Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

Starting on October 22nd Android users in the US might be able to download third-party app stores from the Google Play Store, or find apps in the store that direct users to third-party billing systems ...

Apple has blocked a torrenting app that is on a rival to its own App Store, meaning that the company can still dictate what apps are being sold. Despite all of the noise about rival app stores being ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on Android ...

Apple has long maintained strict control over the App Store, ensuring that only applications meeting its security, privacy and content guidelines can be distributed to iPhone users. However, with the ...

MacPaw is shutting down the Setapp alternative app store in the EU, and Apple hopes to get ahead of the European Commission ...

The week has been a mixed bag for Apple. First, it launched a new iPhone app for organizing events and being actually social; then, it had to contend with a third-party app store offering a porn app ...

What just happened? A new bill introduced in Congress aims to challenge Apple's and Google's control over mobile app marketplaces. If passed, it could transform how millions of Americans access apps ...