Apple’s App Store generated a staggering $1.4 trillion in sales and billings in 2025, according to a new study by the Analysis Group…
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Apple agrees to submit India financials in long-pending antitrust case
Apple has agreed to provide the financial details of its India business to the country’s antitrust regulator as part of an ongoing…
Trump Accounts app launches Thursday on iPhone and iPad; manage your child’s investments easily
The official app for Trump Accounts, a new U.S. federal program offering tax-advantaged investment (530A) accounts for American children…
Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to review contempt order in Epic Games lawsuit
Apple on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that held the iPhone maker in civil contempt for charging…
Apple’s App Store stopped over $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2025
Apple’s App Store was built on two core principles: provide users with a secure, trusted place to discover apps, and offer developers…
Apple’s iOS 26.5 brings new ‘App Installation’ setting to Brazil, paving the way for third-party app stores
Apple is taking another step toward opening up the iOS ecosystem in Brazil. With the release of iOS 26.5, Brazilian users are now seeing…
Epic Games’ ‘Fortnite’ returns to Apple App Stores worldwide
Epic Games’ popular battle royale title “Fortnite” is once again available for download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store…
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent…
Apple explores AI agent integration in the App Store: A potential game-changer for the platform era
Apple is actively exploring ways to welcome third-party AI agents into the App Store, according to a new report…
Rave sues Apple in five countries over App Store removal
Rave Inc., the developer of the popular cross-platform co-viewing app Rave, has filed antitrust lawsuits against Apple in the United States,…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to pause order holding Apple in contempt in Epic Games lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Apple’s request to temporarily block a court order requiring major changes to its App Store…
Apple seeks U.S. Supreme Court stay in ongoing Epic Games App Store commission battle
In the latest chapter of the long-running legal saga between Apple and Epic Games, the iPhone maker has filed an emergency application…
Apple and Google’s app stores promote ‘nudify’ apps despite rules banning them, new investigation finds
Apple and Google’s app stores are promoting “nudify” apps despite rules banning them, a new investigation by the Tech Transparency Project…
Apple threatened to remove xAI’s Grok from its App Store over sexualized deepfakes
In early 2026, Elon Musk’s xAI faced intense backlash after its Grok chatbot was used to generate non-consensual sexualized deepfakes…
Apple disables payments in Russia
As of April 1st, payment processing is no longer available for new purchases and subscriptions on the App Store and other services in Russia…
Judge rules Apple can remove apps from App Store ‘with or without cause,’ dismissing Musi lawsuit
A federal judge has ruled in Apple’s favor in a lawsuit brought by the developers of Musi, a popular free music streaming app that pulled…
Chinese Communist Party’s flagship paper urges Apple to fix ‘monopolistic’ policies
Apple must ease its App Store restrictions and address “monopolistic” practices, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship…
Apple’s App Store revenue up 6.3% in fiscal Q2-to-date
According to Sensor Tower data cited by BofA analyst Wamsi Mohan, Apple’s App Store revenue rose to $3.4 billion in the first 35 days of…
Apple sued by Camo app maker over ‘Continuity Camera’
Reincubate sued Apple, accusing the company of stealing patented features from its Camo app and using them in iOS’s Continuity Camera to…
India issues final warning to Apple in long-running App Store antitrust probe
India’s Competition Commission (CCI) has delivered a final warning to Apple, stating it will advance its antitrust investigation against the…
Evercore ISI reiterates ‘Outperform’ rating on Apple stock citing App Store revenue growth
Evercore ISI has maintained its Outperform rating on Apple with a $325.00 price target, pointing to stabilizing App Store revenue growth…
Apple agrees to allow third-party app stores on iOS in Brazil following antitrust settlement
Apple has reached a settlement with Brazil regulators that will require the company to open its iOS ecosystem to third-party app stores and…
Apple wins as U.S. federal judge blocks Texas from enforcing new App Store age verification law
A U.S. federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the state’s new App Store Accountability Act…
U.S. appeals court considers reviving Apple App Store class action lawsuit
A U.S. appeals court will review a lower court’s decision to decertify a massive class-action lawsuit against Apple involving App Store…
U.S. appeals court partly reverses sanctions against Apple in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit
On Thursday, Apple secured a partial victory in its ongoing antitrust battle with Epic Games over the company’s App Store practices, as the…
Apple CEO Tim Cook lobbies U.S. Congress against App Store Accountability Act
As lawmakers in Washington push forward with the App Store Accountability Act, Apple CEO Tim Cook stepped into the fray this week…
More than 50 blacklisted apps stayed on Apple’s App Store despite U.S. sanctions
Apps from sanctioned entities are quietly slipping through Apple’s App Store’s review process, peddling apps that could undermine American…
Developer of ICE tracking app ‘ICEBlock’ sues Trump administration after Apple’s App Store pulls it
On Monday, Joshua Aaron, creator of the widely used ICEBlock app — which allowed users to share real-time alerts about federal immigration…
Apple faces class action threats after top EU court ruling
Apple’s App Store faces the prospect of additional class-action-style damages claims in the European Union after the bloc’s highest court…
Apple seeks to block India antitrust case with challenge to penalty law
Apple is attempting to halt antitrust investigations in India by legally challenging a provision that permits penalties to be based on the…
Apple challenges India’s new antitrust penalty law
Apple has filed a petition at the Delhi High Court challenging India’s updated antitrust regulations, which could expose the company to…
Apple launches ‘Mini Apps Partner Program’ to tap ‘super app’ boom with slashed 15% fees
Apple on Thursday launched the Mini Apps Partner Program, enabling the company to take a 15% cut — half its standard 30% commission…
Apple pulls two gay dating apps in China to comply with government order
Apple announced the removal of two prominent gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China to comply with a directive…
Apple: Developer fee cuts in the EU have not been passed on to end users
Apple’s decision to lower developers’ App Store fees — forced upon them solely to appease the European Union’s relentless overreach into…
Apple launches new web-based App Store
Apple today unveiled a web-based App Store at apps.apple.com, enabling users to browse, search, and discover apps across…
Apple pulls ‘Tea’ and ‘TeaOnHer’ apps from its App Store
This summer, the Tea app — a platform where women anonymously rated and discussed men, ostensibly to help each other date safely…
Tinder owner Match claims Apple’s App Store fees will stifle growth in India
Match Group, owner of Tinder, claims in its submission to India’s antitrust body that Apple’s fee of up to 30% will gradually choke its…
Apple hit with EU antitrust complaint over App Store policies
Two civil rights groups, Article 19 and Germany’s Society for Civil Rights, filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday…
Consumers file antitrust complaint against Apple over App Store practices in China
On Monday, a lawyer representing 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users confirmed they filed a complaint with China’s State Administration…
Apple’s App Store removes ICE tracking app after DOJ raises concerns
On Thursday, Apple removed ICEBlock, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tracking tool, from its App Store after the DOJ…
Apple warns UK’s proposed EU-style app store rules could harm users and developers
Apple warned that the UK’s proposed measures that purport to boost competition in the mobile operating system and app store markets could…
Elon Musk threatens legal action against Apple for unfairly favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT in App Store charts
Elon Musk criticized Apple’s App Store practices, alleging bias toward OpenAI. The xAI Holdings founder, which includes the Grok AI team…
