Elon Musk will make iPhone rival if Twitter is ejected from App Store
If Apple and Google were to kick Twitter from their online stores, Elon Musk has warned he will make his own "alternative phone" to the iPhone and Android devices.
If Apple and Google were to kick Twitter from their online stores, Elon Musk has warned he will make his own "alternative phone" to the iPhone and Android devices.
Apple is allegedly able to identify a user in analytics it collects, according to security researchers, via a unique identifier that can be associated with a user's iCloud account.
A report has taken a look at Apple's and Google's app stores to find apps directed at kids and their privacy policies, and many apps found don't come close to compliance with a US child privacy law.
Apple has big plans to expand its home-grown advertising business. However, it could be a struggle both in dealing with a privacy-focused public image and from its own engineers.
A recent investigation found thousands of apps in the App Store that contained code from Russian company Pushwhoosh, which pretends to be based in the United States.
In the wake of a report about App Store data collection by Apple, a suit has emerged alleging that the company is willfully violating user privacy and monetizing user data without permission.
As the ongoing purge of abandoned apps in the App Store continues, the number of remaining apps has hit a seven-year low.
After its victory in mandating USB-C, the European Union's next target is Apple's App Store, and rivals such as Google Play Store.
Telegram's CEO has announced that the company is canceling its monetization plans, saying it would work outside of the App Store rules, following objections from Apple.
Apple's macOS Ventura and iOS 16.1 are officially out, plus the first beta of iPadOS 16.2 reveals the new Freeform app, while the iCloud website gets a great redesign, and App Store advertising is causing some heat, all on the AppleInsider podcast.
Apple services growth has slowed to single-digit percentages, all while the company seeks new revenue sources from subscription price hikes, advertisements, and new developer fees.
Telegram is now testing a feature that would allow users to charge others to view certain messages — but it currently uses its own payment system instead of Apple's.
After a brief fight with Apple and two rejected fixes, Spotify has updated its app on the App Store to remove audiobook purchases.
Apple has paused App Store ads relating to gambling after developers and App Store users complained about the frequency of gambling ads.
Following the rollout of Apple's controversial expansion of ads, ex-Apple engineer Shac Ron has revealed that staffers pushed back on the original App Store ad program.
Apple can argue about privacy, it can claim to put users before anything else, but when its business runs on gambling ads, it's moving yet further away from its stated principles and becoming a gambling company.
There are more ads in the App Store, including gambling apps next to kids applications — and worse yet, next to gambling addiction recovery ones.
Facebook's parent company Meta has spoken out against Apple's newly updated App Store rules that require apps to pay a cut of social media boost revenue.
App developers have taken to Twitter to voice concerns that Apple's new App Store ad slots regularly feature gambling apps.
Starting Tuesday, developers can pay to be featured on the App Store Today curated page and at the bottom of competitors' app product pages.
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