PSA: Transfer Your Apple Cash Before Feb 18 to Avoid Higher Fees

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Apple Cash is raising instant transfer fees to 1.7% with a new $25 cap on February 18. Here is how to avoid the hike and keep your bank transfers free.Read More...

digitaltrends - Google Photos is rolling out a new AI feature called Me Meme that lets you recreate trending memes with photos of yourself.The post Google Photos introduces a fun new way to turn yourself into a meme appeared first on Digital Trends.

#ai #computervision #mobile #google #genai #camera #apps #photography #creativity

How to use Google Photos' new Me Meme feature

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Google Photos now lets you turn your selfies into AI-generated memes

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Google Photos Adds AI-Powered Meme Creation With 'Me Meme'

6 wks / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

Google Photos can now turn you into a meme

6 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

This new Google Photos feature lets you see yourself in a whole new way

6 wks / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Google Photos’ latest feature lets you meme yourself

6 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Google Photos introduces a fun new way to turn yourself into a meme

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A Siri Chatbot is Coming in iOS 27

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple plans to turn Siri into a chatbot that will rival Anthropic's Claude, Google's Gemini, and OpenAI's ChatGPT, reports Bloomberg. Apple did not initially plan to introduce a chatbot, but their popularity forced Apple executives to reconsider.Codenamed…

#ai #voice #mobile #apple #genai #iphone #ios #chatgpt #assistant #operatingsystems

Live update: Apple unveils wearable AI pin concept (5)
On-site: Siri becomes a ChatGPT-style chatbot (23)
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Live update: Apple unveils wearable AI pin concept

This time it'll work: Apple rumored to be developing a wearable AI pin

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Apple is reportedly developing a wearable AI pin

6 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Apple Launching A Siri Chatbot And A Wearable AI Pin In 2027 To Take On OpenAI

6 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple is reportedly working on a wearable AI pin

6 wks / sherwood / Rani Molla

Apple Developing AirTag-Sized AI Pin With Dual Cameras

6 wks / macrumors / Juli Clover

On-site: Siri becomes a ChatGPT-style chatbot

Apple Will Reportedly Transform Siri into a Chatbot Later This Year

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Apple to promote Siri from assistant to chatbot

6 wks / sherwood / Rani Molla

Apple’s Strategic Shift: Siri Transforms Into Full ChatGPT Rival

6 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Siri set to become Apple’s first AI chatbot in late 2026?

6 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Apple to revamp Siri as system-level AI chatbot in iOS 27

6 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Siri said to be going all ChatGPT as Apple fixes its AI agent

6 wks / mashable

Apple to Turn Siri Into AI Chatbot Powered by Google’s Gemini

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Apple Reportedly Replacing Siri Interface With Actual Chatbot Experience For iOS 27

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

An Actual AiPhone

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Apple plans to turn Siri into a full AI chatbot to take on ChatGPT and Gemini

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Apple’s AI Pivot: Siri May Become a Full Chatbot in iOS 27

6 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Say Goodbye To ChatGPT - New Siri Chatbot Will Soon Take Over Your iPhone

6 wks / bgr

Will Apple Charge for Its Siri Chatbot?

6 wks / macrumors / Juli Clover

Gurman Scoops ‘Campos’, Apple’s Codename for a Chatbot-Based Siri in Next Year’s Version 27 OSes

6 wks / bloomberg / John Gruber

Apple plans to make Siri an AI chatbot, report says

6 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Apple to Transform Siri Into ChatGPT-Like AI Chatbot in iOS 27 [Report]

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Siri Reinvented as a ChatGPT Rival? The Rumors Are Getting a Lot Louder

6 wks / cnet / Macy Meyer

Apple is reportedly turning Siri into an AI chatbot with iOS 27

6 wks / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Apple is reportedly overhauling Siri to be an AI chatbot

6 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko

Apple’s Secret ‘Campos’ Project: When the Old Siri Will Finally Disappear

6 wks / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Apple is turning Siri into an AI bot that’s more like ChatGPT

6 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Despite Apple having said otherwise, Siri may become a chatbot in iOS 27

6 wks / appleinsider

A Siri Chatbot is Coming in iOS 27

6 wks / macrumors / Juli Clover

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BREAKING: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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After watching other attempts at wearable AI crash and burn, Apple thinks it can do better with its own Apple Intelligence-powered wearable pin idea.

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Spotify might soon let you sync audiobooks with real books

digitaltrends - Page Match could let Spotify users scan a page from a physical book and instantly jump to the matching point in the audiobook, making format switching far less frustrating.The post Spotify might soon let you sync audiobooks with real books appeared first …

#innovation #computervision #mobile #streaming #camera #ux #media #technology #spotify #algorithm

Spotify might soon let you sync audiobooks with real books

6 wks / digitaltrends

Report: Spotify is Working on ‘Page Match’ Feature for Audiobooks

6 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Spotify’s ‘Page Match’ Could Finally Bridge the Gap Between Paperbacks and Audiobooks

6 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

New reported Spotify feature syncs audiobooks to physical books

6 wks / mashable

Meta-Owned Threads Overtakes X in Daily Mobile Usage

PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage. Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Sunday (Jan. 18), citing data from Similarweb. Meta introduced Threads…

#mobiletech #mobile #meta #social #apps #media #technology #instagram #elonmusk #threads

Exploring comprehensive mobile user metrics and trends (10)
Regional voices highlight local impact amid global mobile shift (3)

Exploring comprehensive mobile user metrics and trends

Threads Usage Overtakes X On Mobile

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows

6 wks / ycombinator

Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind

6 wks / reddit / /u/tylerthe-theatre

Threads has more global daily users than X on mobile for the first time

6 wks / engadget / Andre Revilla

Threads Usage Overtakes X on Mobile

6 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind

6 wks / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Threads has overtaken X in daily users, but only on mobile

6 wks / mashable

Threads hits 141 million daily users to claim the mobile throne from X

6 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta-Owned Threads Overtakes X in Daily Mobile Usage

6 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Threads Is Now Clearly More Popular Than X (in Mobile App Form), Report Says

6 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Regional voices highlight local impact amid global mobile shift

Threads Has Officially Overtaken X in Daily Mobile Users - Pulse Nigeria

6 wks / pulse

Threads Surpasses X in Daily Mobile User Count, New Data Reveals - filmogaz.com

6 wks / filmogaz

Meta’s Threads Surpasses X on Mobile, Signals Major Comeback - Bloom Pakistan

6 wks / bloompakistan

You Can Now Watch Mini Dramas on TikTok's Standalone 'PineDrama' App

Lori Grunin / cnet - "Single Dad Hunt," "Cohabitating Romance" and other bite-size sugar fixes have earned their own app.

#mobile #entertainment #culture #apps #tiktok #bytedance #ux #community #media

TikTok's latest spinoff app feels a lot like Quibi, but with shorter and cornier content

6 wks / engadget / Jackson Chen

You Can Now Watch Mini Dramas on TikTok's Standalone 'PineDrama' App

7 wks / cnet / Lori Grunin

TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’

7 wks / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

(PR) Arknights: Endfield Heading to PC & PlayStation 5 on January 22

techpowerup - Hi everyone, I'm Light Zhong, co-founder and director at Hypergraph. With Arknights: Endfield launching on January 22 on PC and PS5, today we're excited to share more gameplay details on the game. Over the past few years, our team has been working to crea…

#gaming #mobile #entertainment #playstation #business #apps #media #videogames #steam

(PR) Arknights: Endfield Heading to PC & PlayStation 5 on January 22

7 wks / techpowerup

Arknights: Endfield Has Over 35 Million Players Pre-Registered and Ready for Its Launch Next Week

7 wks / wccftech / David Carcasole

X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - It's not just you: X is down right now for many users across the iPhone, web, and other platforms.The social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is failing to display posts due the outage. It is unclear how long the issues will last.Not everyone is…

#mobile #social #techsupport #iphone #ios #internet #apps #ux #media #technology

techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/x...

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X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web

7 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

X has been down for most of the morning

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

X is still having issues following an hour-long outage on Friday

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

X, Grok Outage Reports Spike and Then Subside

7 wks / cnet / Jon Skillings

X is down for the second time this week

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

It's not just you, X is down

7 wks / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

X Down for Second Time This Week, Leaving Users in the Dark

7 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Elon Musk’s X Suffers Widespread Outage

7 wks / gizmodo / Matt Novak

X is Down: Twitter Not Working Across iPhone and Web

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

X outage: Elon Musks site is down, heres what we know

7 wks / mashable

Is Twitter down? Users report access issues as X won’t open

7 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

HOLYWATER Raises $22M To Expand Mobile Microdrama Content

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ukraine-based HOLYWATER has secured $22 million in a funding round led by Horizon Capital, with participation from US investors including Endeavor Catalyst and Wheelhouse. The funding follows a prior investment from Fox Entertainment in October 2025 (see …

#vc #innovation #mobile #entertainment #business #culture #apps #ukraine #media

Tech.eu HOLYWATER secures $22M to expand mobile microdrama content Ukraine-based HOLYWATER has closed a $22 million financinground led by Horizon Capital, with participation from US-b... https://tech.eu/2026/01/16/holywater-secures-22m-to-expand-mobile-

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HOLYWATER Raises $22M To Expand Mobile Microdrama Content

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

HOLYWATER secures $22M to expand mobile microdrama content - Tech.eu

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HOLYWATER secures $22M to expand mobile microdrama content

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Parents can now set limits on YouTube Shorts for teen accounts

mashable - YouTube launches new safety features for teen accounts, including screen time controls for Shorts and age-appropriate algorithm for recommendations.

#mobile #social #youtube #ux #mentalhealth #media #contentmoderation #safety #digitalprivacy

YouTube Adds Parental Controls To Limit Shorts For Teen Accounts

7 wks / medianama / Aakriti Bansal

Your teen’s YouTube Shorts scrolling can now have a hard cap

7 wks / digitaltrends

YouTube launches strict Shorts limits to curb teen screen addiction

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

YouTube adds more parental controls including blocking Shorts

7 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Parents can now set limits on YouTube Shorts for teen accounts

7 wks / mashable

Parents can put a time limit on YouTube Shorts scrolling

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

YouTube adds more parental controls, including a way to block teens from watching Shorts

7 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

Civilization VII Coming to Apple Arcade on February 5

iclarified - Sid Meier's Civilization VII is officially coming to Apple Arcade on February 5, bringing the legendary strategy franchise to iPhone, iPad, and Mac without ads or in-app purchases. The launch headlines a fresh wave of additions to the service that also in…

#gaming #mobile #apple #entertainment #iphone #ios #apps #ipad #macos #videogames

Apple secures Civilization VII for Arcade mobile and Mac subscribers

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Civilization VII comes to Apple Arcade in February

7 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Civilization VII Is Coming to Apple Arcade

7 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”

7 wks / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Apple Arcade Just Landed Its Biggest Game Ever: What’s New in February

7 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Civilization VII Coming to Apple Arcade on February 5

7 wks / iclarified

Civilization VII is coming to Apple Arcade

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Apple Arcade Adding These Four Games in February

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Civilization VII is the latest PC game coming to Apple Arcade

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.

#ai #mobiletech #computervision #mobile #google #android #genai #camera #media #updates

Editor: I'm not sure social media can handle vertical Veo.

4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements (4)
Integrated dynamic upgrades (6)
Vertical video innovation (5)
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4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements

Pinned: We’ve made lots of improvements with Veo 3.1! It’s more expressive, supports portrait mode and SOTA video upscaling to 1080p and 4K. Rolling out starting today - try it in the @GeminiApp (for plus/pro/ultra users) and @FlowbyGoogle

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Google Updates Veo AI Video Generator With 4K Upscaling and Native Vertical Mode

7 wks / iclarified

Google Enhances Veo 3.1’s Ingredients to Video with Expressiveness, Vertical Format, and 4K Upscaling

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with Ingredients and 4K upscaling

7 wks / testingcatalog / Erin

Integrated dynamic upgrades

Google rolls out big upgrades to AI video generator, Veo - Neowin

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos - the-decoder.com

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling - Ars Technica

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Google’s New Veo 3.1 Update Includes Ingredients to Video Tool for Social Media - TechEBlog -

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Vertical video innovation

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with native vertical video generation

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google’s Veo just got better at making videos for your social feeds

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Google Veo 3.1 AI Update Creates Dynamic Vertical Videos for Social Media - Букви

7 wks / mezha

Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

7 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

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Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

BeauHD / slashdot - The viral Chinese app Are You Dead? (known as Sileme in Chinese) targets people who live alone by requiring regular check-ins and alerting an emergency contact if the user doesn't respond. It launched in May and is now the most downloaded paid app in Chin…

#digitalhealth #mobile #china #business #us #culture #apps #wellness #community

The morbidly-named “Are You Dead?” has topped the App Store in China, as a way for people living alone to get some help if they don’t check in every day.

7 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral

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'Are You Dead?' iOS app helps lonely people stay safe in China

7 wks / appleinsider

'Are You Dead?' Is The #1 Paid iPhone App In China: Here's Why

7 wks / bgr

Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

‘Are You Dead?’ tops China's paid app list

7 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

An App Called ‘Are You Dead?’ Is Climbing the Apple Charts

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone

7 wks / reddit / /u/SquidFistHK

Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?

John Gruber / wired - Caroline Haskins, writing for Wired (News+ link, in case Wired’s paywall blocks you): Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is being used to flood X withthousands of sexualized images of adults and apparentminors wearing minimal clothing. Some of this content appea…

#techpolicy #mobile #aiethics #genai #apps #contentmoderation #elonmusk #grokai #safety #regulation

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Child exploitation concerns in explicit AI images (6)
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Disney+ will soon feel like doomscrolling social media on your phone

digitaltrends - Disney+ plans to introduce vertical videos this year, blending streaming with social-style scrolling as it looks to keep users engaged daily and compete with platforms that already dominate phone-first viewing habits.The post Disney+ will soon feel like d…

#mobile #streaming #entertainment #apps #ux #media #disney #tv #algorithm

Disney+ to launch TikTok-style short-form video feed in the US

1 month / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Disney+ to introduce vertical videos later this year

1 month / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Disney+ Adding TikTok-Style Vertical Videos to Attract the Kids

1 month / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Disney+ will soon feel like doomscrolling social media on your phone

1 month / digitaltrends

Disney+ To Add Vertical Videos In Push To Boost Daily Engagement

1 month / slashdot / msmash

Disney+ is launching vertical videos this year

1 month / engadget / Mariella Moon

Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Spotify users on mobile can now share their listening activity in real time and invite friends into a live listening session.The post Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#mobiletech #mobile #streaming #entertainment #apps #music #ux #community #spotify

Spotify adds real-time listening activity to Messages

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Spotify wants your friends to know exactly what you’re listening to

1 month / digitaltrends

Spotify's new mobile update is bound to annoy at least one of your friends

1 month / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

You can tap a friend’s listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji.

1 month / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Spotify Introduces Jam Invites in Chats

1 month / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Spotify now lets you share what you’re listening to in real time via chat

1 month / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Spotify Now Shows Listening Activity on Mobile

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Spotify's Friend Listening Activity Feature Finally Comes to Mobile

1 month / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Spotify now lets you share what you’re streaming in real time with friends

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - WhatsApp announced three new group chat features today, expanding how users can interact and add context to their role within conversations involving many participants.The Meta-owned messaging app is rolling out Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Remin…

#mobiletech #mobile #meta #apps #ux #technology #instantmessaging #updates

WhatsApp adds member tags and text stickers to group chats

1 month / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

WhatsApp’s Latest Update Makes Group Chats Less Chaotic

1 month / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

You can choose a tag that gives others in the group chat more context about who you are.

1 month / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

WhatsApp Improves its Groups Feature With Member Tags and Event Reminders

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

WhatsApp Updates Group Chats With Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Reminders

1 month / iclarified

WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

1 month / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

WhatsApp upgrades group chats with member tags and text stickers

1 month / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags

1 month / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Apple Agrees to Allow Alternative App Stores and Payments in Brazil

iclarified - Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved a settlement agreement with Apple that requires the company to allow alternative app marketplaces and third-party payment processing on iOS devices in the country. The decision resol…

#techpolicy #mobile #apple #antitrust #ios #apps #brazil #payments #technology #regulation

UK $2 billion App Store ruling appealed -- again

2 months / appleinsider

Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil

2 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Apple Opens Brazil App Store to Rivals but Adds New Fees in Antitrust Settlement

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple Settles Brazilian Antitrust Case, Must Allow Third-Party App Stores and External Payment Links

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple Agrees to Allow Alternative App Stores and Payments in Brazil

2 months / iclarified

Apple Revises App Store Fee Structure in Brazil

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores for iOS Users in Brazil

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple to Introduce New App Store Fee Structure in Brazil Following Antitrust Settlement

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install

Sean Hollister / theverge - Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it's complying with Judge James Donato's order to crack open Android for third-party app stores, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to downl…

#techpolicy #mobile #google #android #alphabet #apps #pricing #payments #law #regulation

Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Android introduces $2-4 install fee and 10–20% cut for US external content links

2 months / ycombinator

Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install

2 months / theverge / Sean Hollister

Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - In 2026, Apple is refreshing how ads appear on the App Store with new top banner ads and more running on search results.The post Apple Reveals App Store Search Results to Include More Ads in 2026 first appeared on iPhone in Canada.