At an App Store antitrust hearing that took place today, Spotify and Match Group (the company behind Tinder) accused Apple of abusing its App …
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Google and Apple grilled on app store policies in tense Senate hearing
Rivals including Match Group and Spotify have accused the tech giants of retaliation and anticompetitive behavior.
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App makers blast Apple and Google in Senate hearing on app store policies
Apple and Google faced a battery of accusations on Wednesday from prominent app developers, including Spotify and Tile, who alleged that the large tech platforms have abused their dominance and harmed …
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Spotify, Match Tell Senate Apple Is Abusing Power in App Store
Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc., the company behind dating app Tinder, accused Apple Inc. of abusing its power over software developers that depend on the iPhone maker’s App Store to reach …
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U.S. Senator Calls AirTags Release ‘Timely’ as App Store Antitrust Hearing Kicks Off
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is spearheading an antitrust hearing on competition in App Stores, today called Apple’s AirTags …
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iMac, iPad Pro, and AirTags — Everything announced at Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event
Apple held its first event of 2020, dubbed “Spring Loaded.” It launched the highly anticipated AirTags alongside the new M1 iMac and iPad Pro. Here’s what you need to know about the event and what we …
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Apple’s $64 billion-a-year App Store isn’t catching the most egregious scams
That man’s name is Kosta Eleftheriou, and over the past few months, he’s made a convincing case that Apple is either uninterested or incompetent at stopping multimillion-dollar scams in its own App …
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Senate targets Apple’s tight App Store reins
A day after a raft of glossy product debuts, Apple will move into a harsher spotlight as it defends its business practices before a Senate antitrust committee Wednesday.Why it matters: Google, Amazon …
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Apple adds paid podcast subscriptions to redesigned podcast app
Apple’s “newly designed” podcast app will allow listeners to pay their favorite podcasters to unlock new content, ad-free listening, early access to episodes or other perks.
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Apple Podcasts launches in-app subscriptions
A monumental change is coming to Apple Podcasts’ business: the company is launching subscriptions within the Apple Podcasts app. During its spring event today, the company announced that people will …
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Apple reinstates Parler: Social media company says app to return to iPhones next week
Parler will return to Apple next week. Popular with conservatives, the social media app was booted from iPhones and Android devices after Jan. 6.
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Ikea bets on ‘Apple Glass’ by investing in augmented reality apps
The Ikea Studio app allows users to place furniture in their rooms with the iPhone, but the developers state that it’s actually designed to work with “Apple Glass.” …
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What is Apple’s Find My app and how do I use it to find my iPhone, headphones or watch?
Apple’s Find My Friends and Find My iPhone apps were consolidated into an app called Find My in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina, back in 2019. The Find My app allows Apple users to track friends you share …
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The Windows 10 app store could get a major update that includes Win32 support
A new Windows 10 app store could deliver major design changes and also solve the app gap problems that developers and Windows users have long complained about.
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Apple event 2021: new Apple TV 4K, purple iPhone 12, Apple AirTags and more
Finally, the iMac gets an overhaul and the iPad Pros get the M1 chip, you can now subscribe to Apple Podcasts and share the Apple Card with family.
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Microsoft reportedly working on new Windows store that’s open to all apps and games
Microsoft is reportedly working on a big overhaul to its app store for Windows. Windows Central reports that the software maker plans to release an updated store later this year that will be far more …
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Apple event 2021: Watch the ‘Spring Loaded’ virtual event live today
We’re looking forward to updated iPads, iMacs and perhaps even AirTags tracking tech. CNET’s preshow kicks off at 9:30 a.m. PT, 30 minutes before the event.
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