Category: APPS

Aug 13 (Reuters) – U.S. judges have broad power to restore market competition and punish companies that hold illegal monopolies, the Federal Trade Commission on Monday told a California judge who is weighing proposed reforms to Google’s app store Play.

The Federal Trade Commission advised a district court to use its power to “break up or render impotent the monopoly power” of Google and restore competition in a case brought by Epic Games. The agency said Tuesday in an amicus brief filed with the U.

Google and Apple also both have differing policies about how their respective Ongoing Services Fee and Store Services Fee work beyond the first year. Google’s Ongoing Services Fee: After two years, a developer can choose to discontinue ongoing services for their app. However, the user must consent to this discontinuation of services.

Paint 3D, which was once billed as the modernized replacement of the classic Microsoft Paint app, is ironically getting the axe just seven years after its launch. Some users who open the app have found a banner under the toolbar saying,

One of the new apps included in that update was called Paint 3D, and while it shared a name with the old two-dimensional MS Paint app, it was entirely new software that supported creating 3D shapes and a whole bunch of other editing and transform options that the old Paint app didn’t have.

Apple recently rejected DOS emulator iDOS 3 from the App Store, but following App Store rule changes that look to have cleared the way for PC emulator apps, iDOS 3 is now available for download, developer Chaoji Li announced.

Apple’s success on “next big thing” innovations like the iPod and iPhone hasn’t been echoed with its $3,499 Vision Pro headset. The company hasn’t given up and plans a less expensive model for release next year.

Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options or disable transactions on iOS, instead of using Apple’s own in-app purchasing system. In a blog post and email …