Apple turned down a request by Epic Games to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store ahead of South Korea’s landmark law granting app developers the right to offer their own payment methods, according to multiple media reports. South Korea is the first country to legislate...
A lawsuit against Apple, claiming that its Siri voice assistant violates users’ privacy, will be allowed to proceed, although a federal judge has nixed part of it, Bloomberg reported. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White acknowledged that Siri has the capability to violate users’ privacy through...
Apple is moving to grant media apps like Netflix and Spotify the right to accept payments outside of the App Store and steer customers to their own websites instead, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and other news outlets reported on Thursday (Sept. 2). The new...
Apple has put a pause on producing its new smartwatch because of its complicated design, Reuters reported. While manufacturers started small-scale production last week, they ended up finding that the challenges made it too difficult to achieve satisfactory production performance, according to the report. While...
Apple has purchased 3-year-old classical music streaming service Primephonic, according to a Monday (Aug. 30) press release on the company’s website. Apple Music subscribers will now have access to Primephonic playlists and exclusive audio content as part of the acquisition. In the near future, classical...
Apple settled a 2019 class action lawsuit brought by app developers and will now allow developers to directly connect with users and extend alternate payment options, the company said in a blog post. The move gives developers the power to email their users and offers...
Developers using Apple’s App Store Connect will soon have to provide additional information related to banking. That will apply to people like account holders and to those in admin and finance roles. These users will now be able to provide a valid address in the...
Organizations around the globe published an open letter to Apple requesting that it toss plans to scan the messages children receive in order to spot abuse overtures, Reuters and other news outlets reported on Thursday (Aug. 19). Over 90 organizations dedicated to policy and rights...
Apple, which has drawn an onslaught of criticism from privacy experts over its soon-to-launch system for identifying images of child sex abuse that pass through the operating systems it produces, now says it will only flag images that have been identified as problematic by officials...
