Apple App Developers

Apple halves App Store fee for smaller firms; move to hardly impact profit

App makers bridled at the 30 percent commission, which has drawn scrutiny from regulators looking into antitrust claims

Apple to slash App Store developer fee by half to 15% from Jan 1, 2021

Apple has faced ongoing scrutiny from government regulators and criticism from developers about the percentage of revenue it takes for App Store purchases

Apple's move against 'Epic Games' would hurt other game creators: Microsoft

Apple removed Epic's titles from its App Store after the game maker violated the iPhone maker's in-app payment rules

Apple blocks Google's access to internal iOS apps over privacy abuse

Google employees can't access test versions of iPhone apps they're making, or use internal apps related to transportation scheduling and food

Apple shows Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg who has the power in an app dispute

The situation stemmed from a dispute after Facebook violated Apple's rules by publicly distributing a research app

Apple plans major overhaul, seeks universal apps for all devices by 2021

The ultimate goal of the multistep initiative, code-named "Marzipan," is by 2021 to help developers build an app once and have it work on the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers

Apple app developers earned $20 bn in 2016; $60 bn since 2008

Purchases from the App Store topped $3 billion in December