Google begs court for relief from Epic Games' Play Store demands
$137M needed to overhaul Play Store too great to bear, Google argues. Oh, and user security is important, too
Applications26 Jun 2024 | 23
App stores
Tencent, Microsoft link app stores in China
Intel joins in with plans for better PC-Android integration
Personal Tech29 May 2024 | 2
Google blocked 2.3M apps from Play Store last year for breaking the G law
Third of a million developer accounts kiboshed, too
OSes29 Apr 2024 | 6
Apple's had it with Epic's app store shenanigans, terminates dev account
Updated No end in sight for 'horror show' even with EU's DMA
Applications07 Mar 2024 | 72
Fake LastPass lookalike made it into Apple App Store
No walled garden can keep out every weed, we suppose
Cyber-crime08 Feb 2024 | 10
Russia takes $13.5M bite out of Apple over in-app purchases
Gotta fund that war somehow, eh, Vlad?
Applications23 Jan 2024 | 39
Epic decision sees jury find Google's Play store is illegal monopoly
Fortnite dev hails 'a win for all app developers and consumers around the world'
Legal12 Dec 2023 | 53
Google settles another Play Store antitrust case
Perhaps the Chocolate Factory didn't feel like staring down 36 state AGs with two other competition cases pending
Applications06 Sep 2023 | 3
Japan unleashes regulation Kaiju on Apple's and Google's app store monopolies
Digital Competition Conf wants rift in markets to allow new app-slingers to spawn
Legal19 Jun 2023 | 14
This legit Android app turned into mic-snooping malware – and Google missed it
File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 19
Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations
10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree
Offbeat22 May 2023 | 71
Apple finally pro giving Pro iPads these Pro apps
Final Cut, Logic to land on fondleslabs – in subscription form
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 9
South Korea fines Google $32M for using market power to stymie rival app store
Forced developers to sign exclusivity agreements in return for promises of going global
Legal11 Apr 2023 | 5
Google suspends top Chinese shopping app Pinduoduo
Alleges it’s infected with malware – but not the version in its own digital tat bazaar
Security21 Mar 2023 | 4
Japan joins ranks of nations plotting smackdown for Apple, Google
Regulator wants to bust the oligopoly in mobile OS and app markets
Software10 Feb 2023 |
US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps
As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait
Software03 Feb 2023 | 11
Android users in 12 US states cleared to sue Google Play
Millions of people who bought apps since 2016 eligible for payout
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 10
Google’s resistance to third party Play store payments eases further with US tests
Tune in to hear how it works on Spotify, or hook up with choice on Bumble
Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 2
India fines Google another $114 million, demands Play open to third party payments
Ad and search giant protests even though it's already made the same changes in other countries
Legal27 Oct 2022 | 1
Apple finds way to squeeze social network apps until pips squeak
And get over here, NFT slingers, Cupertino wants a word, too
Applications25 Oct 2022 | 8
Apple to raise App Store prices in 28 countries
No reason given, but inflation and app tracking changes may both factor
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 8
Google tests alternative payment methods in Play store
Pilot scheme running in Europe, APAC, sees ad giant still take its cut
Software05 Sep 2022 | 4
South Korean regulator worried Apple, Google, may be working around app store payment choice law
Feels some actions may amount to coercion to stick with giants' own payment schemes
Legal10 Aug 2022 | 10
Microsoft to offer app-store-like experience to distribute and update bespoke apps
Behold the mutant offspring of the Microsoft Store, Endpoint Manager, and Package Manager
Software29 Jul 2022 | 3
Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google
Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU
Personal Tech20 Jul 2022 | 7
Google blocks paid apps from Play Store in Russia
Cites 'payment system disruption' as credit card companies pull out of region
Applications10 May 2022 | 4
Google snubs South Korea's app store payments law
US giant's ban on in-app links to non-Play-Store payment options not in the spirit of SK law
Applications06 Apr 2022 | 16
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