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$2B+ in Fraud Blocked: In 2024 alone, Apple stopped over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions. 1.9M+ Risky Apps Blocked: Over 1.9 million app submissions were rejected for violating security, privacy, or quality standards. Massive App Review Scale: Apple reviewed 7.7 million apps, rejecting 43K for hidden features, 320K for spam/clones, and 400K for privacy violations. Account Enforcement: 146K developer accounts terminated for fraud. 711M customer account creations blocked; 129M accounts deactivated. Pirate App Crackdown: Blocked 10K+ pirate apps and stopped 4.6M illicit installs outside official stores. Rating Manipulation Prevention: Processed 1.2B+ reviews, removed 143M+ fake reviews. Removed 7,400+ apps from charts and 9,500+ from search results. Payment Security: Detected 4.7M stolen cards, banned 1.6M accounts. 420K+ apps use Apple Pay/StoreKit for secure transactions. Bottom Line Apple continues to invest heavily in fraud prevention, protecting users and developers with strict […]

The U.S. Department of Justice just dropped a bombshell: they want Google to break apart its ad tech business, starting with AdX & Google Ad Manager. Filed in court Monday, the DOJ’s proposal aims to dismantle what it calls a “decade-long campaign of exclusionary conduct.” A judge already ruled Google’s ad dominance violates antitrust law. Now the DOJ wants action. The Plan: AdX must go — fast. The DOJ says AdX has made it hard for publishers and advertisers to switch to rivals and wants it sold ASAP. Google would also be banned from running an ad exchange for 10 years. Google Ad Manager/DFP would be split off in phases. First: Google must build an API for third-party integration and offer a full data export tool. Then: Open-source the ad auction code — and permanently block Google from using it […]

Just saw the news right after Ilkka's LI post. Finland Bets Big on Start-Ups with Maria 01 Super Campus Maria 01 plans to become the biggest start-up campus in Europe Yellow diggers are shoring up mounds of earth, as construction workers prepare to lay the foundations for what's set to become the largest start-up campus in Europe. The project is an expansion of Maria 01, a co-working and event space for entrepreneurs and investors, as well as larger corporations that want to collaborate with tech start-ups. Its existing facilities across the street already house around 240 start-ups. They are spread across six buildings that used to make up the city's first hospital, founded in the 19th Century and notorious in Helsinki for treating patients with the plague. Now, the current 20,000 sq m site is a hub for companies developing […]

Last week, we had a wonderful chat with Rina Onur Sirinoglu, CEO & Co-Founder of Spyke Games, and one of the key figures behind Peak’s legendary rise. We talked about how far Turkey's Mobile Gaming ecosystem has come and where it’s headed next. From humble beginnings to billion-dollar exits, from scrappy teams to world-class talent, all about what’s changed, what still matters, and why the next big gaming wave might just start in Istanbul. Some real gems in here, lezgo! 🕺🏻 How has the Turkish gaming ecosystem changed since the founding days of Peak? When Peak was founded in 2010, the gaming world was a completely different place. There was virtually no mobile gaming scene, and certainly no “ecosystem” to speak of in Turkey. In those early days, we found ourselves learning by doing—figuring things out as we went along. […]