Obtaining Android apps outside of the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag. While Android offers the flexibility to install most apps, you must be cautious about where you get these files.

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

Recent changes to EU laws require Apple to allow third-party app stores in EU countries. Here's how to use AltStore to sideload iOS apps. The European Union recently passed the Digital Markets Act ...

In the wake of the European Union's Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to allow users in the region to install rival app stores on their iPhones. After a lengthy ...

Meta has revealed more details about how third-party messaging apps can be interoperable with WhatsApp and Messenger. The company is being required to open up its apps to a certain extent to comply ...

Epic Games Store will soon charge through Apple’s efforts to mitigate the downloading of apps from third-party marketplaces to iOS and iPadOS — namely, Apple’s Core Technology Fee. Epic will add 19 ...

In the EU, developers will be able to distribute iOS apps on their own websites, as long as they follow Apple's strict rules and controversial payment structure. Apple is going to let users download ...

Apple’s third-party app store announcements – in which the company set out the terms on which it will claim compliance with European antitrust law – was nothing if not confident. The company’s ...

Microsoft's Windows Update offers a convenient way to update not only Windows but certain Microsoft products. However, that is where the convenience begins and ends ...