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Epic Games Asks Judge to Require Google to Allow Competition
Epic Games Asks Judge to Require Google to Allow Competition
April 12, 2024  |  ANTITRUST

Epic Games proposed Thursday (April 11) that a federal judge require Google to allow greater competition in the distribution of apps for the Android mobile...

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Google Follows Apple in Yanking Crypto Apps in India
Google Follows Apple in Yanking Crypto Apps in India
January 14, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Google has removed several cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian Play store. The removal, as reported Saturday (Jan. 13) by TechCrunch, involves crypto giants including Binance and Kraken, and follows...

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Google Agrees to $700 Million Settlement in Play Store Case
Google Agrees to $700 Million Settlement in Play Store Case
December 19, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

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...

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Match Group Drops Restraining Order Against Google
Match Group Drops Restraining Order Against Google
May 20, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Dating apps maker Match Group on Friday (May 20) withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order against Google after the search engine agreed to...

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Samsung Could Drop Bixby As Part Of Deal With Google 
Samsung Could Drop Bixby As Part Of Deal With Google 
July 29, 2020  |  Google

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could eliminate Bixby, the virtual voice assistant, and the Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices under a deal with Alphabet...

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Fake Android Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times
Fake Android Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times
August 16, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A security firm has discovered that dozens of fraudulent Android adware apps have been downloaded more than 8 million times from the Google Play store....

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The App Store Shrank For The First Time In 2017
The App Store Shrank For The First Time In 2017
April 05, 2018  |  Apple

The Apple App Store endured its first ever contraction in 2017 — dropping from 2.2 million published iOS apps in the beginning of the year to...

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BillMo And Walmart Do Money For People Who Don’t Trust Banks
BillMo And Walmart Do Money For People Who Don’t Trust Banks
March 14, 2018  |  Digital Banking

Moving money across country lines is rarely easy or cheap, and that’s especially true in countries with large un- and under-banked populations, like Mexico. In...

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Re-Packaging Apps To Sell: What Will It Take?
Re-Packaging Apps To Sell: What Will It Take?
September 25, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Is the app marketplace dying a slow death? Consumers have certainly gotten past the novelty phase, with more than half of U.S. smartphone users downloading...

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