Apple has opened up its Apple Store Myeongdong in Seoul, South Korea, and has released images of its latest outlet’s launch and initial influx of customers.
Apple’s App Store Stubbornness May Be iOS’s Greatest Security Vulnerability
Apple’s App Store helped make iPads and iPhones the most secure consumer-focused computers ever created. But Apple’s opaque policy enforcement and payment restrictions are now motivating regulators …
Apple’s Latest Response to Anyone Who Wants to Change the App Store is to Toss Its Own Apps Under A Bus
A report highlighted the fact that third-party apps like Spotify and Netflix are more popular than Apple’s alternatives.
‘NFT’ app Sticky kicked out of Apple’s App Store after operating for months
Apple’s approach to NFT apps is still something of a gray area. The company permitted NFT marketplace OpenSea to launch an app, but only for browsing NFTs — not for buying and selling them. The same …
Apple Hires Economists to Argue Its Own Apps Aren’t the Most Popular In Its App Store
The independent economists from Analysis Group found Apple’s apps represent a “relatively small share” of usage.
Third-party apps often eclipse Apple’s own on the App Store, study finds
Apple has highlighted a new report indicating that third-party apps have found App Storesuccess and popularity across the globe, beating out Apple’s own apps in most cases.
Apple puts Putin opposition app back on Russia App Store
Apple has put a voting app back on its app store in Russia that was created by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny’s chief of staff, Leonid Volkov, announced on Twitter Thursday that the …
Apple reveals first look at new Apple Myeongdong store
Ahead of its official opening on April 9, 2022, Apple has released a preview of the Apple Myeongdong store, showing off its largest outlet in South Korea.
Apple restores opposition app to its Russian App Store
The Russian opposition app is back on the region’s App Store, after previously giving in to Moscow’s demands for its removal.
Apple Store Myeongdong photos shared ahead of Saturday’s opening
Apple has shared photos of the new two-story Apple Store Myeongdong, two days ahead of the official opening of the latest South Korean …
Apple brings Putin opposition app back to Russia App Store
A voting app run by supporters of prominent Putin critic Alexei Navalny is once again available for download on Apple’s Russian App Store, The Washington Post reports, citing independent researchers …
Apple restores opposition app to its App Store in Russia
Apple has resumed allowing Russians to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after criticism that it was acceding to unreasonable government demands for censorship.
iOS 15.5 includes code to support apps with external purchases
OS 15.5 is going to make it easier for developers to link users to external purchases outside of the App Store. As reported by 9to5Mac, code in the first developer beta of iOS 15 …
PSA | You Might Soon Be Hit with ‘Automatic’ App Subscription Price Increases
One of the best things about Apple’s in-app subscription payments may soon be going away. A new report reveals that Apple is looking at ways to let …
Google Play will hide and block downloads for outdated apps starting later this year
Google is preparing to clear its Play Store of outdated apps. The company warned Android app developers that starting on November 1, 2022, it will hide apps and block their installation to users’ …
Apple testing App Store feature that automatically opts users in to price hikes
Apple is quietly testing a new App Store feature that allows developers to automatically raise prices on app subscriptions without a user’s explicit opt-in.
‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok
A Google engineer went viral for showing an Apple Store employee giving a coding class to a virtually empty room. User Zac Bowling (@yesinmybackyard) was in the middle of his Genius Bar appointment at …