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

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

Apple’s tightly controlled iPhone ecosystem is about to look very different in Brazil, where regulators have forced the ...

AltStore PAL is the first Apple-approved alternative iOS app store in the EU. Eligible iPhone users can utilize AltStore PAL for a symbolic fee that covers Apple’s CTF. Developers must host their apps ...

Apple is going to allow iPhone users in Brazil to pay for apps and services outside of the App Store itself, all to settle an ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Apple is introducing alternative app stores and payment options in Japan to comply with a new competition law, while maintaining that platform-level security and child safety controls remain in place.

The latest move from Apple was to approve Epic Games' case in the European Union for launching its third-party app store in the region, with a soon availability of this platform on iOS. This was after ...

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

A gun advertisement on a third-party Metro app draws scrutiny given the number of deadly shootings on the transit system over the past year. The ad on the DC Metro and Bus app, where riders can check ...

OpenAI has begun accepting submissions from third-party developers for their apps to be accessible directly in ChatGPT, and has launched a new App Directory (don't call it a "store"!) that can be ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...