CMA – pressnews

Tired of accepting cookies? Good news! Google Chrome is killing them off for 30 mn users

15Dec

By adminNo Comments

Technology

Tired of accepting cookies? Good news! Google Chrome is killing them off for 30 mn users

[ad_1] If you are like us, you probably hate it when you visit a website for the first time, and even before you have managed to read a word on the page, an annoying pop-up shows up asking you to accept or reject third-party cookies before continuing. There is good news for you if you do feel the same. Google also shares your sentiments and is planning to block them entirely from Google Chrome. But the reason is bigger than sheer annoyance. Google thinks it is not good enough for your privacy and wants to replace it with something better.According to a report by Gizmodo, Google Chrome will block third-party cookies for 1 percent of its users starting on January 4. This is roughly about 30 million Google Chrome users. Google will do this through its Tracking Protection feature. The plan ...

Apple loses fight to thwart UK antitrust watchdog’s mobile probe

30Nov

By adminNo Comments

Technology

Apple loses fight to thwart UK antitrust watchdog’s mobile probe

[ad_1] Apple Inc. faces a revived full-blown probe into its dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming after London judges reversed a decision to block the investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority acted lawfully when it ordered a market investigation into the iPhone maker, judges at London's Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday. They said the antitrust tribunal's decision to overturn it would have had “serious consequences” for the UK agency's powers. The regulator was fighting against a Competition Appeal Tribunal decision in March that ordered a halt to its market investigation into the US firm's market power. Apple had argued that the CMA didn't follow procedural rules on timings, rendering the probe invalid. “We launched this investigation over a year ago in order to mak...

Apple wins appeal against UK’s decision to investigate its mobile browser

1Apr

By adminNo Comments

Technology

Apple wins appeal against UK’s decision to investigate its mobile browser

[ad_1] Apple Inc won its appeal against the decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser and cloud gaming services, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled on Friday.Regulator the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into the dominance of Apple and Alphabet Inc's Google in mobile browsers, and the possibility of the iPhone maker restricting the cloud gaming market through its app store. Apple argued that the CMA had "no power" to launch such a probe because it did so too late. Its lawyer Timothy Otty said earlier this month that the market investigation should have been opened last June at the same time the CMA published a report on mobile ecosystems, which found the two tech giants had an "eff...

Microsoft tells UK it will license ‘Call of Duty’ to Sony for 10 years

9Mar

By adminNo Comments

Technology

Microsoft tells UK it will license ‘Call of Duty’ to Sony for 10 years

[ad_1] Microsoft said it would license Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty" (CoD) to Sony for 10 years to address concerns raised by Britain over its $69 billion takeover of the games maker, according to a document published by the regulator. Microsoft last month struck a similar deal with Nvidia Corp's gaming platform, dependent on it getting the go-ahead for the much-contested acquisition. Microsoft President Brad Smith had said he hoped that rival Sony - which has strongly opposed the takeover - would consider doing the same type of deal. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in February said the deal could weaken the rivalry between Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's PlayStation, and stifle competition in cloud gaming. It suggested that structural remedies could be nee...