News & Reviews:   App Store

If you are an iOS user, this news might surprise you. Recently, Apple has removed the Game Boy emulator iGBA from the App Store for violating the spam (section 4.3) and copyright (section 5.2) provisions of the company's App Review Guidelines. However, officials did not provide specific details.

If you are on iOS, this news might affect you. Recently, the App Store feature has been unavailable for iPhone users. So, what should you know about it?

If you are an owner of Apple devices, this news might please you. Recently, Apple made some updates to the Category tabs on the App Store for iOS 17.2 beta. That said, what should you know about it?

Apple today officially released iOS 16 for all supported iPhones and it seems that early adopters are already finding a bug with the new OS. Taking to social media, many iPhone users are claiming that they are experiencing App Store errors after installing iOS 16.

Currently, ads only appear on the Apple App Store's main "Search" tab and in the Search results, but it seems like they're spreading to even more places with this new report. According to 9to5Mac, the tech giant is adding a new ad slot to its "Today" homepage tab and on individual app pages.

A flaw has been discovered in the HUAWEI AppGallery recently, whereby a vulnerability is allowing users to download paid apps in the store for free. Moreover, it was also found that the AppGallery API doesn’t offer any protection for paid apps in the store.

One of the most popular e-wallet platform in Malaysia, the Touch ‘n Go eWallet app has mysteriously vanished from the Apple App Store. As of the time of writing, the listing for the app can’t be found in the App Store, though those that have downloaded the app in the past can still open and re-download it from their Apple devices.

Switching from iOS to Android might be easier with the new 'Switch to Android' app developed by Google. However, the app is still not publicly available yet, though you still can try out some basic stuff by downloading it through a private link.

It looks like Instagram has given up on its attempt to capture the long-form video market following the company’s move to kill off the IGTV standalone app. In an official blog post on Monday (28 February 2022), Instagram confirmed that it is discontinuing support for the IGTV app thus ending the service as a whole. RIP!

During the VivaTech 2021 conference held in Paris, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that Android has more malware than iOS as the former allows "sideloading" apps. The statement is also one of the reasons that the Cupertino-based company oppose the proposed European Law, Digital Markets Act (DMA).