Apple on Monday released a new Android app called “Tracker Detect,” designed to those who’ve settled for pretend iPhones to identify…
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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…
Social media app Parler flickers back to life on ‘independent technology’
Social media service Parler relaunched on Monday, although the service is spotty and users report getting hung up at the login page…
YouTube, Tinder, and Disney+ top U.S. consumer spending for iOS subscription apps
YouTube, Tinder, and Disney+ topped U.S. consumer spending for iOS subscription apps in 2020. Worldwide consumer spending grew…
Parler’s website is back online
The chief executive of social media platform Parler, John Matze, posted a brief message on the company’s website, which does not…
Epic Games extends ‘Fortnite’ dispute with Apple, Google to the U.K.
Epic Games on Thursday widened its dispute with Apple over access to its “Fortnite” video game as it complained to the U.K.’s antitrust…
Apple’s App Store had gross sales of at least $64 billion last year
Apple’s App Store grossed more than $64 billion in 2020 while other data shows consumer spending on the store hit $72.3 billion…
Epic Games sues Apple after removal of ‘Fortnite’ game from App Store
Apple on Thursday removed the video game “Fortnite” from the App Store for blatantly violating the company’s in-app payment guidelines…
Apple pulls Fortnite from App Store
Apple has pulled Epic Games’ “Fortnite” from the App Store after the developer on Thursday implemented its own in-app payment system…
Fortnite challenges Apple App Store rules with direct-payment discounts
Fortnite maker Epic Games on Thursday announced new payment options that allow customers to buy in-game credits directly from Epic Games…
2019 U.S. subscription app revenue jumped 21% across the top 100 apps
New data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower indicates U.S. subscription app revenue grew by 21% last year from the $3.8 billion generated by the…
Big ‘DOOM’ and ‘DOOM II’ updates available on Apple’s App Store
The update has many standout features. Both DOOM and DOOM II now have 60fps support, a new aspect ratio option, quick save and load, level select, and support for new free add-ons…
Apple’s App Store again destroys Google Play in global app Christmas spending
Apple’s App Store accounted for 70 percent of spending between the two platforms at $193 million, growing about 16 percent Y/Y…
‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ obliterates records with 100 million downloads in first week
PUBG, Fortnite and Electronic Arts’ “Apex Legends” scored 26.3 million, 22.5 million and 25 million respectively in their first week of release…
Researchers: ‘No individual brand is as predictive of being high-income as owning an Apple iPhone’
Apple’s iPhone has become the best indicator of wealth from among everyday items…
Oliver Schusser, Apple Music’s new leader spurs global growth
In April 2018, Apple announced the promotion of Oliver Schusser to lead Apple Music Worldwide….
Top Apple’s App Store developers are earning 64% more than Google Play’s
We analyzed quarterly consumer spending in apps from the top 100 publishers on the App Store and Google Play between Q1 2014 and 2019…
Apple’s App Store removes three dating apps in violation of FTC child protection act
Three dating apps have been removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store…
NYT Editorial Board: Regulators should take a close look at Apple’s App Store
Of the 17 most popular screen-time and parental-control apps in the App Store…
Apple’s growing antitrust problem
Apple’s expansion into services could test the hardware company in several ways…
Apple says treats all app developers equally as Dutch open probe
Apple, already the subject of EU antitrust scrutiny, on Thursday became the target of a Dutch investigation…
EU regulators say Dutch Apple probe complements their own investigation
A Dutch antitrust investigation into whether Apple unfairly favors its own apps…
Dutch antitrust regulator investigating charges of abuse by Apple in its App Store
Apple is being investigated by a competition regulator in the Netherlands over the dominance of the App Store…
New adware with destructive capabilities infects hundreds of Android apps in Google Play store
Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that was running rampant on the Google Play Store…
Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party’s message gets tech upgrade
In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members…
Apple CEO Tim Cook promises to investigate Saudi Arabian app that allows tracking of women
An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in Apple’s App Store…
