by Surur
7 days
We reported three days ago that, for the first time, Apple has submitted to the court ruling and enabled Dutch dating apps to direct users to an external website to make payments or use a 3rd party payment service. Apple has intro...
by Surur
1 week
We reported in December that, after a two-year investigation, which narrowed to focussing on dating apps, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) came to the conclusion that Apple Inc broke its competition laws and ord...
by Surur
1 month
In March 2020 Microsoft made a generous gift to the NHS, UK’s national health service, by offering them a free license to Microsoft Teams. At the times Microsoft said: “Microsoft is fully committed to assisting the NHS at ...
by Surur
2 months
Apple is under sustained attack by courts and regulators over its rent-seeking practices when it comes to the iOS app store, but the company is not giving up without a fight. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recently...
by Surur
2 months
Last year Facebook (now Meta) started the process of acquiring Giphy for $400 million. Now it looks like the deal may fall through after regulators in the UK are reportedly planning to block the purchase. According to the Financ...
by Surur
3 months
We have long suspected that Google’s Privacy Sandbox plans were more about enriching the company than improving the privacy of internet users. Now 27 state attorneys have asserted the same in much more detail, claiming a vas...
by Surur
3 months
In April Apple implemented their App Tracking Transparency plan, which required apps not to collect and share information about users across platforms without their permission, permission a vanishingly small percentage of users gr...
by Surur
4 months
The tide has continued to turn against the tech incumbents as governments start attempting to curtail their immense influence. Apple and Google’s duopoly of the smartphone market, in particular, has come under increased scru...
by Surur
4 months
In 2018 the European Commission fined Google €4.34 billion ($5 billion then) for not following EU antitrust rules. According to EC, Google has imposed illegal restrictions on Android OEMs and mobile network operators to maintain...
by Surur
4 months
The Competition Commission of India has released the preliminary findings of their two-year investigation into Google’s Android operations in India, reports Reuters. The Commission found that Google abused its dominance to p...
by Surur
5 months
Apple has been fighting efforts by Epic and their partners to get state legislatures to pass laws that would force Apple and Google to open up their platforms to 3rd party stores. So far that battle has been successful, and now so...