Tag: app stores
UK targets Apple’s and Google’s mobile platforms for regulation | TechCrunch
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Wednesday a proposal that would give Apple’s and Google’s...
UK designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation | TechCrunch
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Wednesday that it’s designating Apple and Google with strategic...
Alternative app store AltStore raises $6M, connects with the fediverse | TechCrunch
The third-party app store known as AltStore, one of the first companies to offer an alternative app marketplace...
Apple pauses app store changes in Texas after court blocks age-assurance law | TechCrunch
After a federal judge on Tuesday blocked Texas from implementing a new age-verification law for app stores, Apple...
One of the first alternative app stores in the EU is shutting down | TechCrunch
One of the more prominent alternative app stores that emerged in the EU as a result of the...
Appcharge raises $26M to help gaming apps cut out Apple and Google from virtual goods revenues | TechCrunch
As Apple and Google continue to battle with regulators and publishers over whether their app stores are monopolistic,...
Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition | TechCrunch
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called...
How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores | TechCrunch
A data harvesting app called Freecash appears to have tricked users as it quickly rose to the top...
