Apps

Update was due to arrive from April 8 that would ask users permission to upload their venue history if they test positive (Danny Lawson/PA)

NHS Covid-19 app update which breaks Apple and Google rules delayed

April 12, 2021

Fortnite maker Epic Games has filed a complaint with Competition and Markets Authority, accusing Apple of anti-competitive behaviour over the way it runs its App Store (Epic Games/PA)

Fortnite maker files Apple complaint to competition watchdog

March 30, 2021

Uber takeover of UK-based taxi software maker cleared by watchdog

Uber takeover of UK-based taxi software maker cleared by watchdog

March 29, 2021

The Police Commissioner suggested an app could be used to prove consent (Chris Radburn/PA)

Australian police commissioner suggests app to prove sexual consent

March 18, 2021

The app has climbed to the top of Apple’s free chart amid serious debate about the issue of women’s safety (WalkSafe/PA)

Downloads of women safety app WalkSafe soar following Sarah Everard murder

March 17, 2021

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Npower takes down app after customer data breach

February 25, 2021

App has been downloaded 21.6 million times since launching in September (Steve Parsons/PA)

NHS Covid-19 app ‘will be needed for quite a while to contain future outbreaks’

February 9, 2021

Two students created the free service, known as VaxiMap, to automatically generate the optimal route (Nick Potts/PA)

Web app helps GPs map out best route for vaccination of housebound patients

January 26, 2021

UK public supports tracking technology and immunity passports, study finds (Steve Parsons/PA)

UK public supports tracking technology and immunity passports, study finds

January 22, 2021

Epic has asked the tribunal to declare the removal of Fortnite (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Fortnite developer brings legal action against Apple and Google to UK

January 21, 2021

Linda McCullough with her three young sons Lewis, Blair and Rory

Raw Deal: Appy ending after boys run up £300 bill on Apple Store

September 1, 2020