Only a day after the U.S. Department of Justice filed an omnibus antitrust lawsuit against Apple, consumers filed a trio of class-action lawsuits for allegedly monopolizing the smartphone market. The DOJ filed its antitrust lawsuit against Apple as of March 20, following a five-year investigation into the company’s business practices. Almost immediately after, at least […]
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Following a string of hefty operating system updates and honing in on hundreds of security fixes last week, Apple this week updated a specific vulnerability in its GarageBand audio editing application. The GarageBand 10.4.11 update is for users running the app in macOS 13 Ventura and macOS 14 Sonoma and wasn’t patched in macOS 14.4 […]
Following its long string of legal battles and negotiations with developers over its App Store policies, Apple on Tuesday announced three further changes for developers in the European Union, allowing them to distribute apps directly from webpages, choose how to design in-app promotions, and more. The company enabled alternative app stores in the EU via […]
Apple releases iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4 updates, begins to transition towards significant EU policy, gaming app changes and more
Apple on Tuesday released both its iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 updates, the fourth major update to each of its mobile operating systems. The updates include the following major fixes and changes, which also affect App Store and app functionality in the European Union, forthcoming support for alternative app marketplaces, alternative payment systems on iOS […]
A number of larger publishers aren’t happy about Apple’s App Store policies and believe they don’t comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). A coalition of 34 companies and associations, including Spotify, Epic Games, Deezer, and Paddle, on Friday sent a joint letter to the European Commission to complain about Apple’s “proposed scheme for compliance” […]