Apple bills the App Store as a "safe space" for customers and developers. It has a review process that's meant to look over every app before it's approved for sale, which is meant to keep customers from being preyed upon. However, it doesn't always pan out that way.
Apple has a variety of employees and executives who have been with the company for years, but everything comes to an end eventually. Ron Okamoto's time with the company, for instance, has apparently come to an end.
A mobile app developer is taking Apple to court over the power it wields over the App Store, alleging the company is pocketing a lot of money at the expense of small developers.
When Apple introduced privacy labels on the App Store back in December 2020, the company said it would hold itself to the same standard as its developers by providing privacy labels for all its stock apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Keeping true to its promise, the tech giant recently launched a webpage listing privacy labels for all its stock apps.
It took long enough, but Google has finally decided to follow along with Apple's own commissions associated with its digital storefront.
It has been almost two years since Spotify lodged an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union. And now, the EU antitrust regulators are preparing to present a charge sheet against Apple, after opening official probes into Apple's business model.
There are fees associated with using not only Apple's App Store, but also Google's option, Google Play. But some folks want to see those fees abolished, and state legislatures in the United States are part of the process. This time around it's Minnesota.
Just like last year, Apple is celebrating not only Women's History Month, but also International Women's Day this year. And, as is par for the course, the company is using the App Store to help with the initiative.
The fact that Apple doesn't manually verify the validity of developer-provided privacy label information has prompted Washington politicians to pen an open letter to CEO boss Tim Cook.
Every once in a while, depending on certain circumstances, Apple adjusts prices for apps in its App Store across the globe. Today marks another change for a handful of areas.
Right now, side-loading apps is not the preferred method for installing apps on iPhones and iPads. At least, not by Apple. The company cites user security as a primary reason for that. However, the Senate in North Dakota may force Apple's hand on the matter.
Apple rarely apologizes for human errors that from time to time happen to its editors tasked with screening the App Store submissions. So it's pretty surprising that the company has apologized to student developer Brendan Ehsom over removing his free Indigenous language app for the iPhone after mistakenly accusing him of dishonest and fraudulent acts.