Apple makes cybercrime risks argument to keep control of all iOS apps
Apple doubled down on its criticism of the European Union’s draft rules that would force it to allow users to install software from outside its App Store, saying the move will bolster malware and cybercrime risks.
The Coalition for App Fairness, including Epic Games, Spotify, and Match Group, ...
Apple warns for active exploited zero-day vulnerability on Macs
Apple has warned iPhone and Mac users that it is aware of a zero-day bug under active exploit. The company thanked Google for spotting the bug, assigned CVE-2021-30869, which the world's largest ad company seems to have noticed since it impacts the WebKit browser engine.
It is a serious flaw, as...
Apple loosens restrictions on App developers
Developers will now be able to communicate with their customers about direct purchase options.
This week Apple announced a number of changes coming to the App Store that, pending court approval, will resolve a class-action suit from US developers. The terms of the agreement will help make the Ap...
NSO Pegasus software exploited iOS vulnerability to spy on activists
A new report says that the Israel-based cybersecurity company NSO Group Technologies was used by the Bahrain government to spy on people, using vulnerabilities in Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS.
The report comes from Citizen Lab and says that Bahrain used NSO software between June 2020 a...
Google competes will Apple, offers 5 years of Android updates on Pixel 6
Over the past several years, Google has been a market leader with it's Android OS for smartphone. There is one area where Android has been consistently behind on Apple's iOS, and that’s updates. Apple supports every iPhone for years with new updates. Google now sets the example for every Android ...
New MacBook Pro with Apple’s M1 chip could be released this fall
New MacBook Pro models using Apple’s custom-designed M1 silicon and Mini LED displays could arrive this fall. The news comes from a Taiwanese publication known as DigiTimes and is in line with an announcement that Apple made last summer about its chips.
The iPhone maker announced that the enti...
Apple states amount of macOS malware is unacceptable
Apple's head of software has reported that the amount of malware targeting the Mac operating system is unacceptable and it's the reason why iOS is a more closed operating system. Craig Federighi, the senior VP of Software Engineering, made these comments on Wednesday, during the Epic Games v Apple ...
Google developer: Safari browser is not an alternative to apps
The idea that web apps can be an alternative to iOS apps doesn't make sense. That is what a Google developer suggests in rebuttal to an earlier claim by Apple as a contradiction in the various investigations into the company's App Store policy.
In a blog post, Google developer Alex Russell talks...
Apple delays App Store commission for virtual classes once more
Apps that allow users to hold virtual meetings for a fee do not have to pay a commission to the App Store for the time being. Apple had already postponed this deadline from December 2020 to June 2021, but this deadline also turned out to be too early.
The deadline has now been pushed back to 31 ...
Apple will soon start requiring privacy pop-ups
Apple has announced that in the coming weeks, it will start asking users about their privacy preferences. Apps that sell user data to third parties must first ask for permission to do so.
The new policy will take effect sometime in the coming weeks, writes Reuters. To be exact, the mandatory req...
Google restarts updates for iOS apps after adding privacy labels
Over the weekend, Google started updating many of its flagship iOS apps after a long delay that was caused by its failure to add the privacy labels required by Apple. Earlier this year, Google said that it would begin adding the labels to the apps as they were updated.
However, they were yet to ...
Apple ranked number one in smartphone sales for 2020
This marks the first time since 2016 that the iOS devices reached the number one spot in worldwide smartphone sales.
Worldwide smartphone sales declined 5% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the latest Gartner smartphone sales report. But thanks to a relatively strong fourth quarter sa...