Microsoft, Meta and X Join Fortnite Maker Epic Games’ Battle Against Apple

Microsoft, Meta and X Join Fortnite Maker Epic Games’ Battle Against Apple

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Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Elon Musk’s X and Match Group on Wednesday joined “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games’ protest that Apple has failed to honor a court-ordered injunction governing payments in its lucrative App Store. The technology companies, which developed some of the most popular apps in the App Store,…

Google Agrees to Pay $8 Million to Settle Claims Against Deceptive Pixel 4 Ads

Google Agrees to Pay $8 Million to Settle Claims Against Deceptive Pixel 4 Ads

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Google, a unit of Alphabet, has agreed to pay $8 million (roughly Rs. 65 million) to settle claims it used deceptive advertisements to promote the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday. The search and advertising giant, which also makes Android smartphone software and owns YouTube,…

Google Under Investigation by Dutch Consumer Watchdog Over Play Store Payments

Google Under Investigation by Dutch Consumer Watchdog Over Play Store Payments

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The Dutch consumer watchdog on Wednesday said it had launched a preliminary investigation into Google over its Play store for apps, months after targeting fellow tech giant Apple. The Match Group, which owns dating site Tinder, lodged a complaint saying that Google only allowed its own payment system to be…