Enlarge / Apple’s App Store. (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Apple plans to imminently remove games and apps on the App Store that have not been recently updated if developers don’t submit an update for approval within 30 days. This news comes from screenshots and claims shared by various app developers and reporting by […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]
Federal legislators are understandably taking aim at Apple and Google’s app dominance, but their solutions might not help much. Read More
Enlarge / The front of the iPhone 12. (credit: Samuel Axon) Developers are once again publicly highlighting instances in which Apple has failed to keep scam apps off of the app store. The apps in question charge users unusual fees and siphon revenue from legitimate or higher-quality apps. While Apple has previously come under fire […]
Enlarge / The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet, which runs Amazon’s Fire OS. (credit: Amazon) Apparently following Apple and Google’s lead, Amazon has announced that it will take a smaller revenue cut from apps developed by teams that earn less than $1 million annually from their apps on the Amazon Appstore. The same applies to […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut. (credit: Brut.) Apple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with publication Brut. to discuss Apple’s strategy and policies. The short but wide-ranging interview offered some insight into where Apple […]
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will likely opt for a compromise. Read More
An Apple lawyer’s digression about the wardrobe choices of a fruity Fortnite video game character strikes at the heart of the legal dispute. Read More
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Parler is about to be re-platformed. The app for the “free speech” social media company will be available once again on Apple’s App Store. Apple reinstated Parler on April 14, according to a letter from Apple to Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), which was made public today. […]