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Some three years after its removal from the Apple App Store for violating store rules, Epic Game’s Fortnite may set for a dramatic return to the platform this year. While nothing concrete has been unveiled just yet, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has teased the matter prior to New Year’s Day recently.

Apple has announced the most comprehensive upgrade to its App Store pricing system, which provides developers worldwide with 700 additional price points and new pricing tools. In Malaysia, App Store developers can now charge a minimum of 90 sen and up to a maximum of RM49,999.

Previously, Elon Musk was quite "emotional" about Apple's alleged plan to remove Twitter from the Apple App Store. But it seems that it has been cleared out. This was after Musk had met up with Tim Cook recently.

Twitter has delayed the relaunch of its Twitter Blue subscription to make various other changes to the service, as well as to avoid paying Apple’s 30 per cent App Store cut. Moreover, the revamped Blue subscription may not be available as an in-app purchase on the Twitter iOS app when it relaunches on the Apple App Store.

Previously, we reported on Apple confirming that it will comply with the European Union’s (EU) new law for a unified USB-C charging port. Now, it looks like the EU is not done just yet and may force Apple to do more changes on its mobile devices, including allowing for third-party app stores, app sideloading and iMessage interoperability with non-Apple devices.

Google has recently announced that it will be removing the standalone Google Street View app from both Google Play Store and Apple App Store in the “coming weeks”. Moreover, support for the app will also be discontinued in March 2023.

Just as the prices of selected iPhones got raised for Malaysia, it seems that the time has come for the Apple App Store as well. Today, Apple just announced that the App Store prices will increase in multiple countries, including Malaysia.

After being ignored for a couple of years, Google has finally replaced the Play Movies & TV app on both iOS and iPadOS to the Google TV app. With the update, comes a few upgrades that Apple users that use the app have been missing out on such as the remote control feature to control Android TVs using the app.

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.