The House Judiciary Competition Policy Subcommittee plans a hearing 10 a.m. Thursday on...
The House Judiciary Competition Policy Subcommittee plans a hearing 10 a.m. Thursday on competition in the digital market, a House staffer said Friday. A topic of the session in Room 2141 Rayburn Office Building will be “whether Apple was intentionally…
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making it difficult for developers to create applications across a variety of operating systems, thus trying to choke off competition from Android phones and BlackBerry devices, among others,” Subcommittee Chairman Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said in a written statement last week. He applauded Apple’s announcement that the company will remove its restrictions on developers making apps for the iPhone, iPad and iTunes store. Apple said it’s “relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code.” That will add flexibility for developers while preserving security, the company said. Apple said it also plans to publish the review guidelines for its app store, so the process is more transparent to developers.