Apple looks set to be hit by charges in Europe over its App Store policies, just days before it is challenged in a California court on the same issue by Epic Games. Javier Espinoza in Brussels reports …
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Apple Fined $12 Million in Russia for Violating Anti-Monopoly Rules With App Store
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has levied a $12 million fine against Apple for alleged abuse of its dominance in the …
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar details how government could regulate Apple’s App Store ‘tax’
On the heels of last week’s Senate antitrust hearing with Apple, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has appeared on Nilay Patel’s Decoder podcast at the Verge. In the interview, Klobuchar outlines a variety …
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Amy Klobuchar is coming for the App Store tax
My guest today is Senator Amy Klobuchar, the Democrat from Minnesota who has taken up the role of antitrust enforcer in the Senate under the Biden administration. Her new book, Antitrust: Taking on …
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EU to charge Apple over anti-competitive App Store fees this week
The European Union is expected to charge Apple over anticompetitive behavior allegations this week, almost two years after Spotify lodged its complaint with the European Commission about the App Store …
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Report: EU commission announcing anticompetitive charges against Apple’s App Store later this week
The European competition commission is set to announce charges against Apple regarding App Store policies later this week, in the conclusion of an investigation that was led by Spotify’s formal …
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WhatsApp isn’t happy with one of its newest features …here’s how it plans to fix it
WHATSAPP is looking to add more options to one of its newest messaging features, suggesting that it’s not all that happy with how things are working at the moment.
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Apple releases new video detailing App Tracking Transparency
App Tracking Transparency is here with iOS 14.5 and Apple has detailed the feature in a new privacy ad spot. The feature, which some companies have rallied against, was delayed to give developers and …
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Apple releases iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 with face mask unlock, App Tracking Transparency
Apple has released iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5, with some of the biggest new features including App Tracking Transparency and easier iPhone mask unlocking.
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Your iPhone apps are tracking you. iOS 14.5 lets you turn that off. Here’s how
It takes under a minute to change a setting that will boost your privacy and keep ads from following you across the internet. Here’s how to do it.
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Microsoft’s new Windows 10 app store will allow unpackaged apps, but why?
Windows is a desktop OS, so desktop apps should be in the Windows app store, right? Last week, I wrote about some upcoming changes to the Store app on Windows 10 that Microsoft is yet to announce, …
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Best Apple Watch deals: Save $30 on a Series 6
An Apple Watch can help you get fit and lead a healthier lifestyle. And with iOS 14.5 released Monday, an Apple Watch can now unlock your iPhone while you’re wearing a mask. For anyone who’s still …
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Thinking about Microsoft’s potential new app store on Windows 10
I wrote about some upcoming changes to the Store app on Windows 10 that Microsoft is yet to announce, that will allow app developers to bring more kinds of Win32 apps to the Store in an effort to …
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iMessage in 2021: what could it learn from WhatsApp and other messaging apps
While we wait for the sizeable iOS 14.5 update, details about the even bigger iOS 15 update expected toward the end of the year have leaked in a Bloomberg report, which suggested that Apple is working …
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More trouble at the Portland Apple Store in the Apple Crime Blotter
Matt Gaetz’s iPhone seized, iPad stolen from the Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, and the producer of the “Steve Jobs” movie is accused of throwing an Apple monitor.
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Working with Evernote for iOS 7
Each note has to be edited individually, which is a slow and tedious process. When I get serious about research, I have to use Evernote on my Mac because the iOS app doesn’t have any research …
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Apple moving forward on app privacy, despite pushback
An update to the software powering some billion iPhones around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world.
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