Antitrust talks between Google and Epic Games are reportedly at a standstill. The two sides cannot agree on what changes Google would need to make to its Play Store to resolve a disagreement over the fees that mobile app developers must pay, Bloomberg News reported late Wednesday (Feb. 28). Epic, maker...
Apple reportedly made an eleventh-hour attempt last week to stave off a federal antitrust suit. The company and its attorneys met with the U.S. Justice Department to try to convince the agency not to file that suit, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Feb. 27), citing sources familiar with the...
The European Commission (EC) has invited comments on the commitments offered by Apple to address competition concerns related to access restrictions for contactless payments on mobile devices. The EC’s investigation focuses on Apple Pay, the mobile wallet solution exclusively available on iPhones running Apple’s operating...
Add Japan to the list of countries trying to regulate Apple and Google’s app-store dominance. The country’s government is preparing regulations that would make tech giants such as these permit outside app stores and payment systems into their operating systems, Nikkei reported Thursday (Dec. 29). According to the report, legislation scheduled...
Google will pay $700 million to settle an antitrust suit involving its Play store. The tech giant announced the settlement Monday (Dec. 18), revealing the details of a September agreement in a 2020 suit by the U.S. government and several states. Under the terms of...
The European Union (EU) is reportedly preparing to take action against Apple over alleged anticompetitive practices in its App Store. The EU regulators are investigating Apple’s blocking of music services from promoting the alternative, cheaper subscription options they offer outside of the App Store, Bloomberg...
Google’s court loss this week to Epic Games could also be bad news for Apple. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Dec. 12) from Bloomberg News, which notes that the app store “duopoly” held by both companies generates nearly $200 billion a year and determines how billions of...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is gathering information on the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI. The regulator aims to determine if “recent developments” have resulted in a merger situation and if a merger could impact competition in the U.K., the CMA said in a Friday (Dec. 8) press...
Google executive Prabhakar Raghavan testified Thursday (Oct. 26) in the search and advertising giant’s ongoing antitrust trial, shedding light on the challenges the company faces from smaller rivals. Raghavan emphasized the importance of innovation to avoid becoming the tech industry’s “next road kill” and to...