Third Party Developers news and trends

Apple to Police Apps That ‘Fingerprint’ Users
Apple // July 30, 2023

Apple will begin cracking down on apps that track users by collecting data from their devices. “Some APIs … have the potential of being misused to access device signals to try to identify the device or user, also known as fingerprinting,” the tech giant wrote in...

Amazon Alexa Now The Office Assistant, Too
Alexa // October 25, 2018

Amazon has launched a new feature that will allow third-party office equipment manufacturers to embed Alexa directly onto their devices. According to Fortune, the feature is an extension of the company’s Alexa Voice Service device software development kit, used by coders to embed Alexa into non-office equipment...

Grab Opens App Up To Third-Party Developers
Mobile Applications // July 10, 2018

Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing app company, is trying to expand its business — and as a result, it is opening up its platform to developers outside of the company. The Financial Times reported that the overhauled platform is aimed at being more like WeChat, the messaging...

Developers Enter The World Of Banking
B2B Payments // December 18, 2017

Following the global financial crisis and a pullback among banks from small business (SMB) lending, some jurisdictions have recently begun introducing new initiatives to entice competition in the space. That may come in the form of regulations that ease access to banking licenses or legislation...

Quick Reads
Judge Rules Google Play Store Must Change Policies in US

October 07, 2024
A federal judge ruled Monday (Oct. 7) that Google must make several changes to policies that discourage competition with its Google Play Store. For a three-year period beginning Nov. 1, the ruling will bar the company from paying developers to exclusively use its app store, bar it from prohibiting developers to tell customers how to […]

Apple to Police Apps That ‘Fingerprint’ Users

July 30, 2023
Apple will begin cracking down on apps that track users by collecting data from their devices. “Some APIs … have the potential of being misused to access device signals to try...

Amazon Alexa Now The Office Assistant, Too

October 25, 2018
Amazon has launched a new feature that will allow third-party office equipment manufacturers to embed Alexa directly onto their devices. According to Fortune, the feature is an extension of the company’s Alexa...

Grab Opens App Up To Third-Party Developers

July 10, 2018
Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing app company, is trying to expand its business — and as a result, it is opening up its platform to developers outside of the company. The...