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Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores
On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law mandating that Apple and Alphabet’s Google verify the age of users…
36 U.S. states sue Alphabet for ‘unlawfully’ maintaining Google Play Store monopoly on Android phones
Thirty-six U.S. state attorneys general sued Alphabet alleging it unlawfully maintains a monopoly for its Google Play Store on Android phones…
At U.S. Senate hearing, Spotify, Match claim Apple is abusing power in App Store
Executives from Spotify and Match Group, the company behind dating app Tinder, testified Wednesday at a Senate hearing examining potentially…
Apple capitulates, agrees to testify in U.S. Senate app store hearing
Days after U.S. Senate panel leaders criticized Apple for refusing to appear at a hearing on competition issues related to mobile app…
Apple provokes bipartisan ire for skipping U.S. Senate App Store hearing
Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee, a Republican say Apple is refusing to participate in an upcoming Senate App Store hearing …
Apple: iOS developers multiple alternative channels to reach users and are not limited to the App Store
Apple has responded further to the Australian consumer watchdog saying there are multiple alternative channels for iOS developers to reach…
Apple’s App Store generated more than double the revenue of Google’s Play Store in 2020
Apple’s App Store has once again captured the bulk of the revenue generated between the two major platforms, iOS and the derivative Android…
Apple’s App Store generated 2X as much revenue as Google’s Play Store in Q3 2020
Apple’s App Store generated nearly twice as as much revenue as Google’s Play Store in Q3 2020, despite Android holding 74.44% market share…
Australian regulators examine Apple App Store, Google Play Store
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be examining the experiences of Australian consumers, developers, suppliers…
Judge in Fortnite case backed Apple in a similar 2013 case
We’ve been here before. Fortnite maker Epic Games’ manufactured showdown with Apple with over App Store participation fees has landed with…
Epic Games asks judge to force Apple to offer ‘Fortnite’ in App Store
Epic Games said on Monday it was seeking to force Apple to offer “Fortnite” in Apple’s App store and has asked a judge to prevent any…
Epic Games sues Google over removal of ‘Fortnite’ from Google Play Store
Where Apple leads, Google usually follows. Just hours after seeing “Fortnite” dropped by Apple, followed by the Google Play Store, Epic Games…
Apple App Store and Google Play Store block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked fifty-nine apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the Indian government’s order…
Android and iPhone reject female nudity app
Google Play and Apple have rejected an app designed to help women post nude photos…