Tag: App Stores

Google is opening the floodgates to third-party app stores on Android next week

The final sticking point in the long-running Google vs Epic Games lawsuit is coming to an end,...

Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week

Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing...

Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out...

Australia will consider requiring app stores to block AI services without age verification

Australia's government may take a strict stance on ensuring younger users cannot access AI chatbots. Reuters reports...

UK takes ‘light touch’ approach to regulating Apple and Google’s app stores

Last year the UK declared that Apple and Google were a duopoly with "strategic market status" in...

US Senators call on Apple and Google to ban X and Grok from app stores amid image-generation controversy

X’s Grok AI tool has created pornographic images of women and childrenNow, US Senators have told Apple...

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores

Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X's AI chatbot that has continued to...

Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil

Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple after a yearslong investigation into the company's App Store...

Apple is going to allow third-party app stores in Brazil, too

Apple is set to allow third-party app stores on iOS in Brazil next year after settling with...

Apple opens iOS to third-party app stores in Japan

Apple has announced the changes it's making to the iOS App Store in Japan in order to...

California enacts age-gate law for app stores

California has become the latest state to age-gate app stores and operating systems. AB 1043 is one...