Apple Vision Pro inventory has been a mystery since pre-orders started almost a week ago. Earlier this week we
Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone
With iOS 17.4, Apple is making a number of huge changes to the way its mobile operating system works in order to comply with new regulations in the EU. One of them is an important product shift: for the first time,
Apple has new App Store rules, business terms, and sideloading conditions for EU developers
Apple has announced iOS 17.4 that includes new options for an alternative App Store in the European Union, plus browsers will no longer have to use Apple’s WebKit.
Apple OKs sideloading apps in the EU – with these restrictions
Can Apple comply with the DMA while still maintaining some control? The company is reserving the right to prevent some sideloaded apps from launching.
Facebook, X and other companies are mining iPhone user data through app notifications, research finds
IPhone users are handing over their personal data with a click of a button, new research finds. Popular apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X are harvesting user information through notifications, even when the user opts not to open their alerts.
Here’s Apple’s reason why sideloading isn’t coming to other countries
The changes include the ability for EU users to sideload apps on iOS, but this functionality isn’t coming to the rest of the world. Now, Apple has taken to its developer website to reveal why users outside the EU won’t be able to sideload apps on their iPhones and iPads.
Epic’s Tim Sweeney calls Apple App Store changes ‘hot garbage’
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has a lot to say about the changes Apple made to its App Store in the European Union. In a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter), Sweeney calls the update “a new instance of Malicious Compliance” — or, in layman’s terms, “hot garbage.”
Apple is opening up its powerful App Store for the first time ever. It’s not happy about it.
Apple will allow developers to create and distribute apps without using the company’s App Store — in Europe. It’s not happy about it.
Apple’s App Store now permits streaming game stores, adds in-app purchase for mini-apps, games, and AI chatbots
Alongside the numerous changes Apple is making to its platforms to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the company is also updating its rules …
Apple Overhauls App Store in Europe, in Response to New Digital Law
A new E.U. law taking effect in March forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store, changes it had long resisted.
EU digital rules will worsen iPhone user experience, claims Apple App Store boss
Schiller’s criticism comes as company announces moves to open up mobile software and cut fees for app developers …
Apple opens App Store to game streaming services
Apple appeared to have carved out a space for these cloud gaming services in the App Store. But that turned out not to be the case, as all games available through each service had to be submitted and …
Apple has new rules & business terms for EU developers for the App Store and sideloading
Apple has announced iOS 17.4 that includes new options for an alternative App Store in the European Union, plus browsers will no longer have to use Apple’s WebKit.
Apple to allow downloads outside App Store in EU, with new fees
Apple on Thursday outlined its plans to allow software developers to distribute their apps to users in the European Union outside of Apple’s own App Store.
Epic’s Tim Sweeney is mad about Apple’s EU App Store concessions
The App Store policy changes that are coming in iOS 17.4 aren’t enough for Epic’s Tim Sweeney, with him firing back at Apple for implementing an “anticompetitive scheme rife with junk fees.” …
Apple opens up iPhone app store in Europe, a major crack in its ‘walled garden’
Apple didn’t make these moves voluntarily — they were required by a new European law, the Digital Markets Act.
Epic Games Antitrust App Store Battle and Apple’s Response
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