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Amazon to Change How Alexa Developers Are Paid
Amazon to Change How Alexa Developers Are Paid
April 10, 2024  |  Amazon

Amazon will stop paying developers to create applications — called Skills — for its voice assistant Alexa. This will end an offering that has been...

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Apple Announces App Distribution Changes to Comply With DMA
Apple Announces App Distribution Changes to Comply With DMA
March 06, 2024  |  Apple

Apple has made some changes to its policies around app distribution in the European Union (EU) to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)....

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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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