antitrust ruling at appeal hearing
Fortnite-maker Epic Games on Monday will try to overturn portions of a court ruling in an antitrust trial last year that largely favored Apple…
Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership
Despite the weighty loss of Whoopi Goldberg, Twitter has added more than 15 million users since Elon Musk’s first week of ownership…
Apple tightens Apple Store rules on cryptocurrencies and NFTs
Apple’s App Store has clarified its rules on cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) laying out what apps are allowed to do with…
Facebook warns 1 million users about stolen usernames, passwords
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms on Friday said it would notify roughly 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may…
Apple pulls VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, from the App Store
Globally, Apple’s App Store has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte …
Apple releases two exclusive Apple Watch Ultra apps, ‘Siren’ and ‘Depth’
Apple on Tuesday released two new first party apps exclusively for Apple Watch Ultra, “Siren” and “Depth,” on the company’s App Store…
Apple looks to significantly expand its advertising business
Apple looks to be building a demand-side advertising platform based on recent job listings as it builds its focused play for media dollars…
Apple’s inscrutable black box: Services
Apple’s fiscal Q322 quarter ended June 25th, showed that the company’s Services business posted a 12% growth rate that was significantly…
French app developers sue Apple over App Store fees
Apple was sued on Monday by French app developers that accused the company of violating U.S. antitrust law by overcharging for its App Store …
Apple urges federal court to throw out App Store injunction in Epic case
Apple on Friday asked a U.S. federal court to toss an injunction that would allow developers to bypass Apple’s App Store payment…
Apple App Store resolves dating apps issues, Dutch regulator says
The Dutch consumer protection regulator claims that Apple “has changed its unfair conditions,” ending a dispute after penalizing…
Apple and Google face UK probe over mobile browsers and cloud gaming
The UK Competition and Markets Authority is planning an investigation into Apple’s and Alphabet-parent Google’s market power in…
Apple’s App Store stopped nearly $1.5 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2021
Apple is dedicated to keeping the App Store a safe and trusted place for people to discover and download apps. A key pillar in that effort…
Republican Senators propose barring Apple, Google from hosting apps that accept China’s digital yuan
Amid fears the Chinese Communist Party’s digital payment system could allow CHina to spy on Americans, Republican Senators want to bar…
Apple’s iOS app economy now supports more than 2.2 million U.S. jobs
The iOS app economy continued its track record as an engine of economic growth in 2021, supporting more than 2.2 million jobs in the U.S…
Bank of America: Apple seeing ‘modest’ re-acceleration in App Store, China
Apple’s stock price fell early in Tuesday trading as Bank of Americas’ investment arm said that Apple is seeing a “modest” re-acceleration…
President Trump’s Truth Social now on web via browser, no longer confined to Apple devices
The Trump Media & Technology Group on Wednesday launched the Truth Social Web App, allowing users to access Truth Social from…
Elon Musk: Apple’s App Store fee is ’10 times higher than it should be’
In a series of tweets responding to an article about the European Union’s latest antitrust charges against Apple, Elon Musk likened…
Apple faces new Dutch fines in ongoing dating apps dispute
The Dutch consumer protection regulator is preparing to hit Apple with even more weekly fines as it claims that the changes Apple made…
President Trump posts on Apple iPhone-only Truth Social: “I’M BACK!”
President Donald Trump posted his second Truth on the currently Apple iPhone-only Truth Social late Thurs. for the first time since…
Some developers complain as Apple removes ‘outdated apps’ from App Store
In a new email sent to affected developers, Apple warns it will remove apps from the App Store that haven’t been “updated in a significant…
Apple Music, several other Apple services hit with ‘issues’
A check of Apple’s official System Status page shows both the App Store and Apple Music as listed as having “issues.”
Russian court rules antitrust case against Apple can proceed
A Russian court in Moscow on Thursday ruled that Russia’s anti-monopoly regulator can proceed in opening an antitrust case against Apple …
Apple CEO Tim Cook warns that proposed antitrust legislation would make iPhones less safe
Cook on Tuesday warned that proposed antitrust legislation in the U.S. and the E.U. would have the consequence of making iPhones less safe…
Analysis Group economists find third-party apps see global success on Apple’s App Store
Today, economists at Analysis Group published a new report on the proliferation of third-party apps on the App Store, with new insights…
Apple tests allowing developers to automatically charge users for subscription price increases
Apple may be preparing to change how iOS subscriptions operate a developer increases prices. Disney+ seems to have begun informing…
Apple now allows video, music apps to sign up new subscribers without App Store fees
Apple said on Wednesday that “reader apps” distributed via the App Store will be allowed to use external links inside their apps to enable…
Dutch regulator reviewing Apple’s dating apps dispute proposal after levying $55 million in fines
The Dutch regulator is reviewing Apple Inc.’s proposal in a dispute over payment systems for dating applications after penalizing…
Under proposed EU law Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores
Under proposed legislation recently unveiled by the EU, Apple would be forced to allow users to sideload apps from outside the security of…
Dutch watchdog fines Apple $5.7 million for ninth straight week
Apple is set to be hit with a tenth consecutive weekly fine for allegedly not fully complying with an order to open its App Store to rival…
Apple files arguments with appeals court over Epic Games’ ‘unfounded’ antitrust claims
In its appeal, Apple said a U.S. District Judge’s ruling that it was violating California’s unfair-competition law should be overturned…
Google Play ‘user choice billing’ puts pressure on Apple to change App Store payment rules
The decision by Alphabet subsidiary Google to allow alternative payment systems on its Google Play store will put pressure on Apple to enact…
Regulators will soon force Apple to loosen its tight grip on the App Store
As regulators from the U.S. to South Korea zero in on Apple’s high-margin apps business, Apple’s App Store may soon be forced to…
Ukraine asks Apple to kill App Store in Russia
A Ukrainian government official has called on Apple and Google to block access to the App Store and the derivate Google Play store in Russia …
Dutch watchdog fines Apple $5.7 million for sixth straight week
The Dutch antitrust regulator on Monday issued a sixth straight weekly fine of 5 million euros ($5.7 million) against Apple for what…
