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Emmy Awards honor iPhone cinematography app

The winners of the 75th annual Emmy Awards for Engineering, Science and Technology include iOS developer and cameraman David Eubank for pCAM Pro.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

Setapp plans to launch EU-only alternative iOS App Store

Setapp is planning to launch its own alternative App Store in the EU in 2024, taking advantage of law changes that will allow third-party digital storefronts to exist on iPhone and iPad.

Malcolm Owen 2 years ago 8

Supreme Court backs Apple in App Store payment row — for now

The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from Epic Games to force Apple to change its App Store rules before its appeals process completes.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

Apple finally reaches one billion paid subscriptions milestone

On Thursday, Apple announced its fiscal third-quarter earnings and in a surprise announcement has declared that it has hit the milestone one billion paid subscriptions landmark across Services and the App Store.

Evan Selleck 2 years ago 5

Apple removes over 100 ChatGPT-like apps from China's App Store

Ahead of new Chinese regulations about artificial intelligence, Apple has removed AI apps from the local App Store, including recently-launched high-profile titles.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 0

Congress grills Tim Cook over App Store rules affecting NFTs and crypto

Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress has asked Apple for clarity over the App Store guidelines, specifically how the rules impact blockchains and NFTs being used or traded in apps.

Malcolm Owen 2 years ago 10

X gets big exception from Apple with one-letter App Store listing

Elon Musk's rebrand of Twitter into X has fully made it to the App Store, with Apple making an exception to a long-standing policy preventing the existence of single-character app names.

Malcolm Owen 2 years ago 24

Apple cracks down on apps identifying users through device fingerprinting

Apple's App Store has already been rejecting apps that collect user data to circumvent privacy measures, but soon developers will be required to justify their use of certain features.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 8

Apple, Meta, Google appeal against casino app ruling that calls them 'bookies'

A judge ruled that Big Tech firms such as Apple that allow casino apps in their App Store are arguably bookies profiting from gambling, but the line is so fine that even he invited the companies to appeal.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 2

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