App Store

• Google tentatively settles with all U.S. states over alleged app store monopoly

  Terms of the temporary pact bar the parties from disclosing its details for now, according to the Utah attorney general's office, a lead plaintiff in the bipartisan group.

  U.S. News

  Sep 6, 2023
  
• U.K. launches probe into Apple App Store for allegedly stifling competition

  The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday it was looking into ``suspected breaches of competition law'' by Apple.

  Tech

  Mar 4, 2021
  
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• Apple, Google drop Fortnite from app stores due to direct payment plan

  Apple and Google take a 30 per cent cut from in-app revenue purchases, which has long been a sore spot with developers.

  Tech

  Aug 13, 2020
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• iPhone owners can sue Apple over App Store, U.S. Supreme Court rules

  Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

  Tech

  May 14, 2019
• Apple blocks Facebook app that paid users — including teens — to track phone use

  Facebook says fewer than five per cent of the app’s users were teens and they had parental permission.

  Consumer

  Jan 30, 2019
• Ottawa coder, photographer hope new app will be game changer for snapping 3D pics

  Two 20-year-olds from Ottawa are launching a new photo app they say will give people the ability to easily capture 3D pictures on their smartphones.

  Tech

  Aug 28, 2018
• Canadian app matches household jobs with helpful neighbours

  Adam Helps is a free app that uses geo-location to match people with jobs they need help with to people nearby who are able to assist.

  Features

  Jul 3, 2018
• Red Cross augmented reality app gives riveting look at war through child’s eyes

  The Red Cross has launched an augmented reality app called Enter The Room that transports people into the room of a child in a war-torn city.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2018
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• CityApp: A new way for Hamilton residents to find information

  Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says it's about taking advantage of the tools that people "tend to travel around with and use most often."

  Lifestyle

  Feb 2, 2018
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• Apple App Store changes could save gamers money

  Changes to Apple's iOS App Store could force some game developers to stop taking advantage of customers through in-app "loot boxes."

  Tech

  Dec 23, 2017