Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a …
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Microsoft to let developers keep all their Windows app store revenue
Change affecting all firms apart from game developers will increase pressure on Apple and Google …
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Apple uncorks better iPad app performance with one tiny tweak
The iPad Pro’s apps may soon start to catch up with its hardware, thanks to a new behind-the-scenes tweak that Apple will begin offering some apps.
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Windows 11 could run Android apps from Google’s Play Store in future – if Google wants it to, Microsoft says
Exclusive: ‘All stores [and] all apps are welcome on Microsoft Store’, chief product officer for Windows Panos Panay told The Independent.
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Look: Jalen Ramsey met Tim Cook at new Apple store in L.A.
Jalen Ramsey attended the opening of Apple’s new store in L.A., as did Karl-Anthony Towns, Draymond Green and Kyle Kuzma.
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Microsoft: Steam and Epic would be ‘very welcome’ in the Windows 11 app store
Microsoft hopes Steam and the Epic Games Store might come to the Windows 11 app store, although its cut for game revenue might prevent that from happening..
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Microsoft wants Steam to be part of its new Windows 11 app store
Microsoft’s surprise change to Windows 11 is a much more open approach to its Windows store, and it could mean we see Steam games listed in the future. This new open approach sees many changes to the …
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The Biggest Windows 11 News Is an App Store Overhaul
By playing nice with Android and letting developers use their own payments system, Microsoft has fashioned itself as the anti-Apple for developers.
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Android Apps on Windows 11 Could Bring Apple’s Seamlessness to the PC
Microsoft is bringing Android apps to Windows 11 via the Amazon Appstore. Image: Microsoft Windows is my desktop operating system. It’s what I’ve been using all my life. I feel just as married to it …
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Epic CEO decries Apple’s App Store ‘propaganda’ after 10 months of his own
Tim Sweeney, the man behind the “Fortnite” 1984 ad campaign against Apple, claims that corporate propaganda shouldn’t be the response to big tech issues.
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Microsoft just took a direct shot at Apple’s controversial App Store policy with Windows 11
Microsoft just made a not-so-thinly veiled jab at Apple’s App Store policy of taking a 30% cut of all transactions.
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Check out Apple’s gorgeous new store in downtown Los Angeles
Apple’s newest retail store is a restored 1920s theater in Los Angeles and is surely one of its most gorgeous locations to date.
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Apple store opens in converted Tower Theater in downtown LA
A new Apple store opened its doors inside the converted Tower Theater in downtown L.A., with CEO Tim Cook among the company officials greeting customers.
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See the before & after of this California theater that became an Apple Store
A theater in Los Angeles, California, got a major makeover as Apple’s latest flagship store. See the incredible before and after photos here.
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Microsoft reveals the new Microsoft Store for Windows 11, and it has Android apps, too
Windows 11 is real, and Microsoft has just revealed the brand-new app store that will go along with it — which could be a big deal, seeing how previous versions of the idea never really caught on. It …
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Tim Cook Attends Grand Opening of Apple Store in Downtown Los Angeles
Apple today celebrated the grand opening of its new retail store at the historic Tower Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, and Apple’s CEO Tim …
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Android apps come to the Microsoft Store in Windows 11 via the Amazon App Store
In a surprising move, Microsoft is introducing Android Apps in Windows 11, powered by the Amazon Store. The company even showcased the TikTok app running.
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