The Financial Times reports that Europe’s top competition watchdog has dropped its early-stage probe into policies surrounding Apple’s highly-popular iPhone, after concessions by the US technology group. Joaquin Almunia, the European Union competition commissioner, said at the weekend he welcomed Apple’s decision to relax restrictions on development tools for iPhone applications and to introduce cross-border iPhone warranty repair services for EU purchasers. “In light of these policy changes, the commission intends to close the investigations into these matters,” the watchdog said on Saturday.