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Central to Spotify’s complaint is a 30 per cent fee Apple charges content-based service providers to use Apple’s in-app purchase system. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Apple defends App Store amid mounting criticism

Companies like music streaming leader Spotify Technology SA have criticized the iPhone maker’s practices.

30 May 2019 12:10 PM

The ruling came on a day when Apple shares already were trading lower because of concerns over a full-blown US-China trade war. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

In setback for Apple, US Supreme Court lets App Store antitrust suit proceed

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices upheld a lower court’s decision to allow the proposed class action lawsuit to proceed.

14 May 2019 10:54 AM

TikTok is back and reclaims number 1 spot on app stores in India

TikTok is trending as the number one top free app on iOS and as top free app in the Social category on the Google Play Store.

09 May 2019 5:34 PM

March was the best month in player spending which grossed an estimated USD 17 million worldwide.

Game of Thrones: Conquest mobile game makes over USD 200 million

Conquest mobile game players spent USD 19 million worldwide last month across App Store and Google Play Store.

04 May 2019 1:29 PM

Apple explained that a number of the removed apps used invasive technology called Mobile Device Management. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Apple explains why it removed parental control apps

Apple explained that it removed several parental control apps from the App Store as they posed a risk to user privacy and security.

30 Apr 2019 10:29 AM

When Apple found out about these guideline violations, they communicated these violations to the app developers, giving them 30 days to submit an updated app to avoid availability interruption in the App Store. Several developers released updates to bring their apps in line with these policies. Those that didn’t were removed from the App Store.

Apple cracks down on third-party parental control apps from App Store

Apple removes multiple parental control apps from its App Store citing risk of privacy, security.

29 Apr 2019 10:23 AM

Apple is also working on a new hardware product, known internally as ‘B389’. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Apple working to merge Find My iPhone, Find My Friends

The new app will combine the same features as the two existing apps into a unified and improved version.

19 Apr 2019 10:39 AM

There have been a lot of instances of accidental purchases on the Apple App Store. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Apple adds one step to prevent you from wasting money

Apple will show you a pop-up asking you if you are sure of signing up for the subscription.

13 Apr 2019 5:27 PM

The removal took place the same day the Human Rights Campaign down-ranked Google in its index of the best LGBTQ-friendly employers, TechCrunch reports.

Anti-gay app gone from Google Play Store

Google finally removes controversial anti-gay app from its Play Store.

30 Mar 2019 1:27 PM

Spotify filed the complaint against Apple with the European Commission.

Apple: Spotify wouldn’t be where it is today without App Store

Apple stressed that Spotify wouldn’t be the business it is today without the App Store ecosystem.

17 Mar 2019 10:54 AM

Apple revises policy for apps that cheat you with expensive subscriptions

As per the revised policy on the Apple website, developers need to make the subscriptions options clear.

29 Jan 2019 5:30 PM

This file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court could allow suit over Apple iPhone apps' sales

Apple is at the SC to defend the way it sells apps for iPhones against claims by users that Apple has unfairly monopolised the market.

27 Nov 2018 2:01 PM

State broadcaster CCTV criticised the Apple's management for allowing gambling apps.

Apple removes illegal lottery apps from App Store

The company has recently pulled around 25,000 apps from its Chinese store in an effort to cooperate with regulators.

21 Aug 2018 7:42 AM

The resulting explosion of phone apps — there are now more than 2 million for the iPhone alone — has changed daily life for billions of people around the world. (Photo: AP)

How Apple's app store changed our world

Apple’s app store has unleashed new ways for us to work, play, and become lost in our screens.

10 Jul 2018 2:07 PM

How creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship ignited a worldwide app phenomenon

Over the past decade, the App Store has created a place for users of all ages to get the best apps and an app economy for all developers.

06 Jul 2018 12:38 PM

President Donald Trump’s administration backed Apple and urged the justices to take the case.

US top court considers Apple's App Store commissions in antitrust case

The case could expand the threat of antitrust damages against companies in the rapidly growing field of electronic commerce.

18 Jun 2018 9:17 PM

Apple now explicitly says apps cannot host anything that looks like an app store within an app.

Apple releases new App Store regulations pointed at streaming PC-based games

Apple’s new regulations are most likely in response to the rejection of the Steam Link app.

05 Jun 2018 9:24 AM

Bogged by an inefficient system of parking vehicles in their work city Bengaluru, Konwar and his fellow Assam Engineering College alumni, Mriganka Deka, launched the app in 2016.

App to fix parking pangs in the northeast

The app, 'ParkingRhino', plans to manage both on-street and off-street parking in the state capital and other towns of Assam.

20 May 2018 12:08 PM

And this time Telegram hadn’t anticipated the blow which it got. Apple had to pull down the entire app.

Apple bans Telegram on account of child pornography

The CEO of Telegram decided to coment on the issue and has also decided on the future course.

06 Feb 2018 7:17 PM

Earlier this year, Apple said that developers had earned roughly $70 billion in total revenue through the store.

Developers earned $17 billion from China App Store: Tim Cook

Cook shared the data during a speech at China’s top public cyber policy forum, organised by the Cybersecurity Administration of China.

03 Dec 2017 11:07 AM

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