Apple App Store

App developers say the company uses its app store to further its own business interests

Apple claims it was simply seeking alternative dates when it initially declined

Labels will help iDevice users understand apps’ privacy practices before installation

Epic Games' battle over app stores' revenue slices continues

Get the most out of the new range of iPhones with the top business, productivity and collaboration apps

Apple removes VPNs from the Chinese store, while Russia makes them illegal

App and in-app purchase prices rise in response to the weak pound

Apps of any kind will also be eligible to offer subscriptions soon

Even Apple has some skeletons in its closet

As Apple prepares to introduce the iPad 3, the 25 billionth App Store application is downloaded.

Sneaking past Apple's App Store proves successful, but the researcher who discovers the flaw is thrown off the iOS developer programme.

Apple may face an uphill struggle in maintaining its hold over the App Store trademark after losing a court battle with Amazon.

Apple is criticised for the amount it takes from subscriptions sold within apps.

With more and more app stores popping up, are we about to see a significant rise in threats within these virtual stores?

Microsoft believes the term 'app store' is too generic for Apple to have a trademark on it.

Developers can start applying to create apps for the upcoming Amazon Appstore for Android.

Just days after its launch, a WikiLeaks app is no longer on Apple's App Store.

Mac users do not have long to wait until the App Store comes to their computers.

Despite many thinking Apple might block it, Opera Mini is the first major rival browser to arrive in the app store.

Gartner uncovers the size of the mobile app market, and it appears that Apple owns most of of it.

In just 18 months Apple's App Store has had over three billion of its 115,000 apps downloaded.

The Android Market has reached the 20,000 app milestone, although it's still got a long way to go to catch up with Apple's App Store.

As our love for smartphones and addiction to apps grows, we take a look behind the scenes on how the companies go about approving apps for our consump…