Apple says Epic Games contempt ruling could cost 'substantial sums'

Apple is asking a court to pause a recent decision in its case against Epic Games and allow the iPhone maker to once again charge a commission on in-app transactions that link out for payment. Prior to the ruling, Amazon's Kindle app told users they could not purchase a book in the iPhone app. After a recent update, the app now shows an orange "Get Book" button that links to Amazon's website. Epic also plans to introduce new software to allow app and game developers to easily link to their websites to take ...