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Apple’s monopoly on the sale of iPhone apps is set to be further eroded according to a new tweet showing third-party app stores in the iOS 26.2 beta in Japan. This follows a ruling by Japan’s Fair ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched ...

Japanese iPhone owners are able to start using alternative app storefronts on their devices, as the first iOS 26.2 developer beta grants permission for them to be installed.

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A last-minute rule change lets European iPhone owners download apps from rival stores and developer websites, while introducing new fees that Apple hopes will satisfy regulators in Brussels. With more ...

Apple will make the new App Store available to developers when it releases its visionOS beta this fall. Apple will make the new App Store available to developers when it releases its visionOS beta ...

Apple is opening iOS to third-party app stores in Japan with iOS 26.2, ahead of the country’s new competition law enforcement ...