An app, short for "application," is a piece of software developed primarily for use on a phone, tablet, or other mobile, wireless device. If you use an iPhone or iPad, you are using an app every time ...

EU developers can forgo the App Store entirely and distribute their apps directly to iPhone users from their own websites, Apple said Tuesday. This is a significant reversal from Apple’s original ...

If you're an iPhone owner in the European Union, there's a new alternative app store now available for download. The AltStore PAL store is a version of the popular AltStore and is now available for ...

A last-minute rule change lets European iPhone owners download apps from rival stores and developer websites, while introducing new fees that Apple hopes will satisfy regulators in Brussels. With more ...

The first beta of iOS 17.4 is coming today, and it makes big changes to the iPhone, the App Store, and more in the European Union. Starting with iOS 17.4, Apple is opening the iPhone to what it calls ...

June 12, 2024 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google It’s been almost four months since Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) forced Apple to start allowing third-party ...

Apple's App Store is simultaneously one of the best and worst things about living in the iPhone ecosystem. On the plus side, it's a great one-stop shopping resource to get every third-party app you ...

The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the ...

The upcoming release of iOS 17.4 will bring the biggest changes to Apple's App Store since the store launched in 2008. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...