Epic has waged a public relations and legal campaign, arguing that Apple acts anticompetitively by only allowing apps it approves on the world’s 1 billion iPhones and by forcing developers to use …
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This Week in Apps: Google I/O hits and misses, Snap goes shopping, Parler returns to App Store
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 …
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App Store Scandal: What iPhone And Android Users Need To Do Right Now
A scandal is defined as being a disgraceful event, a definition that would seem apt for the fact that rip off apps continue to be offered in official app stores. Yes, I’m talking about ‘fleeceware’ …
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Tim Cook testifies at Apple trial against ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games, argues App Store is not monopoly
Apple CEO Tim Cook testified Friday in the weeks-long trial between Apple and Epic Games, the makers of popular videogame “Fortnite.”Cook defended his company’s App Store against Epic’s claims that …
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Top Stories: Apple Music Lossless, M2 MacBook Pro Rumors, Apple Watch Redesign?
Apple continued to clear the decks of non-developer announcements ahead of WWDC this week, not only shipping the new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies in court, Google to open a brick-and-mortar store
In today’s top stories, Apple CEO Tim Cook defends his company in court. Also, shoppers can visit a Google store this summer, and you can say goodbye to Internet Explorer. Like us on Facebook to see …
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Epic vs Apple continues and Lossless launches — This Week in Apple
The third week of testimony in the Apple and Epic trial dominated this week, but other major events surfaced, including the launch of Apple Music Lossless and Spatial audio, potential new Beats Studio …
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Apple’s Tim Cook grilled by judge overseeing Epic’s Fortnite trial
Apple says its control over the App Store promises security and reliability for users. Epic says it stifles competition.
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Tim Cook faces harsh questions about the App Store from judge in Fortnite trial
Apple called CEO Tim Cook to conclude three weeks of testimony in Epic v. Apple — and with the end of the trial approaching, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers engaged Cook in a surprisingly tense exchange …
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Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition
Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company’s ironclad control over its mobile app store as the best way to serve and protect iPhone users, but he faced tough questions about competition issues from a …
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Tim Cook: Without Apple curation, App Store would be a ‘toxic mess’
If Apple didn’t curate the apps available on the iPhone via its App Store review process, it would be “terrible for the user” and for developers, Apple CEO Tim Cook argued Friday in a federal court.
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Apple v. Epic Games trial: iOS App Store would be ‘toxic’ mess without review process, Tim Cook testifies
Apple CEO Tim Cook faced tough questions Friday in court about the iOS App Store and its practices requiring in-app purchases and 15%-30% commissions.
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Why there isn’t more outcry over Apple’s App Store practices
Tim Higgins, WSJ tech correspondent, discusses the ongoing Epic Games and Apple trial and what it could mean for the Big Tech company.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: The App Store has been an ‘economic miracle’
CEO Tim Cook took the witness stand on Friday to defend the iPhone maker’s control of its App Store, calling the service an “economic miracle” in a widely watched antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” …
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Live updates: Tim Cook in the hot seat, defending Apple at Epic’s Fortnite trial
Apple CEO Tim Cook is testifying in a lawsuit brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games, defending his company’s policies that demand all apps meet Apple’s guidelines before they’re allowed into its app …
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Judge Grills Tim Cook on App Store Policies on Final Day of Epic Games v. Apple Trial
Apple CEO Tim Cook testified in the Epic Games v. Apple trial today, and some of the final questioning by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers did not …
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Epic’s Remedy for App Store ‘Terrible’ for Users, Cook Says
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said it would be “terrible” for iPhone and iPad users if a judge ordered the company to allow third-party app marketplaces, in addition to its own App Store …
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