Category: APPS

Some companies like Netflix and Spotify had avoided making the payment when people paid for something inside their apps.
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Under threat of regulation, Google announced today it’s updating its Google Play billing policies to better clarify which types of transactions will be subject to Google’s commissions on in-app …
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The two companies argued in federal court over Apple’s power over apps, as their fight heads to trial next year.
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A little over a century ago, the most significant antitrust case of the era concerned the commodity that was reshaping society: oil. Perhaps it’s a sign of our times that a potentially landmark battle …
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After some confusion—and after watching Apple take heat over its iOS App Store policies—Google is clarifying how and when it plans to take its cut of paid apps in the Google Play Store.
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The company, however, has promised to make installing of third-party app stores, which are not subject to the 30% fee, easier on Android.
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A new report suggests that Google is likely to push for apps to use its Google Play billing system, which would take a 30% cut of all purchases.
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is updating its Android software, which powers most of the world’s smartphones, to make it easier for consumers to use other app stores.
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The Monday federal court hearing will likely decide key aspects of the battle between the two companies, such as whether or not Apple returns Fortnite to the App Store.
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Apple and Epic Games head to court in California Monday to begin a legal battle that experts say could lead to a landmark decision reshaping the relationships between app stores and developers.
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Epic Games will strive anew Monday to convince a judge that its hit title Fortnite should be restored to Apple’s App Store, despite sidestepping the tech titan’s standard commission on …
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A US judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing a ban on future downloads of the. The app had faced being blocked from Apple’s App Store and Android’s Google Pl …
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A U.S. judge in Washington late on Sunday temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that was set to bar Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google from offering Chinese-owned short video-sharing app …
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Judge grants injunction sought by video sharing app’s owner ByteDance to allow it to remain available at US app stores …
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Lawyers for TikTok pleaded with a U.S. federal judge on Sunday to delay the Trump Administration’s ban of the popular video sharing program from app stores set to take effect at the end of the day, …
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