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Japan Readying Legislation to Boost Competition Among App Stores
Japan Readying Legislation to Boost Competition Among App Stores
June 18, 2023  |  Digital Payments

Japan is looking to boost competition among app stores and payments. A government panel released a report Friday (June 16) saying that app store operators...

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Appeals Court Allows Links to Payments Outside Apple App Store
Appeals Court Allows Links to Payments Outside Apple App Store
April 24, 2023  |  Apple

Developers may soon be able to offer links enabling payments outside Apple’s App Store. A United States appeals court upheld an earlier ruling in a...

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Google Tells Indian Court Antitrust Order Will Hinder Android Ecosystem 
Google Tells Indian Court Antitrust Order Will Hinder Android Ecosystem 
January 10, 2023  |  Google

Google says an Indian antitrust order will hinder the Android ecosystem. The company told the Indian Supreme Court that the antitrust order will slow the...

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App Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
App Developers Bring Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook
January 17, 2020  |  Legal

Facebook has been sued by four companies regarded alleged anti-competitive practices, according to a report by Reuters. The companies say that the social media giant...

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App Developers Don’t Like Apple’s New Privacy Rules
App Developers Don’t Like Apple’s New Privacy Rules
August 19, 2019  |  Apple

A group of app developers has written to Apple CEO Tim Cook about privacy changes to the company’s iOS 13 operating system that they claim...

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Apple Stops Devs From Recording User App Activity
Apple Stops Devs From Recording User App Activity
February 08, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has ordered app developers to remove or make public their use of a code that allows them to record how a user interacts with...

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Apple Updates Rules For In-App Subscriptions
Apple Updates Rules For In-App Subscriptions
January 27, 2019  |  Apple

Apple has changed the guidance for in-app subscriptions, upgrading the design and making it easier to find the guidance and clear and detailed rules. Apple...

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Apple Says iPhones Do Not Listen In On Users
Apple Says iPhones Do Not Listen In On Users
August 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Apple told lawmakers in the U.S. this week that its iPhone isn’t listening in on users without their permission, and that it doesn’t let third-party...

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Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
Facebook Gets Hit With Anticompetitive Lawsuit By App Developer
May 25, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook got hit with a lawsuit in California that accuses the company of engaging in anticompetitive behavior with tens of thousands of developers. The Financial...

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