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Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Google Play Store Deal Frustrates Critics, Will Leave Intact Heavily-Criticized Commissions

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc.'s agreement to pay $700 million to consumers and states and open the Google Play Store to competition will leave intact the heavily-criticized commissions the technology giant charges mobile app developers.The settlement announced in a court filing and lauded by elected attorneys general who helped negotiate it will make it easier for developers to offer apps to consumers outside Google Play and use their own payment systems. But there's a catch: the developers will still have to pay Google a service fee of as much as 26%. Sharp differences of opinion emerged Tuesday as to how much the accord will reshape Google Play's business model and benefit consumers. While some state officials heralded the deal as an end to Google's abuse of its market power, an executive at E...
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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Shocking triumph! Epic Games wins Android app store antitrust lawsuit against Google

[ad_1] A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire. The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google's Play Store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by Google's Android software. Epic Games, the maker of the popular Fortnite video game, filed a lawsuit against Google three years ago, alleging that the internet search giant has been abusing its power to shield its Play Store from c...
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Crackdown on loan apps: When Google Play slashed count from 4000 listings to just 200
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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Crackdown on loan apps: When Google Play slashed count from 4000 listings to just 200

[ad_1] In a recent interview, Saikat Mitra, Vice President and Head of Trust and Safety for Asia-Pacific at Google, shed light on the challenges faced in addressing the issue of fraudulent loan apps on the Google Play Store. Mitra explained that the delay in addressing these concerns stemmed from the fact that the apps, while not containing malware or harmful content, exhibited problematic business practices in the real world. When developers submit apps for listing on the Play Store, Google scrutinises them extensively, considering factors like code integrity and content safety.Mitra in an interview with Indianexpress.com emphasised that the company's commitment to investing significantly in ensuring app security against malware and data theft. Google's Collaboration With Regulatory Au...
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Google Play best of 2023 awards are OUT; Know the best apps and games of the year
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Google Play best of 2023 awards are OUT; Know the best apps and games of the year

[ad_1] Google Play best of 2023 awards: Google Play, the official app marketplace for Android smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets, has announced its annual awards for the best apps and games. The entire list has been divided into several categories as well as Users' Choice awards. These awards are listed for the US, but they are also curated locally for your country. For India, the best app of 2023 is Level SuperMind, the meditation app by YouTuber and influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, whereas the Users' Choice winner is THAP: Your Happiness Gym, a self-care app for mental health. Below, we have shared the best apps and games for both the US and India. Let us take a closer look.Google Play best of 2023 awards: Apps1. Best overall app: The winner for the US is Imprint: Learn Visually. Go...
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Grilled on Record-Keeping at Google Play Trial
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Grilled on Record-Keeping at Google Play Trial

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai immediately faced aggressive questioning when he took the witness stand at an antitrust trial over the Google Play app store. A lawyer for Epic Games Inc. grilled Pichai in San Francisco federal court Tuesday over accusations that he has encouraged internal communications to be hidden from enforcers scrutinizing the company for antitrust violations. Pichai faced a similar attack over his company's records preservation practices when he testified in late October in a landmark Justice Department suit over allegations the company acted like a monopolist with its search business. Responding Tuesday to questions from Epic's attorney Lauren Moskowitz, Pichai said he marked some emails with the attorney-client privilege tag as he was i...
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Alphabet CEO Pichai to Testify in Google Play Trial Next Week
10Nov By adminNo Comments
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Alphabet CEO Pichai to Testify in Google Play Trial Next Week

[ad_1]  Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai is set to face a jury next week to defend Google Play app store policies that are at the heart of a high-stakes antitrust fight with Epic Games Inc.Epic, which makes the popular Fortnite game, plans to call Pichai on Tuesday to testify in San Francisco federal court for the trial that began Nov. 6, an Epic spokeswoman told Bloomberg News. The fight kicked off after Epic sued Alphabet's Google in 2020 claiming that its app store's distribution, payment and fee policies are anticompetitive. Pichai's testimony will be crucial as Alphabet faces claims by Epic that the company abuses its app market power and stands to lose billions in revenue if its app store policies are upended. He made a courtroom appearance less than two weeks a...
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Google Play’s ‘Bribe and Block’ Tactic Hurt Rivals, Epic Says
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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Google Play’s ‘Bribe and Block’ Tactic Hurt Rivals, Epic Says

[ad_1] Alphabet Inc. used a “bribe and block” strategy to thwart competition against its Google Play app marketplace, hurting developers and raising prices for consumers, Epic Games Inc. said as it began its courtroom battle with the technology giant.Epic, which makes the popular Fortnite game, is looking to upend Google Play policies in an antitrust trial over whether Google has monopolized the Android app distribution and payment market. The case threatens billions of dollars in revenue generated by the store. At opening statements on Monday, Epic's attorney Gary Bornstein told jurors that Google pays off competitors, including those who want to set up their own app stores to directly deal with users, and blocks them from competing with its own marketplace and payment system. Google's...
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Google launches crackdown, will blur explicit images from search results
1Sep By adminNo Comments
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Google launches crackdown, will blur explicit images from search results

[ad_1] In the digital age, all the information in the world is just a click or a tap away. While this has bridged gaps and minimized the information divide, it now also poses serious questions about online safety and its impact on children. In an attempt to tackle this issue, Google on Safer Internet Day in February rolled out new online safety tools that could potentially help make the internet a safer place to explore, especially for children. Among these tools, expanded SafeSearch was one of the standout features aimed at ensuring online safety.Now, Google has rolled out the expanded SafeSearch for everyone. Here's what we know about it. What is SafeSearch?According to Google, SafeSearch is an online privacy tool that acts as a filter and shields users from potentially explicit, inap...
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Europe’s new rules for Google, Facebook, TikTok, others about to kick in. Here’s how they work
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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Europe’s new rules for Google, Facebook, TikTok, others about to kick in. Here’s how they work

[ad_1] Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online.The first phase of the European Union's groundbreaking new digital rules will take effect this week. The Digital Services Act is part of a suite of tech-focused regulations crafted by the 27-nation bloc — long a global leader in cracking down on tech giants. The DSA, which the biggest platforms must start following Friday, is designed to keep users safe online and stop the spread of harmful content that's either illegal or violates a platform's terms of service, such as promotion of genocide or anorexia. It also looks to protect Europeans' fundamental rights like privacy and free speech. Some online platforms, which cou...
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Google’s eSIM transfer tool for Android smartphones revealed
22Aug By adminNo Comments
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Google’s eSIM transfer tool for Android smartphones revealed

[ad_1] In the last few years, embedded SIM or eSIM has become extremely popular. While it was initially used in smartwatches, manufacturers now incorporate this technology into their smartphones too. Apple last year even went ahead and made the iPhone 14 only eSIM compatible in the United States, removing the physical SIM slot altogether. Although using an eSIM has several advantages such as the ability to store multiple profiles, it can be quite confusing when you have to switch your SIM card over to another device.To tackle this, Google in February announced that Android would be getting support for eSIM transfer, and now we have a first look at this feature. eSIM transfer on AndroidAccording to a report by 9to5Google, Android will soon get support for an eSIM transfer tool that would...
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