Apple says that their iMessage service is insufficiently popular to be designated as a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s new Digital Market Act…
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Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft say they meet EU gatekeeper threshold
Seven tech giants, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft, have said they meet the EU’s new criteria for “gatekeepers”…
Apple said to limit app sideloading to regions mandating it by law
Apple may not even mention app sideloading for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV at WWDC, as the company will likely limit…
Apple’s iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 to support sideloading apps for iPhone and iPad
Apple’s iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 will open up the iPhone and iPad to third-party app stores and sideloading — the downloading of apps outside of…
Morgan Stanley: Microsoft poses ‘immaterial risk’ to Apple’s App Store
Analysts at Morgan Stanley said Tuesday that if Microsoft is able to launch its own app store, it would be an “immaterial risk” to Apple…
Microsoft planning to offer its own Xbox app store for iPhone and iPad
The chief of Microsoft’s Xbox division has stated that the company plans to introduce a fresh app store for mobile games on iPhones and…
Top EU judge expects a wave of lawsuits from Apple, other tech firms against Digital Markets Act
Apple and others will likely challenge a new European Union law – the Digital Markets Act – with the first cases in a wave of lawsuits set…
EU antitrust regulators narrow case against Apple’s App Store
On Tuesday, EU antitrust regulators narrowed their case against Apple, focusing on the company’s App Store rules that prevent developers…
EU lawmakers pass Digital Markets Act, but enforcement on ‘Big Tech’ may be problematic
EU lawmakers have passed the Digital Markets Act, a collection of new rules for tech giants such as Apple, Alphabet subsidiary Google, Amazon…
EU effort to regulate Apple, Big Tech delayed to spring 2023
The European Union (EU)’s flagship reform for tackling Big Tech platform power, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), will come into force…
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…
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…
Apple VP Federighi delivers hypocritical speech on dangers of sideloading apps
Apple software chief Craig Federighi delivered a dramatic speech about what might happen if Apple has to allow iPhone users to sideload apps…
Apple stock rallies as it holds above 50-day moving average
Shares of Apple rose 2.99% in Monday trading, with the stock continuing to hold above the widely watched 50-day moving average (DMA)…
Security concerns about Apple’s FileVault decryption via FireWire are overblown
The chances that your system would be attacked in this way are quite slim…