Apple's App Store hits new global high in developer billings and sales by the end of 2024 -- $1.3 trillion.

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An appeals court shot down Apple’s request to put a hold on a judge’s order that opens the App Store to more financial competition.

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An appeals court has halted Apple's attempt to get relief on enforcement of new App Store rules, a win for Epic Games & other app developers.

Apple touted a new study showing explosive App Store sales growth -- $406 billion in developer sales and billing in 2024 alone.

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Apple said its App Store blocks fraud to the tune of $2 billion in bad transactions in 2024 and $9 billion over the past five years.

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EU iPhone owners see a warning for apps that provide external purchases at the top of the App Store, above even the app’s name and icon.

An App Store scare screen seems to punish iPhone applications using alternative payment systems in the EU.

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Epic Games has officially re-submitted Fortnite to the U.S. App Store following a new court ruling with a favorable outcome.

The Delta emulator app for iPhone and iPad has been updated and now allows users to sign up to Patreon without 'scare screens.'

The Google Gemini app has been given an iPad-optimized user interface, while also gaining Home Screen widget support.

Fortnite will return to the U.S. App Store using Epic Games Sweden-based developer account, which the company had created last year.

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Apple updates its iPhone App Store rules so devs can send customers to their websites for purchases without scary warnings.

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Spotify newest app update, if approved by Apple, will enable users to purchase subscriptions directly through external payment methods.

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Apple has changed the rules for off-app purchases in response to the Epic Games ruling to allow App Store apps to link to external payments.

A judge in the United States has ruled that Apple's 15-30 percent fee on purchases made outside the App Store apps is anti-competitive and must stop immediately.

Epic resubmitted "Fortnite" to the U.S. App Store, hoping that Apple will approve the popular game after a recent court decision.

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Apple violated a court order limiting anticompetitive App Store practices and then lied about its actions, a federal judge says.

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Meta, Match and Spotify join forces against Apple and Google over app store practices, including who should be saddled with age verification.

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On April 23, 2009, the App Store reached a remarkable milestone less than a year after opening its virtual doors: 1 billion downloads.

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Apple will appeal the European Commission's massive fine, while the White House says it won't tolerate “extortion” of American companies.

Apple is fined for breaching the Digital Markets Act over rules preventing developers from telling iPhone users about cheaper web payments.

Learn how to stop your iPhone or iPad from automatically installing new random apps and games without you downloading them from the App Store.

The Delta emulator app for iPhone and iPad has received an update to version 1.7.1 to address issue with OpenGL ES 3.0 in some games.

Delta, the most popular emulator app for iPhone and iPad, now supports online multiplayer for Nitnendo DS games in version 1.7

Security firm technical analysis confirms the use of sandbox escape by bank apps to see if users are jailbroken or using TrollStore.

Lars Fröder, the developer behind TrollStore, says that certain banking apps in the App Store use a 0-day sandbox escape to detect TrollStore.

The new AppStoreTroller jailbreak tweak lets users installed incompatible apps from the App Store on their pwned handset.

On March 6, 2008, Apple released the iPhone SDK, finally allowing third-party developers to start making iPhone apps. The App Store follows.

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You can visit the App Store to download Apple apps like Music, Podcasts, Weather, Maps and Find My missing from your iPhone or iPad.

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On March 5, 2012, Apple marked 25 billion apps downloaded from the iOS App Store. The 25 Billion App Countdown contest had a winner!

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