A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google. Democratic Senators …
Bipartisan bill targets Apple and Google’s ability to profit from app stores
A new bipartisan bill would shake up the way Apple and Google run their mobile app stores. The bill, led by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., aims to inject more …
Senate Bill Would Ban Apple, Google App Stores From Forcing Developers to Use Their In-App Payment Systems
Legislation introduced in the Senate would impose new restrictions and requirements on Apple’s App Store and Google Play — designed to end the two tech giants’ virtual monopoly …
The best Apple HomeKit video doorbells for 2021
Video doorbells keep your home safe from burglars and package thieves. Boost security and add convenience with these HomeKit-enabled models.
There’s an Apple Store hiding in your home
Apple is building its next great retail store in your living room. Have you seen the plans? Accelerated by the pandemic, Apple has created new platforms, polished existing services, and renewed its …
The CEO of WhatsApp Attacked Apple Over Privacy. He Seems to Have Forgotten He Works for Facebook
Now he’s the head of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought seven years ago for $19 billion dollars. I mean, it’s true that WhatsApp is a privacy-focused app. Its messages are encrypted …
Apple Open to Expanding New Child Safety Features to Third-Party Apps
Apple today held a questions-and-answers session with reporters regarding its new child safety features, and during the briefing, Apple …
Google allegedly considered buying Epic Games to remove app store competition
Google views Epic Games efforts to allow users to install games without the need for the Google Play Store as a ‘contagion’, court documents say.
Apple Pulls Controversial Anti-Vax App From App Store
Apple has removed a social app aimed at unvaccinated people from the App Store for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, …
WhatsApp won’t use Apple’s child abuse image scanner, citing vague privacy fears
WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart said on Twitter that the Facebook-owned messaging app won’t use Apple’s upcoming tool for finding and reporting child sex abuse.
WhatsApp head criticises Apple’s plan to scan photos for child abuse: ‘Setback for people’s privacy’
A bitter feud over privacy between t Facebook and Apple has ramped up over plans by the iPhone maker to launch a new photo identification programme to identify child abuse images. Will Cathcart, the …
WhatsApp lead and other tech experts fire back at Apple’s Child Safety plan
The chorus of voices expressing concern and dismay over Apple’s new Child Safety measures grew louder over the weekend, as an open letter with more than 4,000 signatures made the rounds online. The …
This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
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 …
Best Apple MacBook deals: Save $200 on M1 MacBook Air or M1 MacBook Pro
You’ll find the big discounts on Apple’s latest MacBooks right now on Best Buy and Amazon. Apple introduced the first MacBooks that use its own Apple silicon M1 design last fall, and new models are …
Work continues on Wuhan Apple Store for September opening
Apple will soon start work on a new Apple Store location in China, with the first outlet in Wuhan to be set in the Wuhan International Plaza.
WhatsApp latest to pile on Apple over Child Safety tools
WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart on Friday criticized Apple’s plan to roll out new Child Safety features that scan user photos to find offending images, the latest in a string of criticism from tech …
WhatsApp debuts new way to send messages on iPhone and Android, but with a worrying flaw
WhatsApp has launched its hotly-anticipated “View Once” feature, which lets you send photos or video that immediately vanish after they’ve been opened by the intended recipient. Like Snapchat, which …