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

ByNews Polite

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 to Allow Tinder Owner Match to Offer Alternate Payment Systems to Users on Play Store

Google to Allow Tinder Owner Match to Offer Alternate Payment Systems to Users on Play Store

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Match Group said on Friday that Alphabet’s Google will allow the dating apps maker to offer users a choice in payment systems, eliminating Google’s control over user data. Match sued Google in May, calling the action a “last resort” to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off…

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…