The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched a broad antitrust review into whether Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and other technology companies are unlawfully stifling competition.
DOJ launches broad antitrust review of Big Tech
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Apple denies WSJ’s report accusing it of giving its own apps preferential treatment in App Store search results
Piggy-backing on recent complaints accusing Apple's application bazaar of anticompetitive practices, the Wall Street Journal today alleged that the Cupertino tech giant consistently ranks its own apps above those from rivals in App Store search result rankings in an effort to thwart competition. Apple's denied the report, arguing that all App Store apps are algorithmically ranked based on machine learning, past consumer preferences and other signals.
Envision, Reelshot, Summarize, and other apps to check out this weekend
In this edition of our Apps of the Week roundup, we have an intuitive habit-tracker, a real-time video editor, and a note-taking app for book-lovers. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
Apple brings back the classic Texas Hold’em iOS game
In what can only be considered a surprise move, Apple has decided to bring back Texas Hold'em for iOS devices.
‘Hyper Light Drifter’ launches on iOS July 25, pre-order available now
It has been three years since Heart Machine launched the critically-acclaimed Hyper Light Drifter, and now the title is finally making its way to iOS.
New ‘That’s iPhone’ ads cover iMessage encryption, recycling and privacy in App Store
A trio of fresh 15-second video advertisements from the "That's iPhone" campaign were posted yesterday to Apple's YouTube channel in Australia, focusing on iMessage encryption, Apple's material recycling efforts and privacy in App Store.
An inside look at Apple’s Executive Review Board that makes difficult approval decisions about controversial App Store submissions
Executive Review Board, headed by Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, is the name of the department at the Cupertino firm that greenlights problematic or otherwise controversial iPhone apps submitted to App Store.
Apple tweaks enterprise certificate program to rein in abusive apps
First it was Facebook. And then Google got caught in the widening dragnet. Before long it was discovered that quite a few different apps were taking advantage of Apple's enterprise certificate program. But Apple is making changes in an effort to reduce that possibility.
iOS 13 adds support for custom fonts, makes them easy to download and manage
Supporting custom fonts in iOS has been an oft-requested feature by some for years, and Apple is finally going to introduce support later this year.
With iTunes going away, app previews are now hosted under the apps.apple.com domain
Apple has replaced the itunes.apple.com URLs when accessing listings from App Store and Mac App Store through a web browser with the new apps.apple.com domain in yet another sign that the iPhone maker is unshackling itself from the past and moving forward.
iMovie for iOS adds green screen effect, 80 new soundtracks, and more
iMovie is a popular Apple app, allowing users to transform their own videos into exciting trailers, and edit their own videos with a range of tools. And now the app has been updated with a lot more to customize your videos.
The Apple Watch finally gets an App Store in watchOS 6
The Apple Watch is getting an impressive boost with watchOS 6, which Apple recently announced at this year's WWDC keynote. That goes beyond new watch faces, though. Apple is also introducing one of the most oft-requested features for its smartwatch: the App Store.