Stories Tagged as
App store
Fortnite maker sues Apple, Google after its app was removed from stores
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Aug 14, 2020
Epic Games is arguing the tech giants shouldn’t be able to force app makers to fork over a cut of revenues from in-app purchases.
Apple’s App Store gets its own upgrade
by
Adriene Hill
Sep 20, 2017
Along with releasing its new iOS 11 operating system, Apple also has redesigned the App Store. The new look is meant to make it easier for users to find new apps and increase what is already a big part of Apple’s business. In fact, the service part of Apple’s model — which is dominated by […]
Dispatch, Ep 19: WWDC preview
by
Molly Wood
Jun 9, 2016
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference begins this upcoming Monday.
The app store's 'middle class' is drying up
by
Tony Wagner
Mar 3, 2016
The market has dried up, leaving only the big players like Facebook, Google and Uber.
The annoying, essential economy of software updates
by
Ben Johnson
Dec 31, 2015
From apps to the International Space Station, a maddening necessity
Facebook's many flops are key to its success
by
Tony Wagner
Dec 8, 2015
The company just shut down a wing that made a bunch of apps hardly anyone used.
App sales plateau in the age of 'freemium'
Feb 6, 2015
Free to download, apps have items for sale. Business model tantalizes developers.
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Meet the videogame millionaire
by
Stan Alcorn
Aug 22, 2014
Charles Forman was down to $1,700. Then, overnight, he became very, very rich.
Windows 8 will have an app store
by
John Moe
Aug 18, 2011
Leave it to Microsoft to find a great idea and then copy it two years later. The company we used to call REDMOND SOFTWARE GIANT back in Seattle...