The announcement came after WhatsApp got some bad press over whether its service is as private as the company says it is.
WhatsApp adds option of encrypted message backups
WhatsApp is rolling out the option of end-to-end encrypted message backups. WhatsApp users will soon have the option of protecting backups of their messages with Facebook Founder and CEO Mark …
Apple’s grip on App Store loosened by US judge
Apple’s iron grip on its App Store has been loosened by a US federal judge, who ordered the iPhone maker on Friday to stop interfering with apps that wished to take payments outside of its store.
What we learned from the Apple App Store ruling in Epic Games case
Court judgment will allow developers to sell on iOS without handing the tech group up to 30 per cent of each sale …
The Apple App Store: a brief history of major policy changes
Apple’s app store policies have caused controversy and consternation many times over the years, but few periods have been as active and strange as the last two weeks. For the first time, we are seeing …
Apple ordered to change how it handles App Store payments
Apple can no longer prohibit app developers from directing users to payment options outside its App Store, a judge ruled on Friday. The decision, which followed a contentious court battle with the …
Judge rules against Apple app store policy that forces app developers to use Apple payment
Apple stock down 3% on news of Epic Games ruling that could potentially save app developers billions of dollars.
Judge loosens Apple’s grip on app store in Epic decision
A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers …
Judge Rules Apple Must Change Its Tightly Controlled App Store
The ruling follows a three-week trial in which Epic, the maker of the hit video game Fortnite, argued Apple’s App Store policies are an abuse of power and hurt developers.
Apple must allow for apps to circumvent its App Store for payments, judge rules in Epic Games verdict
A federal court has filed an injunction forcing Apple to allow developers to provide options for purchases that circumvent the tech giant’s App Store.
Apple’s App Store grip is loosened as federal judge faults pricing power
Apple Inc. was ordered to make a major change to the way it generates money from its App Store, in a ruling that chips away at the iPhone maker’s grip on the $100 billion market for mobile games.
Apple’s App Store Illegally Stifles Consumer Choice, District Court Rules In Big Win For Developers
Though it stopped short of calling Apple a monopoly, a district court ruling says the company can’t prohibit developers from using non-App Store payments.
Apple vs. Epic ruling reveals 70% of App Store revenue comes from a small fraction of customers playing games
Apple ’s App Store revenue is made up almost entirely of users playing games, according to a court ruling released Friday that concluded Epic Games failed to prove Apple is a monopolist. According to …
Judge strikes down some Apple App Store rules in Fortnite trial ruling
Apple defended its tight control over the iPhone and its App Store in one of the biggest legal fights of the digital age.
Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules
A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, striking down some of Apple’s …
Epic Wants Fortnite Back On South Korean App Store After New Legislation, Apple Says No
South Korean lawmakers passed legislation that forces Apple to allow app developers to use their own payment systems, a move that got Fortnite kicked off last year.
Apple says Epic can return to App Store only if it follows the rules
Apple in a statement said Epic is welcome to return to the App Store when it agrees to “play by the same rules as everyone else,” terms to which the developer has not yet agreed.