Google wants to pause a ruling requiring it to open its Play Store to rivals. The tech giant argues that U.S. District Judge James Donato’s injunction order from earlier this month would hurt its business and bring “serious safety, security and privacy risks into the...
A federal judge ruled Monday (Oct. 7) that Google must make several changes to policies that discourage competition with its Google Play Store. For a three-year period beginning Nov. 1, the ruling will bar the company from paying developers to exclusively use its app store,...
Amazon will stop paying developers to create applications — called Skills — for its voice assistant Alexa. This will end an offering that has been available to developers since 2017 and aimed to build an app store for Alexa, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 10). Amazon...
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). The changes were made in response to feedback the firm received about its previously updated terms for app distribution in...
October 13, 2024
Apple is reportedly struggling to land major software makers to build apps for its Vision Pro. It’s a difficulty that threatens to hold back new advances the mixed reality headset, Apple’s biggest new device in several years, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Oct. 13). According to the report, new apps released on the […]
October 13, 2024
Google wants to pause a ruling requiring it to open its Play Store to rivals. The tech giant argues that U.S. District Judge James Donato’s injunction order from earlier this...
October 07, 2024
A federal judge ruled Monday (Oct. 7) that Google must make several changes to policies that discourage competition with its Google Play Store. For a three-year period beginning Nov. 1,...
April 10, 2024
Amazon will stop paying developers to create applications — called Skills — for its voice assistant Alexa. This will end an offering that has been available to developers since 2017...