The first WhatsApps weren’t WhatsApps. In the spring of 2009, Jan Koum, a thirty-three-year-old computer programmer, was trying to get people interested in a product he had developed for Apple’s App Store, which had opened the previous summer.

Apple pulled the app in October, and Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ demanded the removal. Apple pulled the app in October, and Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ demanded the removal. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more.

The founders of ICEBlock, the iPhone app used to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, are suing Trump administration officials over the app’s removal from the Apple store. “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock ...

Having failed to get App Store charges stopped with one lawsuit, a law firm in China is trying again with a new complaint over the same issues. Back in 2021, individual consumer Jin Xin sued Apple China, demanding that Apple entirely cease its 30% App ...

A new app called Hyyve is focused on solving the struggle to find parking in Over-the-Rhine.It's valet on demand, so think Uber, but valet parking.Here's how it works:Users drive their cars to Over-the-Rhine and the app calls a valet to pick it up and park ...