Apps
US court agrees to expedite government TikTok app store ban appeal
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fast-track a Justice Department appeal of a ruling preventing the government from banning new TikTok downloads from US app stores.
US judge rules Apple could bar Epic Games’s ‘Fortnite’ from App Store
A federal judge in California has ruled in an injunction request that Apple could bar Epic Games’s “Fortnite” from its App Store, but must not harm Epic’s d...
Mobile gaming firm AppLovin hires Morgan Stanley to lead its IPO
AppLovin Corp, the US-based mobile gaming company backed by private equity firm KKR & Co, has hired Morgan Stanley to lead preparations for an initial public offering which cou...
Angry Birds maker Rovio’s Chief Executive leaving by mutual consent
The CEO of Angry Birds game maker Rovio Entertainment has said she would leave the company by mutual consent at the end of the year.
Facebook steps up promotion of groups content in feeds
Facebook has said it would begin promoting content from public Facebook Groups in users’ news feeds and in search engine results, defying calls by watchdog groups to limit al...
Could India be planning to launch its own app store?
India is open to launching its own mobile app shop or enlarging an existing one if it receives sufficient demand from domestic firms for an alternative to Apple and Google platform...
Salesforce.com adapts its software for pandemic vaccine distribution
Salesforce.com has said it has adapted a number of its business applications to help healthcare organizations and government entities distribute vaccines for the novel coronavirus ...
Trump to block US downloads of TikTok and WeChat
The Trump administration will prohibit WeChat and TikTok from being featured in US app stores beginning Sunday night, a move that will prevent Americans from downloading the contro...
Australia’s ACCC to examine competition between Apple and Google app stores
Australia’s competition regulator has just said it would look into the use of and sharing of information by apps and the extent of competition between Apple Inc’s and G...
TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for hate speech
TikTok has eliminated over 380,000 movies in the United States for violating its hate speech coverage up to now this season, the short-form video app has said.
Fortnite maker sues Apple after removal of game from App Store
Apple Inc on Thursday removed popular video game “Fortnite” from its App Store for breaking up the corporation’s in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Ep...
Rio seeks to roll out a mobile app for beachgoers
Sunbathers wanting to stop by Rio de Janeiro’s famous beaches, despite Brazil’s raging coronavirus epidemic, will be able to book socially-distant sand distance via a c...
A guide to Europe’s coronavirus contact tracing apps
More than 20 countries across Europe have launched or plan to launch apps that seek to break the chain of coronavirus infection by tracking encounters between people and issuing a ...
Google says 20 US states ‘exploring’ contact tracing
Google has said that 20 US states and territories, representing about 45 percent of the nation’s inhabitants, are”exploring” contact tracing programs for its nove...