Apple has announced that it will introduce improved parental controls with its iOS 26 update later this year. A couple of days after its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDDC 2025) kicked off, Apple announced that it will improve the process of setting up Child Accounts. The company is also introducing more granular age ratings on the … Read more
Meta Platforms is said to be working towards introducing a native Instagram app for the iPad. It is expected to build upon the recent, highly requested launch of WhatsApp for iPad, which arrived after years of users requesting support for devices with larger screens. The development of an Instagram app designed to run on the iPad … Read more
Epic Games asked a court to force Apple to approve access to the hit game Fortnite in the US App Store, the latest tussle in a long-running feud over Apple’s control of game distribution revenue. The game developer earlier said that Apple “blocked” its latest Fortnite app submission so that it can’t be released in the US or on the … Read more
Apple on Tuesday unveiled several new accessibility features that are set to arrive with its upcoming operating system updates later this year. Users will have access to ‘nutrition labels’ on the App Store, providing information about accessibility features offered by each application. Mac users will have access to a new magnifier app that lets them … Read more
Apple has asked a federal appeals court to temporarily pause key provisions in a US judge’s ruling that ordered the tech company to immediately open its lucrative App Store to more competition. Apple told the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Wednesday that it will be irreparably harmed if … Read more
Spotify said on Friday its US app update has secured Apple’s approval to show pricing information and external payment links, days after a judge barred the iPhone maker from charging commission on off-app purchases. Shares of Spotify, founded in 2006 in Stockholm, were up more than six percent in morning trading. The Swedish streaming giant, … Read more
Adobe Photoshop app was launched on Tuesday for iPhone users globally, years after its iPad counterpart was introduced. It takes some of the most nifty editing features provided by the US-based software company in its desktop application and brings them to its iOS app, enabling a mobile editing experience. Users can take advantage of artificial … Read more
TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it. The popular short video app used by nearly half of all Americans went dark … Read more
Apple on Monday criticised a pornography app newly available on iPhones in the European Union, saying the bloc’s digital policy was undermining consumer confidence in Apple. Since it first opened the App Store on iPhones in 2008, Apple has controlled what apps could be downloaded to the devices, with then-CEO Steve Jobs saying in 2010 … Read more
DeepSeek for iOS has overtaken OpenAI’s ChatGPT to top the App Store’s “Top free apps” chart in the US. The eponymous Chinese company released the open-source DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model last week, which outperforms OpenAI’s o1 AI model in several benchmarks. This release has made the company and its AI chatbot the talk of … Read more