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In a series of first, Apple is planning to allow third-party app stores on iOS. Previously, Apple allowed iPhone and iPad users to download apps from its app store exclusively. However, it is now working on opening the com Pet ition for others. As per reports by Bloomberg, 'software engineering and services employees are engaged in a major push to open up key elements of Apple's platforms'. Read How a secret software change allowed FTX to use client money The move is a part of compliance with the strict European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requirements that will be implemented in 2024. As per the rules, digital firms need open markets for other players. Apple is reportedly working on different measures to ensure security in this regard. Regarding the new rules under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple has been continuously lobbied against the sideloading as it raises security and privacy concerns. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/apple-planning-to-al...

Twitter alternative Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, is now available in app store s. The app made a debut on the app store on February 17 and since then it has been installed by over 2000 users in the testing phase. Although the app is available by invite only, the availability on the app store s shows that it might be launching soon for the public. The app is similar to Twitter. As per reports, it has a simple user interface where an account holder can click on the plus option to create a post with 256 characters. The app currently allows users to share, mute and block accounts. Users can also keep a track of reposts, follows, or replies through the notification tab. However other advanced settings are not available yet. Moreover, it doesn't have the dm option either. Read European Parliament to ban TikTok from staff phones The app is a decentralised version of Twitter and has many similarities to the platform. The app was previously available for testing to a confined set...

TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday. The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism because of concern that China's government could use it to harvest data on Americans or advance Chinese interests. "No company subject to CCP (Chinese Communist Party) dictates should have the power to accumulate such extensive data on the American people or curate content to nearly a third of our population," Bennet wrote in the letter to Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook. "Given these risks, I urge you to remove TikTok from your respective app stores immediately," he wrote. TikTok app is seen on a smartphone in this ill...