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Apple, Google Make Four Commitments to Improve Fairness and Transparency in App Stores
Apple and Google have agreed to make four changes to their respective app stores to make the marketplaces fairer and more transparent to third-party developers. The announcement was made by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday after it raised questions about the company’s duopoly in the mobile application sector.
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Apple, Google Agree App Store Changes Under New UK Regulations
Apple and Google have agreed to make their mobile app stores fairer and more transparent for thousands of developers, Britain's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday, hailing it as important first steps in its tougher regime.
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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
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TikTok Returns on Apple, Google US App Stores as President Trump Delays Ban
US President Donald Trump has delayed a ban on TikTok. Owing to the development, the app has returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google. Although TikTok resumed service after Trump's assurances, Google and Apple kept the app removed from their US app stores.
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Opinion: India Must Build An App Store To Counter Google-But Not How You Think
While India has had great success with UPI, and the NPCI deserves to take a bow, we can't take the same success for granted for each DPI we attempt. A simple approach is the best approach.
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Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says Company in Talks With Partners to Launch Mobile Store on iOS, Android: Report
Microsoft has reportedly been developing an Xbox mobile storefront that would allow users to bypass Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store and download games off its own application. Earlier this year, Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer, too, had revealed ahead of the annual Game Developer Conference that the company intended to launch it...
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Apple, Google Face South Korea Probe Over In-App Payment Violations
South Korea's telecommunications regulator Korea Communications Commissions (KCC) revealed that Google, Apple and One Store may have violated rules after an inspection that began on May 17, and that it would launch in investigation into these app store operators.
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Russia’s VK Launches RuStore, Home-Made App Store, to Replace Western Rivals as Ban Continues
In another push to promote domestic digital services, Russian internet group VK has launched RuStore, a home-made app store, on Wednesday. The new app store will replace Western rivals amid limited access to users in Russia.
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Trump's Truth Social App, Self-Proclaimed Foe of Big Tech, Needs Apple and Google to Survive
With just weeks to go before an expected launch, Donald Trump’s new media venture is trying to strike a delicate balance with its app: giving Trump's base the freedom to express themselves, without running afoul of Apple and Google’s app store policies.
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Fortnite Row: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Blasts Apple, Google; Calls for Single App Store
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney renewed his attack on Apple and Google as the world’s dominant mobile duopoly before calling for a universal app store that works across all operating systems as the solution.
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Apple, Google’s In-App Purchase Commission Dominance Likely to Be Curbed by South Korea
South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curbs by a major economy that could hurt the tech giants' lucrative revenue streams.
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Dozens Of US States Accuse Google Of App Store Monopoly
Dozens of US states joined forces in a lawsuit filed Wednesday accusing Google of abusing its power when it comes to getting apps for Android-powered mobile devices.
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Spending in Mobile Apps Surges to New High, Nearly Touching $65 Billion: Sensor Tower
App revenue from mobile phone users around the world climbed to new heights in the first half of this year, nearly reaching $65 billion (roughly Rs. 4,82,550 crores), market tracker Sensor Tower said.
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Google to Roll Out Privacy Labels for its iOS Apps Starting as Early as This Week: Report
Google has reportedly confirmed that it plans to start rolling out privacy labels for its suite of apps on the App Store. With this move, Google refutes all allegations of its aim to not comply with Apple’s new privacy label rule. A Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that it plans to add privacy labels across its entire iOS app catalogue. These ...
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Apple Removes Stadium App That Allowed Stadia to Run on iOS Devices From App Store
Apple has removed Stadium browser app that allows users to run Google Stadia on iOS devices. The company also shared some background on why it did so. Apple, citing a section in the App Store Guidelines, stated that the Stadium app “uses public APIs in a way that Apple does not intend.”
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Apple, Google Make Four Commitments to Improve Fairness and Transparency in App Stores
Apple and Google have agreed to make four changes to their respective app stores to make the marketplaces fairer and more transparent to third-party developers. The announcement was made by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday after it raised questions about the company’s duopoly in the mobile application sector.
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Apple, Google Agree App Store Changes Under New UK Regulations
Apple and Google have agreed to make their mobile app stores fairer and more transparent for thousands of developers, Britain's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday, hailing it as important first steps in its tougher regime.
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Google Rejects App Store Age Verification For Online Content
American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app stores built into operating systems, calling a proposal from Facebook and Instagram parent Meta "ineffective".
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TikTok Returns on Apple, Google US App Stores as President Trump Delays Ban
US President Donald Trump has delayed a ban on TikTok. Owing to the development, the app has returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google. Although TikTok resumed service after Trump's assurances, Google and Apple kept the app removed from their US app stores.
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Opinion: India Must Build An App Store To Counter Google-But Not How You Think
While India has had great success with UPI, and the NPCI deserves to take a bow, we can't take the same success for granted for each DPI we attempt. A simple approach is the best approach.
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Xbox Chief Phil Spencer Says Company in Talks With Partners to Launch Mobile Store on iOS, Android: Report
Microsoft has reportedly been developing an Xbox mobile storefront that would allow users to bypass Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store and download games off its own application. Earlier this year, Microsoft's gaming chief Phil Spencer, too, had revealed ahead of the annual Game Developer Conference that the company intended to launch it...
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Apple, Google Face South Korea Probe Over In-App Payment Violations
South Korea's telecommunications regulator Korea Communications Commissions (KCC) revealed that Google, Apple and One Store may have violated rules after an inspection that began on May 17, and that it would launch in investigation into these app store operators.
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Russia’s VK Launches RuStore, Home-Made App Store, to Replace Western Rivals as Ban Continues
In another push to promote domestic digital services, Russian internet group VK has launched RuStore, a home-made app store, on Wednesday. The new app store will replace Western rivals amid limited access to users in Russia.
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Trump's Truth Social App, Self-Proclaimed Foe of Big Tech, Needs Apple and Google to Survive
With just weeks to go before an expected launch, Donald Trump’s new media venture is trying to strike a delicate balance with its app: giving Trump's base the freedom to express themselves, without running afoul of Apple and Google’s app store policies.
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Fortnite Row: Epic CEO Tim Sweeney Blasts Apple, Google; Calls for Single App Store
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney renewed his attack on Apple and Google as the world’s dominant mobile duopoly before calling for a universal app store that works across all operating systems as the solution.
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Apple, Google’s In-App Purchase Commission Dominance Likely to Be Curbed by South Korea
South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curbs by a major economy that could hurt the tech giants' lucrative revenue streams.
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Dozens Of US States Accuse Google Of App Store Monopoly
Dozens of US states joined forces in a lawsuit filed Wednesday accusing Google of abusing its power when it comes to getting apps for Android-powered mobile devices.
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Spending in Mobile Apps Surges to New High, Nearly Touching $65 Billion: Sensor Tower
App revenue from mobile phone users around the world climbed to new heights in the first half of this year, nearly reaching $65 billion (roughly Rs. 4,82,550 crores), market tracker Sensor Tower said.
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Google to Roll Out Privacy Labels for its iOS Apps Starting as Early as This Week: Report
Google has reportedly confirmed that it plans to start rolling out privacy labels for its suite of apps on the App Store. With this move, Google refutes all allegations of its aim to not comply with Apple’s new privacy label rule. A Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that it plans to add privacy labels across its entire iOS app catalogue. These ...
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Apple Removes Stadium App That Allowed Stadia to Run on iOS Devices From App Store
Apple has removed Stadium browser app that allows users to run Google Stadia on iOS devices. The company also shared some background on why it did so. Apple, citing a section in the App Store Guidelines, stated that the Stadium app “uses public APIs in a way that Apple does not intend.”
