App Store

iTunes snafu: DNS fail borked Apple's app & iTunes stores for 10 HOURS

Updated TITSUP: Total Inability To Support Uber-expensive Purchases

Systems11 Mar 2015 | 24

Doh! iTunes store goes down AFTER Apple Watch launch

'STATUS_CODE_ERROR' heaps misery on pro-strapon fanbois

Legal11 Mar 2015 | 33

Apple denied 'App Store' trademark by Australian court

Selling software online? There's LOTS of app stores for that

Legal03 Dec 2014 | 23

iOS 8 Healthkit gets a bug SO Apple KILLS it. That's real healthcare!

Updated Not fit for purpose on day of launch, says Cupertino

Software17 Sep 2014 | 37

Sex is great in books, lousy in apps, says Apple

New App Store guidelines offer rules for smut and new home automation and health APIs

Software04 Sep 2014 | 26

iPhone user shamegasm: 'I beg of you', delete sex app from my purchase list

Quick, iVibe, before mum sees

Software04 Jul 2014 | 40

San Francisco issues SMACKDOWN on parking spot sale software

City says Monkey Parking can't deal in public spaces

Software23 Jun 2014 | 41

BlackBerry inks deal with Amazon to get Android apps on its mobes

Bezos' apps mart to give BB users impression there are things they can do with the kit

Software18 Jun 2014 | 27

Drug-dealing game Weed Firm tops Apple's App Store charts

Nancy Botwin and Walter White wannabes invited to make some (virtual) cash

Bootnotes20 May 2014 | 9

In-app redemption codes spotted in iOS App Store

Reviewers spot offers to get in-game goodies without cash

Software16 May 2014 |

Tor Project claims 'fake' Tor Browser sat in iOS App Store for months

Team Onion raises a stink over shady app which Apple ignored – until this afternoon

Security21 Mar 2014 | 12

Crap flap-app flap chap yaps: Yes, FLAPPY BIRD is comin' back

GREAT NEWS! Crushing reminder of the life's futility may return to App Store

Personal Tech20 Mar 2014 | 12

Europe: Apple. Google. Yes, you. Get in here. It's about these in-app bills

Justice watchdog demands 'concrete answers' after parents stung by charges

On-Prem27 Feb 2014 | 25

Apple ticks off trigger-happy Bitcoiners with App Store snub

Ban on trading tools prompts iPhone shoot-em-up

Software07 Feb 2014 | 17

Apple coughs up 7 hours of profit to refund kids' $32.5m app spend spree

Don't charge for in-software purchases people did not authorize, huffs FTC

Software15 Jan 2014 | 67

Apple: Wow, thanks for the $10bn-a-year App Store. We'll be on the beach with our 30%

Revenue from software souk set to crush iPods in 2014

Software07 Jan 2014 | 17

Apple kicks iStuff-sniffer out of App Store

Fruity fans have got to work for their iFix

Software11 Nov 2013 | 34

Apple extends bulk buy app shopping plan to Macs

Mac app store catches up to Redmond

Devops20 Oct 2013 | 1

App Store ratings mess: What do we like? Sigh, we dunno – fanbois

How do I know what to download if I don't know what everyone else is doing?

Software24 Sep 2013 | 25

Doctors face tribunal over claims of plagiarism in iPhone app

Could lose their licences to practise if they control-V'ed from textbook

Software04 Sep 2013 | 65

Apple erects measures to stop app-happy kids splurging parents' dosh

New App Store rules to protect against über-expensive in-game tat

Software16 Aug 2013 | 38

Rate-my-boink app scores frisky fanbois, fangurlz' SCREAMS, VIBRATIONS

Saucy sex study software reveals all, 'selfies' included

Networks14 Aug 2013 | 40

Fanbois get Outlook app for iOS, but only if they sign up for Office 365

iOS app is free; hosted Exchange Server isn't

Software16 Jul 2013 | 25

Apple: Ta for blowing £££s on apps, fanbois. Now we've set them FREE

Woz still waiting for Cupertino idiot-tax giant's next tech breakthrough

Software09 Jul 2013 | 35

Samsung to block mobile app store in Iran as sanctions bite

Tells users 'legal barriers' are reason for canning Farsi service

Legal26 Apr 2013 | 3

Amazon: We're expanding into TWO HUNDRED countries

Merrily piggybacking off Android

Software22 Apr 2013 | 23

Chinese iOS pirate Kuaiyong launches web app store

Bad news for Apple developers targeting PRC

Software17 Apr 2013 | 10

Apple pulls banned content from Chinese App Store

Playing nice or rolling over?

Legal05 Apr 2013 | 9

Apple to cough up $100m after kids rinse parents' credit cards on apps

Compensation offered for virtual fruit spending sprees

Software26 Feb 2013 | 70

After December surge, Apple has sold 40 BEEELLION iOS apps

Possible last call for Apple in numbers game

Software08 Jan 2013 | 7

Apple loses round to Amazon in 'App Store' name dispute

False advertising? Nope. Trademark infringement? Maybe...

Legal03 Jan 2013 | 41

'Shake to charge', similar crapps foul up Amazon Android store

Thrown out of Google Play, now back in another bazaar

Security21 Dec 2012 | 26

Half of all app store revenue goes to just 25 developers

Top app earners carve up $60m pie

On-Prem04 Dec 2012 | 69

Apple bans 'memory' games from iOS App Store

Cupertino surrenders to German trademark claim

Devops15 Nov 2012 | 47

Two scam apps stink up iTunes store, pulled thanks to Reg reader

Eye of the Vulture backs up porous Cupertino iron curtain

Software14 Nov 2012 | 33

Steve Jobs backs Amazon from beyond grave in Apple trademark row

Web souk wants false advertising claim binned in App Store lawsuit

On-Prem27 Sep 2012 | 48

Valve opens Steam store to non-gaming software

Challenges Apple, Microsoft with desktop app store bid

Applications08 Aug 2012 | 67

Hiccups in Apple's iCloud after yesterday's hack of hapless hack

Apple users report app download freeze

Software08 Aug 2012 | 25

Microsoft opens app store for Office 2013

Web-based add-ons

Software06 Aug 2012 | 15

Bargain-hunting Chinese make life tough for iOS devs

App Store generates just THREE PER CENT of global revenue

On-Prem06 Aug 2012 | 11

Next-gen Enyo 2.0 framework rises from ruins of Web OS

Stable cross-platform release for open-source toolkit

Software23 Jul 2012 | 5

Apple iOS 6 beta limits number of apps per device

Don't worry, fanbois, it's a high number – a really high number

Applications19 Jul 2012 | 44

Apple 'fesses up: We broke App Store downloads

Now, get back to lining our pockets

Software06 Jul 2012 | 41

Consumer Affairs Victoria drops App Store malware claim

Chatting to Apple to clarify things, so page comes down for now

Security20 Jun 2012 | 1

Apple silences mute kids' speech app in patent blowup

iThing maker plays judge, jury and executioner

Software13 Jun 2012 | 90

Chinese app stores host malicious apps

Government scolds carriers for poor security efforts

Security11 Apr 2012 | 1

Apple's App Store parades surprise new Catalog model

This is news to us, sniff devs

Software07 Mar 2012 | 11

Fujitsu lures devs to new cloud store with 'SaaSification' sweeties

CeBit Wanna make some money, kids?

Channel07 Mar 2012 |

Android Market morphs into 'Google Play'

One-stop entertainment shop (yeah, apps too)

Legal06 Mar 2012 | 50

Stinky alligator drama is App Store's 25 billionth download

Bathroom predicament freebie earns fan $10k

Software05 Mar 2012 | 14

Apple tells Siri rival Evi: Get a facelift and you can stay

Brit voice command app may not be axed from App Store

Software28 Feb 2012 | 20

Apple gobbles apps search robot Chomp

Oz startup drafted in to improve iTunes

Software24 Feb 2012 | 10

Apple Store newspaper headlock may be slipping

Comment No need to put up with Jobsian gouging, even in iOS

Legal01 Sep 2011 | 33

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo bow to Apple sales edict

Wall Street Journal, Google knuckle under as well

Personal Tech25 Jul 2011 | 62

Apple App Store passes 15bn download mark

75 for every fondleslab, Jesus mobe or iPod Touch

Software07 Jul 2011 | 14

Apple pulls 'intifada' app

Developer guidelines to the rescue

Personal Tech23 Jun 2011 | 11