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Spotify Allowed to Sidestep Play Store Fees as Part of Confidential Deal, Google Executive Says

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[ad_1] Google allowed Spotify to sidestep the company’s mandatory Play Store fees, a company executive reportedly confirmed while giving testimony during the ongoing Epic vs Google trial. The Verge reports that a confidential deal with the streaming giant has come to light, revealing that Spotify was allowed to process its own payments on the service without … Read more

Google Paid Billions to Make Play Store and Assistant Default Apps on Samsung Phones, Google Executive Says

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[ad_1] Google paid Samsung billions of dollars in order to make the search giant’s app store, assistant, search engine, and other services the default options on smartphones made by the latter, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic Games trial. On Monday, Google Vice President for Partnerships James Kolotouros revealed … Read more

NFT Apps on Get No Respite as US Supreme Court Denies Epic Games’ Plea on Apple’s App Store Payment Rules

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[ad_1] The US Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Epic Games’ stringent App Store payment rules that prevent developers from introducing alternate payment methods for in-app purchases. The court declined to let a federal judge’s injunction take effect that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its lucrative App Store. The court’s ruling … Read more

Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling

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[ad_1] Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a US appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge panel of the San … Read more

Alan Wake II Will Release Sometime in October, Lead Voice Actor Reveals

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[ad_1] Alan Wake II, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2010 atmospheric horror game, will release in October. That’s according to the eponymous protagonist’s voice actor Matthew Porretta, who during the ‘Monsters, Madness and Magic’ podcast claimed that the title was eyeing an October release and that developer Remedy Entertainment is hard at work on … Read more