The European Union is reportedly set to fine Google in the first quarter of 2026 if the company does not make further concessions to comply with the Digital Markets Act. The European Commission has been investigating the Google Play app store since March, focusing on...
The Supreme Court denied Google’s request to temporarily pause a lower court’s ruling that the company must make changes to its Play app store. Google made the request regarding a ruling in the antitrust case filed by Epic Games, and the Supreme Court denied the...
Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 24) to pause a lower court’s ruling that requires changes to the company’s app store policies, saying the changes would cause “irreparable harm” to Google and its Android ecosystem. The lower court’s ruling, which was handed...
The Google Play store is updating its external offers program in the European Union to allow links to download developers’ own external apps and to let developers select ongoing service tiers. These changes will be available in the fall, Google said in a Tuesday (Aug. 19) post on a support...
April 29, 2020
Call it a tale of two quarters – or, more specifically, a quarter that can be divided into “before coronavirus” and “during coronavirus.” Alphabet, the parent company of Google, gave several gives and takes for its first quarter ending March 31, showing the tailwinds of strong consumer demand for mobile tech hardware and apps, and […]
May 20, 2016
Though billions of people around the world have access to smartphones, it doesn’t mean they have access to a payment method that allows them to purchase digital goods and content...
August 10, 2026
Google has added Venmo as a payment option on Google Play, enabling users to bring the digital wallet to the apps, games and digital content on the Google Play, Google said in a Monday (Aug. 10) blog post. Effective Monday, users can update the way they pay on Google Play by going to their payment methods in the Google Play Store and linking […]
December 10, 2025
The European Union is reportedly set to fine Google in the first quarter of 2026 if the company does not make further concessions to comply with the Digital Markets Act....
October 06, 2025
The Supreme Court denied Google’s request to temporarily pause a lower court’s ruling that the company must make changes to its Play app store. Google made the request regarding a...
September 25, 2025
Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 24) to pause a lower court’s ruling that requires changes to the company’s app store policies, saying the changes would cause...