The Apple App Store is a digital application distribution platform for iOS developed and maintained by Apple Inc. The service allows users to browse and download applications that were developed with Apple's iOS SDK. The apps can be downloaded directly to an iOS device, or onto a personal computer via iTunes.
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Anti-competitive probes could spell trouble for Apple and its App Store
If the coronavirus pandemic has shown us anything, it’s just how much people depend on a few large technology companies. ...
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Report: Microsoft plans to get xCloud onto iOS without the App Store
Microsoft is allegedly planning to sneak xCloud cloud gaming onto iOS via browser, avoiding the App Store and Apple's restrictions ...
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Android 12 will make it easier to install and use alternative app stores
Native app stores, namely Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store, have been facing criticism for their dominance and power within the app distribution ecosystem. While you can only download apps from Apple's store on your iPhones, Android allows you to get apps from alternative ...
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Apple’s iOS 14 will give users more privacy protection — and publishers aren’t happy about it
iPhone users are about to receive access to Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 14. It will come with the usual ...
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Apple will allow xCloud and Stadia on the App Store, with big restrictions
Apple today revealed that, after stubbornly refusing to allow cloud gaming apps like Google Stadia and Microsoft's xCloud ...
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Apple delays privacy feature to opt out of online ad tracking until 2021
Apple has announced that it's delaying the rollout of a proposed privacy tweak in iOS 14 that allows users to opt out of ...
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Are the benefits of Apple’s App Store worth 30% of your revenue?
Unsurprisingly, Apple maintains its 30% revenue cut on the App Store is fair. In order to test that, I calculated what companies ...
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Apple rips into Epic Games in a court filing about the Fortnite saga
Grab your popcorn everyone, and let's read the latest round of mud-slinging as Apple fires back at Epic Games in latest episode ...
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Apple and Google remove Fortnite from their app stores, and Epic declares war
Apple and Google have removed Fortnite from their app stores over new in-app purchase options, and developer Epic Games has ...
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Apple clashes with Microsoft, Google, and Facebook over cloud gaming
The big tech companies are having a fight over cloud gaming -- specifically, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook are angry at ...
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Google and Apple boot 59 banned Chinese apps in India from their app stores
Two days after India banned 59 Chinese apps over security and privacy concerns, these apps are removed from the Google Play ...
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India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok and Helo
India has banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, Shareit, Mi Video, and UC Browser amid tension between two countries. The ...
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Apple dictating countries' contact-tracing app policies won’t help its EU anti-trust probe
There’s a growing problem with Apple’s role in the contact-tracing apps that countries are developing to help fight the ...
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Apple's App Store model isn't worth the 30% charge for today's developers
Capiche is a secret society for SaaS power users, building a new community of people who care about software to make the ...
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Apple approves Hey email app — but it'll have to submit new version that follows App Store rules
Hours before Apple's developer conference WWDC kicks off, the company finally approved a new version of Basecamp's much-talked-about ...
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Apple says it won't change App Store rules for Hey -- or anyone else
After this week's events, Apple's App Store is one of the most controversial products in tech. However, the company's vice ...
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How to cancel the subscriptions you've purchased on your iPhone
Want to cancel a Netflix or Apple Arcade subscription you made on your iPhone? Here's how you can do that.
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Qatar forces residents to install its coronavirus tracker — or face the consequences
Qatar is making it mandatory for all citizens and residents to install its coronavirus tracker when going out — or face ...
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Facebook launches standalone Messenger desktop app
Facebook just released a new app that allows you to access Messenger from your desktop. It includes unlimited group and video ...
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App stores attempt to keep lid on coronavirus misinformation
Google and Apple are attempting to keep coronavirus misinformation to a minimum and are reportedly rejecting or scrubbing ...
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Fuck this — you'll soon get push notification ads on iOS
Yep, Apple's updated App Store guidelines allow developers to send you push notifications ads on iOS. Stop the world, I want ...
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Google removes 'nearly 600' apps from the Play Store over annoying ads
Google is cracking down on apps on the Google Play Store with the most obnoxious ads. The company today announced it had ...
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Apple reportedly 'considering' allowing you to set your own default apps
After years of forcing its own apps as the default on all of its devices, rumor has it Apple may finally be changing -- if ...
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Facebook just released a Pinterest-style app called Hobbi
Facebook doesn't exactly need any more presence in the social media business, but that isn't going to the stop the company ...
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The UAE is reportedly spying on millions of ToTok messenger users (Update: It's back on Google Play)
ToTok, an Emirati messaging app, is being used by the government of the UAE to track users' chats and listen in on their ...
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Instagram cracks down on app that allowed users to stalk private profiles
Instagram is cracking down on Ghosty, an Android and iOS app that allowed users to look into private profiles without their ...
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Apple and Google remove 50+ apps that served malicious ads
Apple and Google have cumulatively removed over 50 apps from their respective mobile app stores that were found serving malicious ...
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Apple bans app that warns Hong Kong citizens about police activity, again (Updated)
Apple removes HKmap.live, a crowdsourced live maps app that protestors in Hong Kong used to track police movements, days ...
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Apple reportedly pulls app that warns Hong Kong citizens about police activity (Updated)
Apple has approved an app that allows people in Hong Kong to keep track of protests and police activity in the city state ...
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The fastest way to update (and delete) apps on iOS 13
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Apple's revised policy for kids' apps allows devs to collect anonymized data and display ads
Apple has revised its App Store Review Guidelines with regards to kids apps and its upcoming single sign-on feature Sign ...
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Apple denies favoring its own apps in App Store search results (Updated)
A new investigation by The Wall Street Journal has revealed that the company's own mobile apps are often first in App Store ...
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Apple Arcade launches on September 19 at $4.99 a month
Apple today revealed details about its upcoming gaming service, Arcade. Now we know it'll cost $4.99 for the whole family ...
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TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sites
TikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase – and get them ...
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Instagram and WhatsApp get a 'from Facebook' stamp to remind you who's boss
To be honest, I'm kind of impressed Facebook held out this long. After buying WhatsApp and Instagram several years ago, ...
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YouTube is the world's top-grossing video app with $138M in user spending
Google must be happy. YouTube is the world's top-grossing app in the photo and video software category for a second quarter ...
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The new iOS Photos app makes it easier to manage and edit photos
Photos takes a few cues from Adobe's Lightroom
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The App Store is coming to the Apple Watch
WatchOS hits a major milestone
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Supreme Court ruling means Apple could face lawsuits from lots of angry customers
The United States Supreme Court ruled this week that users could sue Apple for allegedly monopolizing the App Store and driving ...
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Apple announces Arcade, its new game subscription service
Apple today announced Arcade, its game subscription service that claims to span mobile, desktop and other devices. Gamers ...
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This Chinese turn-based singing game looks amazing
Meetup Music (or 音遇) is a Chinese, turn-based singing game that has been lighting-up the country's app stores. We've ...
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Developers are our best bet to stop Apple’s App Store monopoly
Any day now, the US Supreme Court will issue a decision in a case called Apple Inc. v. Pepper, where a group of iPhone users ...
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The best ways to move your music from Apple Music or Google Play Music to Spotify
Spotify’s just launched in India, and I’m excited to try it out. However, I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber for over ...
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Apple's crackdown on screen-recording apps is a privacy win
Apple’s iOS screen recording functionality – which was first introduced in version 11 back in 2017 – comes in handy ...
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This week's Facebook-Google-Apple drama, explained
With so much happening in the tech world, this week feels like it’s 21 days long. The highlight of the week has been the ...
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A handy list of ways Facebook has tried to sneakily gather data about you
As we learned last year, Facebook has a habit of stealthily grabbing customer data to improve its own products and services, ...
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TNW's favorite apps for Windows users in 2018
Microsoft's app store for Windows has become a fairly impressive library of software for users, and we want our readers to ...
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Tumblr reemerges on the App Store after controversial NSFW purge
After a turbulent few weeks, it appears Tumblr may finally be back on track. Its app has now reappeared in the iOS App Store. ...
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Reddit's data hoarders are frantically trying to save Tumblr's NSFW content
After Tumblr announced, on Monday, that it was invoking the nuclear option to expel NSFW content on the platform, the internet ...
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Forget Siri: Here's how to use Google Assistant on your iPhone or iPad
It's safe to say the digital assistant wars are over. Siri, arguably, is awful, and the clear-cut favorite in the space is ...
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Apple acquires Shazam and announces it'll now be ad-free
Apple has officially acquired the musical identification app, Shazam. The hardware giant has also stated that the app will ...
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Internal Facebook note reveals clever 'psychological trick' to attract teenage users
Always on the lookout for novel ways to attract teens, Facebook purchased viral polling app TBH last October. The app fell ...
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Google bans cryptocurrency mining apps from the Play Store
All cryptocurrency miners are now banned from Google's Play store. The new ruling came with new updates to Google’s Developer ...
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This app allows you to send rejected emoji to your friends
Declined Emoji: part 1 opens up a world of rejected emoji you never knew existed. Get ready for conversations full of inflating ...
