[ad_1] Apple is heading into a courtroom faceoff against the company behind the popular Fortnite video game, reviving a high-stakes antitrust battle over whether the digital fortress shielding the iPhone’s app store illegally enriches the world’s most valuable company while stifling competition. Oral arguments Monday before three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals […]
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[ad_1] Apple Inc said on Monday prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store will increase in several countries including Japan, Malaysia and all territories that use the euro currency, from next month. The new prices, excluding auto-renewable subscriptions, will be effective as early as Oct. 5, Apple said in a blog post. […]
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[ad_1] Apple and Facebook are currently not on the best of terms after new privacy features released by the former are set to cost the social network billions of dollars. But that was not always the case and according to a Wall Street Journal report, the two were in close discussions to become business partners. […]
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[ad_1] EU antitrust regulators are set to beef up an investigation into Apple, triggered by Spotify, with new evidence but not new charges, in the hope of speeding up the case, people familiar with the matter said. (Sign up to our Technology newsletter, Today’s Cache, for insights on emerging themes at the intersection of technology, […]
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[ad_1] In March 2021, Avast had shared a list of 133 fraudulent apps with an estimated total of 500 million downloads. More than a year later, 84 of these fraudulent apps are still available on the App Store, tricking users out of more than $100 million annually according to a report by VPN review platform […]
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[ad_1] Apple Inc’s revenue from gaming and music offerings is expected to jump 36% to $8.2 billion by 2025, J.P.Morgan said on Monday, as the iPhone maker taps its huge user base to drive its subscription services. The two services are likely to have a combined subscriber base of about 180 million by 2025 – […]
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[ad_1] Apple Inc on Friday laid out how developers of dating apps offered in the Netherlands can skip Apple’s in-app payment systems, a closely watched step by the iPhone maker in the face of global antitrust concerns about its control over the mobile app industry. Apple has long mandated use of its in-app payment system, […]
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[ad_1] Apple released their second annual fraud prevention analysis which says that it protected customers from nearly $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions, while also stopping 1.6 million risky and vulnerable app updates from affecting users. The company states that it has many processes that continuously monitor its App Store to reduce fraud. The company […]
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[ad_1] The bill, unveiled Thursday, states that companies that own or control app stores “shall not carry or support any app in app store(s) within the United States that supports or enables transactions in e-CNY.” The bill, unveiled Thursday, states that companies that own or control app stores “shall not carry or support any app […]
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[ad_1] Last month, Apple had send many notices to developers, warning them that their app will be removed from the company’s App Store in 30 days if they didn’t submit an update for it. The company has now extended that deadline to 90 days and has explained the rationale behind the policy in a new […]
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