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Apple executive testifies App Store fees risked violating court order

Epic contends Apple still hasn't complied with her order, more than a year after the company exhausted appeals all the way to the US Supreme Court

Updated On: 25 Feb 2025 | 9:08 AM IST

Malicious iOS, Android apps can read screenshots for passwords: Here's how

Reportedly, some malicious apps on App Store and Play Store have been using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to extract crypto wallet passwords from saved screenshots

Updated On: 06 Feb 2025 | 4:17 PM IST

China considers probe into Apple's policies, App Store fees: Report

The development comes a day after China announced measures targeting US businesses including Google, farm equipment makers and the owner of fashion brand Calvin Klein

Updated On: 05 Feb 2025 | 11:52 PM IST

Canon's launches app for multi-camera live streaming via iPhones, iPads

Canon's Live Switcher Mobile app for iPhones and iPads lets users broadcast the footage through a livestream platform such as YouTube and Facebook.

Updated On: 21 Jan 2025 | 11:18 AM IST

Apple Store App debuts in India offering personalised shopping experience

Apple said that the new Apple Store app will feature multiple tabs to enhance the shopping experience and product discovery

Updated On: 17 Jan 2025 | 10:11 AM IST

Apple's India App Store: Check the most downloaded apps and games of 2024

Apple has named Kino app as iPhone App of the Year, and Adobe Lightroom as Mac App of the Year. Check the full list of the most downloaded apps and games below

Updated On: 17 Dec 2024 | 12:37 PM IST

UK watchdog shuts down investigation into app stores of Apple, Google

The body subsequently launched parallel investigations into both companies for alleged anticompetitive behaviour

Updated On: 21 Aug 2024 | 5:03 PM IST

Brace for changes in app store as punishment for monopoly: Judge to Google

A federal judge has indicated he will order major changes in Google's Android app store to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers. Over the course of a three-hour hearing in San Francisco, US District Judge James Donato on Wednesday made it clear that the forthcoming shake-up he is contemplating will probably include a mandate requiring Google's Play Store for Android phones offer consumers a choice to download alternative app stores Donato has been weighing how to punish the Google since last December when a jury declared the Play Store a monopoly following a four-week trial. The verdict centred on Google's nearly exclusive control over distribution of apps designed for Android phones and the billing systems for the digital commerce occurring within them -- a system that generates billions of dollars in annual revenue for the company. In protesting the judge's potential requirements

Updated On: 15 Aug 2024 | 7:12 AM IST

Apple updates App Store guidelines to allow PC game emulators on iPhones

Apple has updated app review guidelines, allowing mini apps, mini games, streaming games, chatbots, plug-ins, and game emulators

Updated On: 02 Aug 2024 | 1:47 PM IST

Japan's new law forces Google and Apple to allow sale of third-party apps

The new law prohibits Apple and Google from restricting third-party companies from selling and operating apps on their platforms beyond their own app stores

Updated On: 14 Jun 2024 | 11:40 AM IST

Microsoft to launch own mobile-game store, to compete with Apple, Google

Sarah Bond says the store is launching on the web, versus an app, so it's accessible across all devices, all countries, no matter what, independent of the policies of closed ecosystem stores.

Updated On: 10 May 2024 | 10:23 PM IST

Now, Google Play Store lets you download two apps simultaneously: Details

Previously, the Google app store for Android devices, called Play Store, allowed one download at a time, pushing other requests for apps download to the queue

Updated On: 29 Apr 2024 | 2:44 PM IST

Apple loses bid to throw out $1 bn British lawsuit over app store fees

Sean Ennis, a competition law professor and economist, is spearheading the case which was filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) last year

Updated On: 12 Apr 2024 | 10:13 PM IST

Phonepe's Indus Appstore gains traction amid Google-developer spat

Indus Appstore thrives with rapid user adoption and developer interest

Updated On: 22 Mar 2024 | 11:54 PM IST

Indus Appstore crosses one million installations within a month: PhonePe

PhonePe said it has partnered with Nokia and LAVA, and is in advanced talks with several other smartphone manufacturers, targeting pre-installation on over 250 million devices by the end of this year

Updated On: 18 Mar 2024 | 2:14 PM IST

Downloading now: More fights over app store policies could be coming

Rise of India's mobile economy has everyone scrambling for a piece

Updated On: 15 Mar 2024 | 11:07 PM IST

With Microsoft ending support, Android apps will not work on Windows 11 PCs

Windows 11 users can no longer download and install Android apps on PCs through Windows Subsystem for Android service, but can access already installed apps until March 2025

Updated On: 06 Mar 2024 | 1:44 PM IST

Apple hit with EU antitrust fine of over $1.95 billion in Spotify case

The European Commission's decision was triggered by a 2019 complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify over this restriction and Apple's 30% App Store fees

Updated On: 04 Mar 2024 | 10:16 PM IST

Indians downloaded 26 billion apps on mobile devices in 2023, shows data

Among app categories, gaming led the download numbers with 9.3 billion, followed by social (over 2.36 billion), and photo and video (1.86 billion)

Updated On: 04 Jan 2024 | 8:47 PM IST

Google's Epic legal defeat threatens $200 billion app store industry

The loss - handed down by a San Francisco jury on Monday - is a blow to the two companies' business model in apps, where they charge commissions of as much as 30 per cent

Updated On: 12 Dec 2023 | 10:07 PM IST