Apple on Saturday removed nearly 30,000 apps from its Chinese App Store due to the apps lacking an official license from local regulators, …
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New Apple Flagship Store Opens in Beijing, China
Chinese visit Apple’s new megastore, adopting strict Covid-19 health and safety measures, in Beijing on Sunday, August 2, 2020. The opening up of the new, state-of-the-art flagship store comes at a …
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Apple Launches New Gift Card for ‘Everything Apple’
Apple has introduced a new single gift card in the U.S. for all things Apple. The card, first spotted by iCulture, can be used at the App Store …
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Apple’s $59.7B quarter, antitrust hearing highlights, and favorite task apps on the AppleInsider podcast
Apple blew way past Wall Street predictions in the third quarter, Tim Cook testified during the U.S. House antitrust hearing, CES goes all digital, and we feature our favorite task apps on the …
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Apple updates Apple Store app with new ‘For You’ tab, iPhone comparisons
Apple on Wednesday pushed out an update for its first-party Apple Store app, adding a handy “for You” that gathers useful customer information in one place, and a new iPhone comparison tool.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Comments on ‘Hey’ App Controversy and Apple’s App Store Policies
Apple CEO Tim Cook was, as expected, questioned about Apple’s App Store policies during today’s antitrust hearing with the U.S.
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Tim Cook defends App Store: ‘If Apple is a gatekeeper, we just opened the gate wider’
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the commissions it charges for developers to sell apps through the App Store are no different to those imposed by competitors and that the company doesn’t dominate any market …
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Apple Central World Opens Friday in Thailand
Apple has officially announced the opening of its Apple Central World store on Friday with a press release that includes several new images of …
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Apple’s marketing chief defends App Store policies as Tim Cook prepares to testify in front of Congress over antitrust concerns
Apple’s Phil Schiller said the company’s App Store policies helped level the playing field for developers and protect customers’ privacy.
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Their businesses went virtual. Then Apple wanted a cut.
Because the classes it sold on its iPhone app were now virtual, Apple said it was entitled to 30% of the sales, up from no fee previously, according to a person close to ClassPass who spoke on the …
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Apple aimed to level playing field for developers, says App Store chief
When the App Store launched in 2008 with 500 apps, Apple executives viewed it as an experiment in offering a compellingly low commission rate to attract developers, Apple’s top executive for the App …
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Apple’s Field Trip Retail Store Program Eliminated as Coronavirus Outbreaks Continue
Many of Apple’s retail stores in the United States remain closed at this time due to the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, and in others, …
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Apple Sued Over Alleged $1 Billion App Store And iTunes Card Scam
A class-action complaint has been filed against Apple for failing to prevent an alleged $1 billion App Store and iTunes gift card scam …
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Apple sued for not taking action against iTunes gift card scams
Plaintiffs in new class-action lawsuit claim Apple is directly benefiting and enabling iTunes gift card scams.
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Fortnite maker: ‘Apple has locked down and crippled’ the App Store
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweenney’s comments are some of the loudest from a prominent developer publicly criticizing Apple and Google’s app store practices ahead of a congressional hearing where Apple CEO …
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Epic Games CEO criticizes Apple’s App Store policies in interview
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in an interview Friday censured both Apple and Google for their respective app store policies, claiming the companies’ tactics stunt innovation.
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Epic Games CEO speaks out against Apple, Google app store ‘monopoly’
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite developer Epic Games, criticized Apple and Google for having an “absolute monopoly” on app stores in a Friday interview with CNBC. There aren’t many viable options for …
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