'Flappy Bird' to soar onto App Store after decade-long hiatus
"Flappy Bird" fans have spent more than ten years trying to bring it back to mobile phones — and now the eponymous hero will return in 2024.
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App Store
Amber Neely
Developers can nag lapsed app subscribers with win-back offers
Apple is making it easier for developers to tempt iPhone users back into subscribing to their app, by providing a variety of offers to lapsed accounts.
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Malcolm Owen
Apple lobbyists helped kill child online safety bill
Apple may be adding new ways to combat smartphone addiction, but it's also spending millions on lobbying regulators to limit what it's required to do with the iPhone and App Store.
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William Gallagher
Apple stuck between a rock and a hard place tackling nonconsensual porn generators
Apple seems unable to stop influx of so-called "dual use" apps that look innocent on the surface but help users create deepfake porn — at a steep price.
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Wesley Hilliard
Apple tweaking how default browsers are selected in EU
Apple is responding to EU criticism about alternative browser choices by simplifying selection, and in addition it's adding more options over user control of other default apps.
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Apple's App Store vice president is the first departure in regulatory shake-up
Matt Fischer, Apple's App Store vice president, will depart the company in the coming months as the tech giant prepares to restructure as a response to global regulations.
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UK drops App Store investigation, says it has better things to do
After three years and, significantly, a change in government, the UK's competition regulator has closed its App Store investigation before reaching a conclusion.
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Apple warns of February store changes for EU developers, authors
Apple is giving App Store developers and booksellers a heads-up that they have to update their details with a trader status by February, to meet EU Digital Services Act rules.
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Epic Games Store goes live for EU iPhone users
The Epic Games Store has finally launched in the European Union, providing gamers with ways to access games on their iPhone without going through the App Store.
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Andrew Orr
Mike Wuerthele
William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele
