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Dupe ChatGPT AI chatbot apps flood the Apple Store

05/24/202305/23/2023 John Montgallo

A nearly endless scroll of copycat applications has swamped the offerings for iPhone users. Though it made headlines when the Apple Store recently listed ChatGPT, iPhone users now struggle to find the original product as knockoff AI chatbot apps have flooded the marketplace. The names of the dupes are strikingly similar to that of the original, making it hard to know what to download. iPhone users scrolling through their search results as they look for OpenAI’s artificial intelligence application are finding themselves with dozens upon dozens of AI chatbot apps…

$1.5 billion in scam mobile payments halted by Apple App Store last year

06/07/202206/06/2022 Sam Lambert

The iPhone maker’s online marketplace stood in the way of massive fraudulent charge totals in 2021. The Apple App Store has become a massive online marketplace, and as such, it has had to place careful security measures in place to keep users safe from fraudulent mobile payments. The marketplace handles many billions in transactions each year as its device users shop. The Apple App Store is currently the most lucrative platform developers have for earning profits from their products and services. It also provides solid services to consumers while allowing…

Google Play launches app data safety section

04/29/202204/28/2022 Stephanie Beck

The concept is comparable to the Apple “nutrition labels” it shares about mobile apps. Google Play has announced the official launch of its own privacy data safety labels for apps, comparable to the “nutrition labels” through the Apple App Store. The company stated that it would be rolling out the section on a gradual basis across all users. This privacy data safety feature will roll out ahead of the July 20th deadline developers have been given by which to adequately disclose the information collected by their applications, how it is…

Apple App Store customers spend $1.4 billion in one week

01/13/202001/11/2020 John Montgallo

iOS device owners brought 2019 to an extremely successful week in terms of application shopping. Apple App Store customers spent a massive $1.42 billion on applications on the week starting on Christmas Eve and ending on New Year’s Eve. This spend represents a tremendous 16 percent hike over the amount spent in the same week in 2018. The Apple App Store figures were shared by Apple this week. It also pointed out that on New Year’s Day alone, it broke its own single day sales records by bringing in $386…

Top earning non-game mobile app of 2017 title goes to Netflix

01/16/201801/13/2018 Julie Campbell

The video streaming service has booted Tinder from the top spot while leaping over Spotify on the way. Netflix has become the top earning non-game mobile app for 2017, pushing Tinder out of the position it previously held. The application also had to make it past Spotify in order to reach the coveted spot as leader. These figures were released by Sensor Tower in a report it recently published on its official blog. After Netflix, the second most earning non-game mobile app went to Tinder, the 2016 leader. Netflix brought…