In Apple’s world, an app can be inappropriate one day, but acceptable the next. That’s what the developer of Amphetamine—an app designed to keep Macs from going to sleep, which is useful in situations …
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Apple Backtracks, Allows Amphetamine App to Remain in App Store
After saying Amphetamine violated App Store rules banning apps that encourage the consumption or sale of drugs, Apple reversed its decision and will allow the sleep-mode app to remain.
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Apple Backtracks After Popular Mac App ‘Amphetamine’ Threatened With Removal Over Branding
Popular Mac app “Amphetamine” will remain on the Mac App Store after reportedly being threatened with removal over its name and …
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Apple will let Amphetamine app stay in the App Store after wrongly telling developer it violated App Store rules
The developer of Amphetamine, an app that prevents Macs from going into sleep mode, says Apple told him it violated App Store guidelines, even though it’s been in the App Store since 2014, and has …
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This Week in Apps: Apple bans party app, China loses 39K iOS games, TikTok births a ‘Ratatousical’
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 is as hot as ever, with a …
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Tencent Games is back on Huawei’s app store: Report
Chinese multinational technology company Huawei has added Tencent Games back to its app store after the two firms negotiated upon an agreement.According to a Bloomberg report, Tencent was first …
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Apple removes Vybe Together app used to arrange parties during Covid
Creators of US app claim it was designed to promote small gatherings rather than large parties …
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Apple executes New Year’s Eve apps purge in China
Apple kicked tens of thousands of products off the Chinese version of its App Store on the final day of the year to meet Beijing’s demands. The bulk of them were unlicensed games. But civil rights …
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Huawei restores Tencent games to its Chinese app store after dispute
Huawei has pulled Tencent games like Arena of Valor from its app store because of a “big change” Tencent made in how the companies work together.
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Tencent games reinstated on Huawei app store
Tencent’s online games were removed and then reinstated on Huawei’s app store on Friday in a dispute over revenue sharing by the Chinese companies.
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Huawei Restores Tencent Games to App Store
Huawei Technologies Co. added Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s games back to its app store after the two technologies companies negotiated an agreement.
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Apple has removed these apps from China App Store for policy violations
Apple removed 39,000 game apps from its China App Store on 31 Dec 2020 as part of the crackdown on unlicensed games on the platform. This is the biggest removal of apps ever in a single day as the …
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Tencent games removed from Huawei app store over revenue dispute-source
Tencent’s online game offerings have been removed from Huawei’s app store since the two companies failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing, Tencent and a source said on Friday.
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Apple purges 46,000 apps from China App Store over lack of licenses
Apple has continued its China App Store purge, with the company pulling a record-breaking 46,000 apps in one day to fall in line with licensing requirements in the country.
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Apple Purges 39,000 Games From China’s App Store
In its biggest single-day purge, Apple removed 39,000 games from its China store as part of a crackdown on games without a government license in the country.
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Apple removes more unlicensed games from the App Store in China
The App Store is reportedly looking a little different in China today. According to Reuters, Apple has removed roughly 39,000 games owned by developers and publishers that don’t have an ISBN …
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Apple purges 44,000 apps from China App Store over lack of licenses
Apple has continued its China App Store purge, with the company pulling a record-breaking 44,000 apps in one day to fall in line with licensing requirements in the country.
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