The EU’s Digital Markets Act (or DMA) has gone into force today. It could force Apple to open up the iPhone’s iMessage and app-buying platforms to third-party apps and services. Companies that fall …
Spotify adds audiobook debacle to Britain’s Apple App Store investigation
Apple stopped Spotify from circumventing its App Store fees for audiobooks, and now, Spotify is allegedly speaking with the British competition watchdog over the incident.
Apple’s Online Store and Information Systems Chiefs Are Leaving
Apple Inc.’s top executives in charge of its online retail store and information-systems divisions are stepping down, according to people with knowledge of the matter, bringing changes to two key …
Unionized Australian Apple Store employees set to strike again
Australian Apple Store employees threaten additional work stoppages and strikes as they negotiate improved wage rates.
Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple
Apple released iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 to the public last week, with a long list of new features, fixes, and high-priority zero-day security updates. The updates also included the latest version of …
Oak Brook police blotter: Group of people take $14,000 in merchandise from Apple Store
Nordstrom, 10 Oakbrook Center. Rina Kolonja, 43, of the 22W500 block of Balsam Drive, Glen Ellyn, was charged with retail theft at 6:40 p.m. Oct. 22 after taking unspecified merchandise from Macy’s, 1 …
Crime blotter: Apple Store thefts in Maryland and Illinois
In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, “iPhone Man” goes to court, a convicted killer had an iPhone in jail, and Apple items are taken in a burglary of a governor candidate’s headquarters.
This Week in Apps: Elon buys Twitter, new App Store rules, gambling ads backlash
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. Global app spending reached $65 billion in …
This handy iPhone shortcut removes all ads from your App Store searches
Posted by Reddit user TheIvanovization, they created a shortcut for the App Store that allows users to search for an app without seeing ad suggestions. The shortcut is currently in version 1.1.1 and …
Gambling, Sex, and Red Pills: The Worst Ads We’ve Seen in Apple’s App Store (so Far)
On Tuesday, Apple followed through on its promise to start filling the App Store up with more advertising. Almost immediately, people took to the internet to complain about the bizarre and sometimes …
Apple flexes its control over the App Store
In its changes this week, Apple updated its App Store rules to give itself a cut of some advertising revenue in social media apps and purchase revenue from Web3 apps. The company also expanded the …
Spotify pulls audiobook purchases from the iPhone as its App Store fight with Apple intensifies
An update to Spotify’s app on the iPhone has removed the ability to purchase an audiobook due to Apple’s App Store rules.
Apple App Store is taking more money from Meta
On Monday, Apple released iOS 16.1 which included updates to its payment guidelines — and a major middle finger to Meta.”Digital purchases for content that is experienced or consumed in an app, …
Developers Complain About Gambling Ads Appearing in Their App Store Listings [Updated]
Apple today rolled out new ad placements in the App Store on the iPhone, allowing developers to advertise their apps in more places, including …
Gambling App Store ads are showing up next to addiction recovery apps
There are more ads in the App Store, including gambling apps next to kids applications — and worse yet, next to gambling addiction recovery ones.
Apple & Target expand in-store collaboration & customer perks
Apple has tripled its presence at Target stores and added lengthy free trials for several of its services, including a four-month trial of Apple Fitness+.
Meta and Spotify accuse Apple of anticompetitive behavior in App Store
Meta and Spotify both slammed Apple for anticompetitive behavior in its App Store through its “developer tax.” …