Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its dominant position to harm third-party developers in its App Store.

Apple just announced it will be integrating more ads into the App Store. This will primarily impact search results.

In a post on X, he wrote, “Apple was required to open up iOS to competing stores today, and instead of doing so honestly, they have launched another travesty of obstruction and lawbreaking in gross disrespect to the government and people of Japan. Apple chose poorly. Again.”

Apple announces its App Store Awards each year during the final weeks of the year. Ostensibly, these reward developers for building apps and games that push creative boundaries on Apple devices including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV, and Vision Pro.

Apple is preparing to show more paid placements inside App Store search results, promising that the extra inventory will still feel “relevant” to what people are trying to find. The expansion raises the stakes for developers who rely on organic discovery,

Currently, there is a single ad spot at the top of search results in the App Store. For example, if you search for “Facebook,” you might see an ad at the top of the results for TikTok. This is because TikTok is targeting specific search terms and has won the auction for that placement.

For those of us living in the Apple ecosystem, the App Store is second nature. It's a core part of the Apple experience and the go-to spot for any applications you might want for your device. So I was fairly shocked to learn that up until today, the link ...

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 you check the weather, look at your calendar, watch a ...

Apple will next year introduce more ads in the App Store "to increase opportunity" in search results, the company has announced. According to an update to Apple's Ads website, additional ads will appear across search queries,