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 …
Apple employs 500 people to check every single App Store submission manually
This obviously translates into a lot of apps, and “Apple therefore uses—indeed, pioneered—robust manual review in the app review process, involving close to 500 Apple employees deployed across the …
First Apple Store in India Delayed Due to Global Health Crisis
The first physical Apple retail store in India, promised by Apple CEO Tim Cook last year to open in 2021, has been delayed due to the …
Apple Mumbai store delayed by pandemic
Plans for Apple’s first physical store in India have been delayed because of the coronavirus impact, meaning the proposed 2021 opening is now unlikely.
Developers complain that Apple promotes scam apps on the App Store
Developers are once again publicly highlighting instances in which Apple has failed to keep scam apps off of the app store. The apps in question charge users unusual fees and siphon revenue from …
Developers Complain as App Store Feature Promotes Rip-Off Apps
Apple has featured a number of apps with disproportionately expensive subscriptions on the App Store, arousing the ire of some developers.
Inside the War on Apple and Google App Stores
Match Group, the online dating company that recently spun off from Barry Diller’s IAC, generated $2.4 billion in revenue last year. Its biggest single expense? The 30% app store “tax” charged by …