A new congressional report from the House subcommittee on antitrust law says Apple exerts monopoly power through its App Store, a charge that Epic Games is arguing in court.
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Apple Targeted By Record Labels for Allowing Copyright Infringing Apps in Russian App Store
Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, and a division of Warner have filed applications for a preliminary injunction against Apple for …
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Apple’s ‘monopoly power’ over iPhone app distribution gives it outsized profits, antitrust committee says
The 450-page report from the Democratic majority staff of the House Judiciary Committee focuses on Apple’s control of its App Store, the only way for consumers to install apps or software on an iPhone …
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Apple rebuts House antitrust report, says developers ‘primary beneficiaries’ of App Store
Apple in a statement issued on Tuesday said it “vehemently disagrees” with a U.S. House Judiciary report that claims the tech giant enjoys a monopoly with the App Store.
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Apple’s App Store Continues to Crush Google Play in Monetization
Apple ‘s ( NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS App Store has long dominated Alphabet ( NASDAQ:GOOG) ( NASDAQ:GOOGL) subsidiary Google’s Android in terms of monetization, even though Google Play has considerably more …
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Apple’s Fiscal 4Q Preview: What To Expect Of The App Store
In this edition of the Apple Maven’s earnings preview series, we look at the App Store. Revenues should have benefited from a continuation of stay-at-home trends amid a lingering COVID-19 crisis.
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Paytm VP Narendra Yadav EXCLUSIVE on Mini App Store, timing of launch, Google’s new payment policy, developers’ reception, more
Why is there a need for separate store? Will the payment policies remain the same? Who is Paytm competing against? In this episode of Tech Talks, Narendra Yadav – VP – Paytm, answers all these …
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WhatsApp to roll out new features for iPhone
WhatsApp to soon introduce to iPhone users new features like always mute option, shortcut to catalogue and traces of expiring media, since these features have already been rolled out to beta users of …
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Facebook calls splitting off Instagram, WhatsApp a ‘nonstarter’
Facebook views the idea of splitting off Instagram and WhatsApp as a “nonstarter” that would cost billions of dollars and harm users, a new report says. The social-media giant has …
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Paytm challenges Google with own mini app store
The homegrown digital payment services company said over 300 service providers have joined the programme, including Decathlon, Domino’s Pizza, FreshMenu, Netmeds, NoBroker and Ola, and that they would …
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Apple purges rival audio products from store ahead of rumored AirPods Studio, new HomePod launch
Apple at the end of last month ceased online sales of third-party headphones, earphones, speakers and other devices as the company prepares to debut a slate of new audio products like AirPods Studio …
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Apple pulls rival earphones from store ahead of expected launch
Apple has stopped selling headphones and wireless speakers from third-party makers ahead of the expected launch of new Apple audio products, Bloomberg noted Monday. Apple has long carried headphones …
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Sonos stock drops on report that Apple is purging third-party audio products from its stores
Apple manufactures a variety of audio products under its Beats brand as well as products such as AirPods wireless earbuds and the HomePod smart speaker under the main Apple brand.
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Apple quietly stops selling Bose, Sonos and some Logitech gear — only Apple audio remains
Apple just made its rivals disappear — in its own retail store, anyhow. As Bloomberg reports, the company has abruptly stopped selling Bose, Logitech, and Sonos audio products, including the popular …
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Paytm’s Mini App Store, not an app store, clarifies Paytm Vice President
Unlike the Google Play Store where apps are available for download on Android smartphones, the core implementation of Paytm’s Mini App Store is a web-based service within the Paytm app …
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Google defers enforcement of app store fee in India after backlash
Google has pushed back the introduction of a new Play Store billing policy in India after facing a backlash from developers and a growing push for an alternative independent app store. The company …
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Apple’s movie store now has Disney movies in 4K
Apple has offered 4K movies for rent and sale for three years now, something that came alongside the first Apple TV 4K hardware. At least, until today: as noticed on Reddit (via 9to5Apple), Disney …
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