Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More

Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition ...

Apple opens iOS to third-party app stores in Japan

Apple has announced the changes it’s making to the iOS App Store in Japan in order to comply with recent legislation in the ...

New third-party iOS App Stores in Japan preserve user privacy, child safety

Apple is introducing alternative app stores and payment options in Japan to comply with a new competition law, while ...

If Amazon can't make a third-party Android app store work, no one can

Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on ...
NewsBytes

Italy fines Apple $116M for App Store privacy violations

Italy's competition authority, AGCM, has fined Apple and its two divisions $115.53 million for alleged abuse of their ...
Polygon

Epic Games Store will add monthly free games, 19 third-party titles to mobile app

Epic Games Store will soon charge through Apple’s efforts to mitigate the downloading of apps from third-party marketplaces to iOS and iPadOS — namely, Apple’s Core Technology Fee. Epic will ...