app store
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EU Designates the Big Six ‘Gatekeepers’ of Tech that Need to Bow to Regulations
The European Union is now coming out and saying what they, and everybody else, already knows. The six big tech companies, including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft, are the six big “gatekeepers” of our modern online ecosystem. These companies now have to make sure that all of the 22 designated platforms under…
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The Threads Web App Is Now Live
After rumours of an incoming web version of Meta’s struggling Twitter-clone Threads, the web app for the social media platform is now live. Beginning this morning at 9 a.m. Eastern, Threads users will be able to post, view their feed, and interact with Threads all from the comfort of their desktop. The release comes after…
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Epic Games Loses Supreme Court Appeal to Force Apple to Change App Store Right Now
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Epic Games’ appeal against Apple on Wednesday, which would have required the iPhone maker change its App Store’s payment options. Epic Games, the owner of the popular video game “Fortnite,” filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in 2020 accusing the company of holding a monopoly over apps by requiring consumers…
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Even the Flipper Zero Is Getting Its Own App Store
Although it had a low-key debut back in 2020 through a Kickstarter campaign, the Flipper Zero’s user base and popularity have grown considerably over the past three years with ever-increasing sales. But the surest sign that a device is a success is when it gets its own app store, which, for the Flipper Zero, launches…