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TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores

February 14, 2025 by DON

Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok returned to the Apple and Google app stores Thursday evening. The Chinese-owned social media app had been removed from the the two stores on Jan. 18, moments after TikTok’s leadership temporarily halted service in the U.S. in response to a national security law that went into effect … Read more

Apple and Google take down malicious mobile apps from their app stores

February 11, 2025 by DON

Apple and Google have pulled as many as 20 apps from their respective app stores after security researchers found the apps were carrying data-stealing malware for almost a year. Security researchers at Kaspersky said the malware, dubbed SparkCat, has been active since March 2024. Initially, the researchers found the malicious framework within a food delivery … Read more

DeepSeek’s app becomes unavailable on Apple’s and Google’s app stores in Italy

January 29, 2025 by DON

Hours after Italian authorities requested information from DeepSeek about how the company handles user data, the Chinese AI startup’s app is no longer available in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. The app has claimed the top spot in the download charts in multiple countries, including in the U.S. where it is at the … Read more

British retail faces a reckoning as WH Smith looks to sell its stores

January 27, 2025 by DON

Members of the public walk past a branch of a WH Smith Plc in Orpington on January 23, 2025 in London, England. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images British retailer WH Smith is looking to sell its historic high street business to focus on its travel store unit in the latest hit … Read more

TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

January 19, 2025 by DON

For the first time in internet history, the United States government has officially banned a major global social media platform, joining the ranks of authoritarian regimes like Russia and China. On Saturday, TikTok officially went dark. Users who attempt to access the app are now greeted with a message that says “TikTok isn’t available right … Read more

Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

January 19, 2025 by DON

Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China’s ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S. The Apple App Store and the Google Play store’s removal of TikTok means people in the U.S. can no longer download the … Read more

Shake Shack has tripled its number of planned stores as it charts a massive expansion

January 14, 2025 by DON

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Amazon to expand ad unit by letting retailers use ad tools on stores

January 9, 2025 by DON

BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 2: The Amazon ads logo, the advertising solutions service formerly known as AMD or Amazon Marketing Services, during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Amazon has turned into an online ad juggernaut … Read more

The Onyx Boox Go 6 Did Not Free Me From the Kindle Store’s Grip

January 5, 2025 by DON

I really, really, wanted to like the Boox Go 6 e-reader. Most reviewers were enthusiastic about the Boox Palma, the e-ink replacement for smartphone doomscrolling, for its easy-to-read display and handiness. I thought that this small tablet-like reading device would have the same effect. Sadly, the Boox Go 6 e-ink reader failed to convert me … Read more

Stores open, closed on New Year’s Day 2025: Grocery stores, retailers, Walmart, Target, and more

January 1, 2025 by DON