Apple has refreshed its App Store marketing tools for developers today with the ability to create custom assets and links including new QR codes and short links.
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Apple doesn’t want game streaming services on the App Store. But if you can stream via the web instead of a dedicated app, it’s okay—at least that’s what Amazon is banking on with its new Luna streaming service. A Stadia fan...
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With a lot of focus lately on how smartphone app developers are treated on Apple's and Google's app stores, Google has decided right now is a great time to announce more stringent app store billing rules. A new post from the official...
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Over a dozen high-profile companies -- including Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), and Epic Games -- recently formed a new group, the Coalition for App Fairness, to challenge Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store policies.The Coalition...
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A new browser app which you can download directly from the App Store provides a relatively simple way to play Google Stadia on iPhones and iPads, Engadget reports. Apple’s rules currently mean that...
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As the legal battle between Epic Games and Apple continues, both companies participated in a preliminary hearing today to discuss the removal of Fortnite from the App Store. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...
The two companies argued in federal court over Apple’s power over apps, as their fight heads to trial next year.
As Apple and Epic Games continue to duke it out over the iPhone maker’s 30 percent cut of in-app purchases, Google has released a plan to appease all parties on its platform, but it doesn’t go far enough.
To start, Android has always...
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Facebook introduced a new feature last month that would allow businesses to host paid online events and announced that it won’t charge any fee as a goodwill gesture to support them during the pandemic. However, Apple charged its standard 30% App...
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Facebook said on Friday that businesses holding online paid events on the social platform will be able to avoid Apple's 30% fee through the end of the year.
Previously, Facebook said it could not get Apple to budge on its...
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Fortnite developer Epic Games last month sued Google and Apple over app store rules around in-app purchases.
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Epic has been engaged in a high-profile battle with Apple and Google over their app store policies. But the game maker isn’t the only company display, with Apple and Google taking a 30-percent cut of sales, insisting that all revenue generated...
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Back in May, Microsoft announced the new Xbox Family Settings app for iOS and Android. After testing it for months, Microsoft yesterday announced the public release of this app on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Parents can take advantage of...
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App makers like Spotify have blasted the Apple App Store fees and various practices of the store for a while now.
Now, several of these app developers and longtime critics of Apple's App Store policies have banded together to form a nonprofit, the...
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A number of top app makers have banded together to fight against Apple’s control of its App Store and, to a lesser extent, Google’s control of the Play Store — a topic of increased regulatory scrutiny in recent months. Today, 13...
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Spotify and the makers of Fortnite and Tinder are taking on Apple and Google as part of a newly formed coalition calling for “fair treatment” in the way the tech giant runs its app store
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Apple is today responding to increasing antitrust pressure with an App Store PR blitz. This includes a complete revamp of its main App Store page, a new page promoting the benefits of the App Store to developers, new messaging, and a new program for...
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Several companies including Spotify, Epic Games and Tile have created the ‘Coalition for App Fairness’ to rally against Apple’s App Store policies.
The group is aiming to “create a level playing field for app businesses and give people...
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) faces a growing storm over its App Store policies even as it battles Epic Games in court over the Fortnite game developer's end run around Apple's payment policies.Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) and Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) are helping...
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