8 posts tagged ‘google play store’
DOJ Wants Google to Sell Chrome and De-Google Android
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Juli Clover (Hacker News, 9To5Google): The United States Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, reports Bloomberg. Earlier this year, Google was found to have a search monopoly, and antitrust regulators have since been deciding on the actions that should be taken to address […]
Google pulls Binance, other global crypto apps from India store
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Google pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India on Saturday in what is the latest blow to the world’s second largest internet market’s already dwindling web3 dream. The ban comes two weeks after these global crypto exchanges were flagged for operating “illegally” in the South Asian market. Financial […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How to Be Optimistic About Technology Now
Nick Heer: If you measure your level of optimism by how much course-correction has been working, then 2023 was a pretty hopeful year. In the span of about a decade, a handful of U.S. technology firms have solidified their place among the biggest and most powerful corporations in the world, so nobody should be surprised […]
Epic Wins Antitrust Case With Google
Kyle Orland: The jury unanimously answered “yes” to all 11 questions on the verdict form, indicating that Epic had proven those monopolies existed in every worldwide market except for China. Google “engaged in anticompetitive conduct” to establish or maintain the monopoly and illegally tied the Google Play store to the use of Google Play billing, […]
The regulation is coming from inside the house!
Google's losing the antitrust lawsuit concerning the Play Store brought by Epic Games is going to have far-reaching implications for the mobile app economy. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google Pays to Be Default on Samsung Phones
Adamya Sharma: The ongoing Google vs. Epic trial has brought out another interesting piece of information. As per testimony presented by Epic Games (via Bloomberg), Google paid Samsung $8 billion over a period of four years to keep Search, Assistant, and Play Store as default services on Samsung phones.[…]One internal document also shows how Google […]
Spotify’s Google Play Store Deal
Adi Robertson and Sean Hollister (Hacker News): Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments, according to new testimony in the Epic v. Google trial. On the stand, Google head of global partnerships Don Harrison confirmed Spotify paid a 0 percent commission when users chose to […]
Google Pixel 7 Review: Still Has the Best Smartphone Camera
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The world of Android looks different than when I started focusing on this platform over ten years ago. Gone are the days of Google focusing on its developer-centric devices, allowing other manufacturers to compete for the top spot. If you look around the U.S. market, Android seems to have developed a homogeny akin to… Read more...