Based on what we saw last year, here’s our best guess at the best Apple deals we may see this year. Prime Day, which kicks off on Tuesday, may bring some of the best deals of the year on a range of …
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Your Local Apple Store Has a New Mission: Ship Products Directly to Customers
The global coronavirus pandemic has put a new emphasis on buying online, and Apple has taken notice. Days before the company is expected to announce its new iPhone 12 lineup, as well as many other …
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This Week in Apps: Antitrust investigation dubs App Store a monopoly, Microsoft adopts ‘app fairness’ rules, pandemic boosts Q3 app revenues
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with …
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Judge rules Apple can continue blocking Fortnite from the App Store
A federal judge has ruled that Apple can continue to block the hit video game Fortnite from its app store as the iPhone maker defends a landmark antitrust lawsuit by the game’s publisher, Epic Games.
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Judge denies Epic’s request to force Apple to bring Fortnite back to App Store
The California judge in the legal skirmish between Epic Games and Apple has denied Epic’s request that Apple be forced to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store, but did affirm that Apple cannot take …
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US judge rules Apple doesn’t have to bring ‘Epic Games’s ‘Fortnite’ back to the iPhone App Store
Epic Games filed for a preliminary injunction to restore the “Fortnite” game in the App Store after Apple terminated Epic Games’ account.
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Epic Games loses again on restoring ‘Fortnite’ to Apple Store
In the lawsuit, headed for trial next year, Epic alleges that Apple runs its mobile app store as an illegal monopoly because developers are barred from making iPhone and iPad apps available through …
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Apple Doesn’t Have To Reinstate Fortnite To The App Store, Judge Rules
A judge ruled Friday that Apple doesn’t have to allow Fortnite back in the App Store while its developer, Epic Games, sues the tech giant, an initial victory for Apple as the high-stakes legal battle …
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Judge blocks Apple from retaliating against Unreal Engine, Fortnite to remain off App Store
A federal judge on Friday granted Epic Games’ petition to prohibit any action by Apple against the Unreal Engine, but denied the game maker’s bid to reinstate Fortnite to the App Store.
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U.S. judge rules Apple could bar Epic Games’s ‘Fortnite’ from App Store
A federal judge in California on Friday ruled in an injunction request that Apple Inc
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Apple Does Not Need to Return Fortnite to App Store, Judge Rules
Fortnite’s parent company, Epic Games, had broken its contract with Apple, a federal judge found. The case goes to trial next year.
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Apple is starting to ship devices directly from its stores
Apple is shifting how it ships devices to consumers: instead of sending out all of its hardware products directly from China or from local warehouses, the company is now going to use its network of …
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Apple now using retail stores as distribution centers in North America
Apple recently began to use its vast chain of brick-and-mortar Apple Store locations as nodes in a product distribution network, enabling faster receipt of items than those shipped from China.
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ProBeat: Google should have picked Microsoft’s app store principles over Apple’s
Google should have set a list of app store principles before Microsoft did, instead of embracing Apple’s 30% tax on in-app purchases.
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Microsoft Takes Shots at Apple in New App Store Principles
Antitrust scrutiny of dominant app stores, such as those operated by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet subsidiary Google, has intensified over the past year. Apple is waging an escalating legal war …
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Microsoft to adopt app store guiding principles for Windows, but not Xbox
In a thinly veiled shot at Apple’s App Store, Microsoft has adopted 10 guiding principles that it will apply to its Microsoft Store on Windows 10.
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Microsoft takes jab at Apple, Google with new app store principles
Microsoft announced 10 new app store principles in a blog post Thursday, needling Apple and Google’s policies in the process. The new principles are intended to promote choice, fairness and innovation …
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