Tag: apps

July 29 (UPI) --Virtual-private network, or VPN, applications have been removed from Apple's Chinese app store. Foreign companies had developed the apps to get around China's Internet filters. British Virgin Islands-based app developer, ExpressVPN ... ( read original story ...)

VPN service providers received notification from Apple on July 29 that their apps were removed from the China App store ... a site that monitors censorship activity in the mainland, showed 167 of the top 1000 domains are blocked in China. ( read original story ...)

ExpressVPN published a copy of the notice, which said the app included content that was illegal in China. Read: The stock market’s near-term fortunes may ride on Apple’s earnings And see: This 1 number sums up why that Foxconn deal is over-the-top bad ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window The creators of several Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have criticised Apple's decision to remove their products from its app store in China. VPNs allow users to hide their IP addresses and access ... ( read original story ...)

Apple is removing software from its app store in China that allows users to skirt the country's Great Firewall. The operators of two virtual private networks, or VPNs, said Saturday that they had been notified by Apple (AAPL, Tech30) that their products ... ( read original story ...)

Companies that let people avoid the government filters said Saturday that their programs have been removed from Apple's app store in China. ExpressVPN, one of the companies, posted on its corporate site a message from Apple saying that its program was ... ( read original story ...)

In a move sure to put Apple's ongoing activities in China under a more intense international microscope, a number of foreign-made VPN software apps have been removed from China's app store, according to a report from The New York Times. SEE ALSO ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — Apple Inc says it is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, drawing criticism from VPN service providers, who accuse the U.S. tech giant of bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators. VPNs allow users ... ( read original story ...)

Apple Inc. appears to have complied with the wishes of Chinese censors and removed all major VPN apps from the China-based branch of its App Store, a move which will make it harder for consumers to dodge the country’s pervasive restrictions on internet ... ( read original story ...)

While Acton and Koum managed to find a Russian developer to create WhatsApp, early versions of the app proved to be practically unusable. It wasn’t until Apple launched push notifications and Acton managed to get former friends at Yahoo to invest $ ... ( read original story ...)