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Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 US states and the District of Columbia (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: Google agrees to pay $700M and make certain changes to its app store to…
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Figma fans are delighted as the design app escapes being gobbled up by Adobe
After facing pressure from EU regulators, Adobe and design app Figma have agreed to mutually break up, costing the former…
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New app seeks to end iPhone-Android text color bubble divide
The ongoing divide between iPhone‘s blue text bubbles and Android‘s green ones has long been a source of frustration and…
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The jury in Epic v. Google unanimously finds that Google has monopoly power in the Android app distribution markets and in the in-app billing services markets (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Sean Hollister / The Verge: The jury in Epic v. Google unanimously finds that Google has monopoly power in the…
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Sources: low-code app development tools maker OutSystems raised $228.4M in October 2022 at a $4.3B valuation, 55% lower than the $9.5B valuation from Feb. 2021 (Kenrick Cai/Forbes)
Kenrick Cai / Forbes: Sources: low-code app development tools maker OutSystems raised $228.4M in October 2022 at a $4.3B valuation,…
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Data.ai: in 2022, mobile app global spending fell 2% YoY to $167B, downloads grew 11% YoY to 255B, game spending fell 5% YoY, and non-game spending grew 6% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Data.ai: in 2022, mobile app global spending fell 2% YoY to $167B, downloads grew 11% YoY…
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Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its App Store removals, including the number of removal requests by country and their legal basis (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its App Store removals, including the number of removal requests…
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US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770 suspects, and others due to a simple misconfiguration (Dhruv Mehrotra/Wired)
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770…
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Sources: Tata Group's WeChat-like super app Neu is expected to generate sales of ~$4B in the year to March 31, missing the $8B goal set at the start of 2022 (Anto Antony/Bloomberg)
Anto Antony / Bloomberg: Sources: Tata Group’s WeChat-like super app Neu is expected to generate sales of ~$4B in the…
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