It Was India That First Banned Chinese App TikTok Over Security Concerns

Since then, the country has banned more than 300 Chinese apps ... its links to the Chinese government and lawmakers and officials have said that Beijing can access data on people through the app. Read More

China forces Apple to drop What's App, Threads from App Store

Apple is removing the Meta-owned social media applications WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China, after officials in that country ordered the company to pull the apps. Read More

Epic Games proposes Google app store reforms after antitrust win

April 12 (Reuters) - “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google (GOOGL.O) , opens new tab to open up its Play Store to greater competition ... Read More

Google's 'Epic' antitrust saga: Tech giant to undergo major app store reforms?

Epic made its ... on app developers and consumers. The jury in December said Google unlawfully impeded developers' ability to freely distribute their apps outside of Google’s Play Store and ... Read More

Google Combining Its Android Software and Pixel Hardware Divisions to More Broadly Integrate AI

Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said ... Read More

Another major Chinese construction and real estate developer ready to fall

China Construction Bank (Asia), a state owned financial institution filed a petition in Hong Kong to wind up the Shamao Group, after the Chinese ... developer Country Garden also defaulted on its ... Read More

Google Play Store now has a persistent bottom bar

The Google Play Store ... throughout the app’s UI. You can see it whenever you browse the list of apps, app pages, or app developer pages. That said, the Play Store’s persistent bottom ... Read More

App Store

Apple has changed the way you update apps in iOS. In earlier versions of its mobile operating system, app updates lived in their own tab in the App Store app, but that has since had to make way ... Read More

YouTube Cracking Down on Ad Blockers Now Expanding to Third-Party Apps

In a significant move, YouTube has broadened its crackdown on ad blockers to mobile applications. The video-sharing giant warned on Monday that users employing ad-blocking apps on mobile might ... Read More