Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
Developers File Suit Against Apple for App Store Practices Following Recent Decision by U.S. Supreme Court
Two app developers have filed suit against Apple, Inc. over its App Store practices, following the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of consumers allowing a class action suit on similar issues to proceed. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose). According…
Read MoreSupreme Court Rules Against Apple in Antitrust Case to Determine if App Store is Monopoly
The Supreme Court has ruled against Apple in an antitrust case claiming that the App store has created a monopoly over the sale of apps and has used the monopoly to charge consumers higher than the majority price. Justice Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court that the plaintiffs are not barred from suing Apple…
Read MoreSoftware Industry Warns of Fallout from Australia’s Passage of New Anti-Encryption Legislation
The software industry is raising concerns about the potential consequences of Australia’s recent passage of legislation to provide law enforcement with expansive new powers to compel the disclosure of encrypted data. According to ITPro, the “Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018” was approved by a 46-11 majority in the Australian parliament…
Read MoreTechnology and Telecommunication Companies Lobby Congress to Adopt Federal Privacy Bill to Pre-empt California Data Privacy Law
USA Today is reporting that multiple technology and telecommunication companies are lobbying Congress to pass federal privacy legislation that would pre-empt the new privacy law recently passed in California which grants sweeping protections to consumers. In particular, USA Today reports that Amazon, AT&T, Apple, Google, Twitter and Charter Communications are leading the lobbying effort and…
Read MoreApple Implements App Store Affiliate Commission and Pricing Changes
If your software business makes available an app in the Apple App Store, then you will want to make note of several business changes that Apple has just recently announced. The first change is that Apple has reduced the App Store affiliate commission from 7% to 2.5%, as was reported by Tech Crunch. An affiliate…
Read MoreThird Party Hacks San Bernardino Terrorist iPhone, Ending Standoff Between Apple and FBI
The U.S. Justice Department announced yesterday that the third party who came forward and convinced the FBI that it could unlock the San Bernardino terrorist’s encrypted iPhone successfully unlocked the encrypted iPhone, ending the standoff between Apple and the FBI. The government informed the court in its filing yesterday that it had successfully retrieved the…
Read MoreGovernment Backtracks in Dispute Against Apple Over Unlocking Terrorist iPhone
The government has asked to postpone its scheduled hearing against Apple tomorrow, according to breaking news reports by Fox News and the Associated Press as well as The New York Times. It is reported that “an outside party” has identified to the FBI a possible method to unlock the iPhone used by one of the…
Read MoreWho will Ultimately Win in the FBI’s Standoff with the Software Industry?
The Justice Department set off a huge public debate earlier this year when it sought court intervention to force Apple to assist law enforcement in unlocking an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorists, and the issue is of particular interest to members of the software industry here in Silicon Valley, where…
Read MoreApple Signals New Enforcement Strategy to Companies Distributing Applications at the App Store
Companies distributing applications on the Apple App store should take note: multiple companies today have stopped selling content from their applications sold on the Apple App store, suggesting that Apple is taking steps to enforce its new rules to collect its royalty on direct sales from applications being sold on the App Store. The Financial…
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