The Open App Markets Act is aiming to tear down coercive anticompetitive walls in the app economy, with three US senators hoping it will set fair, clear, and enforceable rules that protect competition …
App Store Competition Targeted by Bipartisan Senate Bill
The bipartisan measure would put new curbs on how app stores operate and do business with developers, the latest sign of lawmakers’ concerns over Apple’s and Google’s dominance in the mobile ecosystem …
New bipartisan Senate bill takes aim at Apple and Google’s app store dominance
A new Senate bill targeting US app stores seeks to rein in the power of tech giants such as Apple and Google by banning restrictions on app developers.
Hell yeah, you can buy weed through the Apple App Store now
You can buy weed through apps on Apple’s App Store now — with some restrictions. Apple, which formerly banned apps that facilitated marijuana sales, now allows weed delivery service apps on its …
Senators target Apple’s App Store exclusivity in new bill
There’s a new bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday targeting the power dominant tech firms like Apple and Google have over the app store market. The bipartisan “Open App Markets Act,” introduced by …
Senators want to rein in Apple and Google’s alleged app store monopolies
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to regulate Google and Apple’s app stores, in the latest signal of the growing political will to loosen large tech companies’ grip on …
Bill takes aim at Apple and Google app-store tactics, senator calls it ‘craven textbook abuse’
Senators introduced a bipartisan bill Wednesday that seeks to rein in the control Google and Apple Inc. have over their respective mobile-app stores, part of a larger wave of antitrust legislation in …
U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores
A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google. Democratic Senators …
Bipartisan bill targets Apple and Google’s ability to profit from app stores
A new bipartisan bill would shake up the way Apple and Google run their mobile app stores. The bill, led by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., aims to inject more …
Senate Bill Would Ban Apple, Google App Stores From Forcing Developers to Use Their In-App Payment Systems
Legislation introduced in the Senate would impose new restrictions and requirements on Apple’s App Store and Google Play — designed to end the two tech giants’ virtual monopoly …
There’s an Apple Store hiding in your home
Apple is building its next great retail store in your living room. Have you seen the plans? Accelerated by the pandemic, Apple has created new platforms, polished existing services, and renewed its …
Google allegedly considered buying Epic Games to remove app store competition
Google views Epic Games efforts to allow users to install games without the need for the Google Play Store as a ‘contagion’, court documents say.
Apple Pulls Controversial Anti-Vax App From App Store
Apple has removed a social app aimed at unvaccinated people from the App Store for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, …
This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
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 continues to grow, with a …
Best Apple MacBook deals: Save $200 on M1 MacBook Air or M1 MacBook Pro
You’ll find the big discounts on Apple’s latest MacBooks right now on Best Buy and Amazon. Apple introduced the first MacBooks that use its own Apple silicon M1 design last fall, and new models are …
Work continues on Wuhan Apple Store for September opening
Apple will soon start work on a new Apple Store location in China, with the first outlet in Wuhan to be set in the Wuhan International Plaza.
Business-Focused App Stores
While most people may think of app stores as places where individuals can go to purchase every kind of app under the sun for their smartphone, the …