Stories Tagged as
App store
Apple's new app store rules for EU are "complicated by design"
Feb 5, 2024
Apple's App Store has been a crown jewel for the company.
Can the EU break Google and Apple's app store dominance?
Dec 20, 2022
The European Union's Digital Markets Act could have implications beyond Europe's borders — even in the U.S., where similar bills didn't make it through Congress.
Elon Musk joins a long line of Apple App Store critics
Nov 29, 2022
Large companies like Meta and Spotify have said Apple demands too big a share of revenue for selling in the App Store.
Apple, Epic Games head to court over App Store
by
David Brancaccio
and Kristin Schwab
May 3, 2021
Apple takes a 15% to 30% cut of app sales, in-app purchases and subscriptions. Epic says this is unfair.
Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google after its app was removed from stores
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Aug 14, 2020
Epic Games is arguing the tech giants shouldn’t be able to force app makers to fork over a cut of revenues from in-app purchases.
Apple’s App Store gets its own upgrade
by
Adriene Hill
Sep 20, 2017
Along with releasing its new iOS 11 operating system, Apple also has redesigned the App Store. The new look is meant to make it easier for users to find new apps and increase what is already a big part of Apple’s business. In fact, the service part of Apple’s model — which is dominated by […]
Dispatch, Ep 19: WWDC preview
by
Molly Wood
Jun 9, 2016
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference begins this upcoming Monday.
For public good, not for profit.
The app store's 'middle class' is drying up
by
Tony Wagner
Mar 3, 2016
The market has dried up, leaving only the big players like Facebook, Google and Uber.
The annoying, essential economy of software updates
by
Ben Johnson
Dec 31, 2015
From apps to the International Space Station, a maddening necessity
Facebook's many flops are key to its success
by
Tony Wagner
Dec 8, 2015
The company just shut down a wing that made a bunch of apps hardly anyone used.