The company received legal assurances from the Department of Justic that it would not be penalized, per sources.

Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere,

TikTok resumed operations, but Google and Apple still didn’t allow the app to appear on their app stores. On Thursday, TikTok said the app was available again. Analysts note that the delay in returning the app to the app stores could have been because Google and Apple awaited assurances that they would not be prosecuted or fined for hosting and distributing TikTok,

TikTok has returned to the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store after almost a month thanks to President Donald Trump’s pledge to save it. The app became available on Thursday. It was banned on January 18 in response to the US national security law.

Google is now directing iOS users to download and use the dedicated Gemini app from the App Store, discontinuing its integration within the main Google app.

TikTok is back, kids. The popular app, which is owned by China's ByteDance, reappeared for download on Apple’s App Store today. Google Play reportedly said it was doing the same. TikTok has 170+ million U.

Apple and Google on Thursday evening restored TikTok to their respective app stores in the U.S., nearly a month after they removed the short video app

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Google Play said it restored TikTok to the US app store on Thursday, following promises by President Donald Trump to save the app and an executive action delaying the enactment of a ban on the wildly popular social media platform.

TikTok fans can rejoice as Apple and Google have returned the beleaguered app to their respective app marketplaces. While TikTok did have to endure a shutdown in the US in the wee hours of January 19,

Meta is sparring with Apple and Google over who is responsible as child-safety advocates push for tech companies to check the ages of users and get parental consent before allowing downloads.