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Virtual Reality Yoga App Developer to Meta: I Worked Like ‘Hell’ Only to Get Burned
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Virtual Reality Yoga App Developer to Meta: I Worked Like ‘Hell’ Only to Get Burned

[ad_1] Andre Elijah created a virtual reality yoga app, with avatars of top instructors teaching various poses, as well as pilates and mindfulness — all of which users will never see, he alleged in a lawsuit, because Meta Platforms Inc. killed it just before launch time.Meta canceled Elijah's AEI Fitness app days before its unveiling at Meta Connect, the world's biggest VR conference, which he says would have propelled it to the top of the VR fitness app market, eventually reaping him tens of millions of dollars. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. “It was hell working on it, and we got there,” Elijah said in an interview, adding that the company made a “gorgeous” trailer for its presentation at the conference. But while preparing to be part of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg...
South Korea warns Google, Apple of possible fines over apps marketing
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South Korea warns Google, Apple of possible fines over apps marketing

[ad_1] South Korea's telecommunications regulator said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple have abused their dominant app market position and warned of possible fines totalling up to $50.5 million.The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said in a statement that the two tech giants forced app developers into specific payment methods and caused unfair delay in app review. The KCC is notifying the companies for corrective action, and will deliberate on the fines, the statement said. "What KCC has shared today is the ‘pre-notice' and we will carefully review and submit our response. Once the final written decision is shared with us we will carefully review to evaluate the next course of action," Google said in a statement to Reuters.Apple also issued a statement, saying: "We di...