Apple on Tuesday revealed that its App Store ecosystem has prevented more than $1.5 billion fraudulent transactions in 2020, highlighting its continued fight against bad actors who relentlessly …
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Apple Faces U.K. Class Action for App Store Overcharging
Apple Inc is facing a London lawsuit over claims it overcharged nearly 20 million U.K. customers for App Store purchases, yet another legal headache for the tech giant fighting lawsuits across the …
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UK class action over App Store commission could cost Apple $2B
A class action lawsuit filed with London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal takes issue with Apple’s customary App Store commission rates, arguing the developer fee is passed on to consumers.
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Fortnite battles Apple: Courtroom focuses on App Store review process and Epic’s marketing
Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing Apple over its restrictive policies over its App Store and iPhones. Fortnite maker Epic Games sees Apple as overly controlling, opportunistic and unfair. Apple says …
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Fortnite battles Apple: Courtroom focuses in on App Store review process and Epic’s marketing
Fortnite maker Epic Games is suing Apple over its restrictive policies over its App Store and iPhones. Fortnite maker Epic Games sees Apple as overly controlling, opportunistic and unfair. Apple says …
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Epic takes aim at Apple’s financial advantage in App Store model
Epic’s main economic expert, David Evans, chairman of Global Economics Group, detailed Apple’s monopoly in smartphone operating systems as the relevant market in question.
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Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet
Emails from the Epic Games lawsuit show Apple brass discussing how to handle a 2015 iOS hack. The company never notified affected users.
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Apple App Store policies face court test
Apple sells itself to consumers on security and privacy, and one of the building blocks of that ecosystem is its App Store policies. Should Epic’s antitrust lawsuit succeed, the ‘walled garden’ may be …
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The good times may be over for Apple
As big, successful, and rich as Apple is, it isn’t without challenges—many of which seem to be rearing their heads.
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App Store XCodeGhost malware details revealed in Fortnite trial
When that company happens to own the one and only sanction app store for its platform, however, then it becomes a rather scary prospect. That is always one of the risks of Apple’s App Store when the …
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Why iMessage On Your iPhone Will Beat WhatsApp’s Radical New Update
WhatsApp versus iMessage has been one of the highlights in the battle between Facebook and Apple. “We increasingly see Apple as one of our biggest competitors,” Mark Zuckerberg has said. “iMessage is …
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How To Delete Your WhatsApp Account If You Don’t Want To Be Held Hostage To Arm Twisting Tactics
The WhatsApp privacy policy debacle just doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. The latest from the Facebook -owned WhatsApp is that while they won’t rudely delete your WhatsApp account if you don’t …
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Best Free iOS Apps and Games of the Week: Onrise, PowerToYou, DualGram and More!
Looking for the best free iOS apps & games to level up your productvity, photography or customization? Well, then you’re in for a treat!
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Apple AirTag vs. Drug-Detection Dog: Best Way to Find Your Lost Stuff
Attach a $29 Apple AirTag to your stuff and you can use your iPhone to locate it when it goes missing. WSJ’s Joanna Stern put the new gadget up against a drug-d …
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How to change the default email app on your iPhone in just a few seconds
Starting with the release of iOS 14 in 2020, Apple finally did one of the things it should have done years ago: Let users change their default web browsers and email apps. Safari and the iPhone Mail …
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Is Epic Games’ showdown with Apple turning into a mismatch?
If Epic Games hopes to dismantle the fortress surrounding Apple’s iPhone and its app store, the video game maker probably will need to roll out some heavier artillery heading into the second week of a …
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‘Fortnite’ Maker Targets Apple’s ‘Walled Garden’ in Courtroom Fight Over App Store
Epic Games, in its courtroom battle with the maker of the iPhone, is questioning a core tenet of Apple’s App Store—that its success relies upon rigorous policing of the platform.
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