Feels some actions may amount to coercion to stick with giants’ own payment schemes instead of seeking alternatives …
South Korea to probe app store operators over suspected in-app payment violations
South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday it plans to launch an investigation into app store operators such as Apple Inc , Alphabet’s Google and One Store over suspected violations of …
Apple’s App Store Practices Again to Be Investigated in South Korea, Despite Change to Allow Third-Party Payment Systems
Apple is to again be investigated by South Korea’s telecommunications regulator, alongside Google and One Store, over suspected violations …
Great, Now the Apple App Store Has Malware Too
Most recently, security research Alex Kleber discovered seven malware apps hiding in plain sight on the Mac App Store. All seven apps were seemingly made by separate publishers according to the App …
Malware-packed Chinese apps found on Mac App Store
Researcher Privacy 1st (Alex Kleber) analyzed seven different Apple developer accounts, all managed by the same Chinese dev. They note that the apps abuse the Mac …
As Apple’s App Store revenue slows, company looks to other avenues to boost growth
Services business has been the proverbial apple of Wall Street’s eye, seeing double-digit revenue growth for several years and margins estimated to be around 70%.
Researcher reports fraudulent Chinese apps on the Mac App Store
Despite Apple’s claims that the App Store is a “safe place you can trust,” it seems that some developers still find ways to bypass the company’s review process to distribute fraudulent apps to iPhone, …
Unions are forming at Starbucks, Apple and Google. Here’s why workers are organizing now
Labor unions have formed at more than 200 Starbucks, an Apple store, Google and elsewhere. Here’s how it happened and why it’s unusual in retail and tech.
Apple App Store has been hosting a scam app that locked advertisers out of their Facebook marketing accounts
An app in the Apple App Store purporting to be a manager tool for ad pages appears to be a scam allowing hackers to takeover Facebook accounts.
Apple adds new Mophie Powerstation Pro, GaN charger to online store
Apple has added several new Mophie products to its online storefront, including a 120W GaN charger with four ports, a new large-capacity Powerstation Pro battery, and several car chargers.
2 Shopify Mafia members are taking the grunt work out of developing new apps for the e-commerce giant’s app store. Here’s how.
Gadget, founded by the former Shopify execs Mo Hashemi and Harry Brundage, has a tool meant to help developers launch on Shopify’s app store faster.
Chinese Mac apps found abusing App Store
An investigation into seven different apps on the Mac App Store, including the number one PDF reader in the U.S., has found that all of them are orchestrated by the same Chinese developer using fake …
Apple App Store decelerates to just 1% growth in July, MS says
Apple (AAPL) saw just 1% year-over-year growth in net revenue during the month of July from its App Store, investment firm Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday, citing …
What happened to the Apple store union campaign?
Apple seemed poised to join Starbucks in a nationwide unionizing blitz. Two stores filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board while dozens more began to organize. In June, the first Apple …
What happened to the Apple union campaign?
Apple seemed poised to join Starbucks in a nationwide unionizing blitz. Two stores filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board while dozens more began to organize. In June, the first Apple …
French iOS developers file antitrust suit over Apple’s App Store fees
Apple is facing yet another antitrust lawsuit over its App Store fees, this time filed by a group of French iOS app developers who are suing the tech giant in its home state of California. The …
Apple sued by French app developers for supposedly overcharging for app store access
French app developers, Société du Figaro and L’Équipe 24/24, are suing Apple Inc over supposedly being overcharged to have their apps on the Apple app store.