An Australian federal court ruled that the app stores of Apple and Google-owned Android are uncompetitive, local media reported Tuesday…
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Germany asks Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from app stores
Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, has requested that Apple and Google remove the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from…
Utah governor signs online child safety law requiring Apple, Google to verify user ages
Utah’s App Store Accountability Act marks a groundbreaking shift as the nation’s first law of its kind, redefining online age verification…
U.S. states consider App Store age-verification laws
The battle over online child safety is heating up again in state legislatures nationwide in 2025, setting social-media giant Meta Platforms…
TikTok returns to Apple’s App Store after President Trump delays ban
TikTok is back on Apple and Google’s U.S. app stores after President Donald Trump delayed enforcing a ban on the app…
Researchers find photo-scanning malware on Apple’s App Store for the first time
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered malware apps on Google’s Play Store and, for the first time, on Apple’s App Store that harbor malicious…
DeepSeek app not available in Apple and Google app stores in Italy
The Chinese AI app DeepSeek, which gained significant attention this week and contributed to a drop in tech stock prices, was not accessible…
Tokyo tightens grip on tech giants: Anti-monopoly law targets Apple, other app stores
Japan is flexing its regulatory muscles, drafting an anti-monopoly law aimed at reining in the domineering app store policies of Apple and…
Google Play antitrust settlement deal leaves service fees intact
Alphabet’s agreement to pay $700 million to consumers and states and open the Google Play Store to competition will leave intact…
EU asks Apple to clarify app store risk management under Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission formally sent requests for information under the Digital Services Act to Apple and Alphabet-subsidiary Google…
Google Play app store ruled an illegal monopoly; why Apple’s App Store is different
Google Play, Alphabet-subsidiary Google’s app store for Android, has been ruled an illegal monopoly. The jury in the Epic v. Google case…
Japan looks to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone
The Japanese government is looking to force Apple to allow third-party app stores for iPhone and, presumably, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV…
Florida AG looks to require Apple, Google to flag ‘foreign-owned apps’ for users before downloading
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is looking to require Apple’s App Store to notify their customers when a mobile app is foreign-owned…
U.S. Commerce Department: Apple and Google’s app stores wield ‘gatekeeper’ power and should be reined in
A new U.S. Commerce Department report claims that Apple and Google “play a significant gatekeeping role by controlling (and restricting)…
Twitter prices Blue for Android at $11 per month, the same as for iOS subscribers
Twitter said on Wed. it will price Twitter Blue subscription for Android at $11 per month, the same as for those subscribing via its iOS app…
15 U.S. state attorneys general demand that Apple, Google raise TikTok to ’17+’ age rating
A group of 15 Republican U.S. state attorneys general demanded on Tuesday that executives at Apple strip TikTok of its age rating that…
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…
President Trump’s Truth Social app, long available via Apple’s App Store, finally approved by Google for Android Play Store
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social, available since February via Apple’s App Store, has finally been…
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…
President Trump’s Truth Social app, long available via Apple’s App Store, not approved on Google’s Android Play Store
U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Google’s Play Store for Android …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Apple launches ‘Tracker Detect’ AirTag detector app for Android
Apple on Monday released a new Android app called “Tracker Detect,” designed to those who’ve settled for pretend iPhones to identify…
South Korea lawmaker says Apple not doing enough to comply with app store payment systems law
Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google aren’t doing enough to comply with South Korea’s law barring dominant app store operators from…
South Korea passes bill to ban Apple App Store from charging commissions on in-app purchases
South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that bans major operators such as the Apple App Store and Google’s derivative Play store…
South Korean parliament committee votes to curb Apple App Store, Google Play commissions
A South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward banning Apple and Google…
U.S. House bill would force Apple to destroy their walled garden, allow third-party app stores
U.S. House Judiciary lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation meant to set rules for how companies like Apple and Google control their app…
U.S. Senate bill would force Apple to destroy their walled garden, allow third-party app stores
The new Senate bill, the Open App Markets Act, would let consumers select different third-party app stores for their mobile devices.…
Apple App Store is projected to generate $41.5 billion in first half of 2021, nearly double Google Play’s revenue
Apple’s App Store is projected to generate $41.5 billion in consumer spending globally from in-app purchases, subscriptions, and…
Apple defends App Store control in court; doesn’t want iOS to devolve into Android
In court on Monday, Epic Games argued that Apple purposely locks in its customers in the first day of a landmark trial with Apple…
Analyst: Apple will win court battle with ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Apple will prevail in a “Game of Thrones” Court Battle versus “Fortnite” maker Epic Games …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
