Apple’s and Google’s approval guidelines are notoriously lax—and they won’t keep out apps that are after your money and data. Here’s how to sniff them out.
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Facebook reportedly hit with campaign by pro-Palestinian activists leaving 1-star app store ratings
A social media campaign by pro-Palestine activists has pushed down the ranking for Facebook’s app in Apple and Google’s app stores, NBC News reported. The activists are seeking to protest Facebook’s …
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Pro-Palestinian activists target Facebook with 1-star app store reviews
The coordinated campaign is meant to protest the company’s alleged censorship of Palestinian accounts and posts.
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Man sentenced for 2018 Apple Store theft spree in the Apple Crime Blotter
Rudy Giuliani seeks to block iPhone evidence following the raid on his home, a convict wants out of jail for an Apple Store visit, and iPhone searches lead to a murder arrest in Florida.
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Apple vs Epic Games: Tim Cook Says iPhone’s ‘Threat Profile’ Justifies App Store’s Strict Rules
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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