Apple CEO Tim Cook defends the App Store business

Apple CEO Tim Cook will appear today with leaders from Google, Amazon and Facebook for a Congressional anti-trust hearing, which will be broadcast live on YouTube. What is the hearing about? The… See original here: Apple CEO Tim Cook defends the App Store business

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Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve

Steam went live in 2003, five years before the debut of the App Store. It was Valve’s attempt to streamline the update process for its own games — notably Counter-Strike — with a pipeline for… Continue reading here: Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve

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Telegram is the latest company to file an EU antitrust complaint against Apple

If big tech thought that its antitrust reckoning would end with yesterday’s hearings, it’ll have its optimism sorely dented by what’s likely to follow. A number of smaller players are… Read the original here: Telegram is the latest company to file an EU antitrust complaint against Apple

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Google reportedly offers Samsung a lucrative deal to prioritize Assistant and Play Store

Google is reportedly in the midst of convincing Samsung to prioritize Assistant and the Play Store over Bixby and the Korean company’s own app store. According to Bloomberg and Reuters, the tech… More: Google reportedly offers Samsung a lucrative deal to prioritize Assistant and Play Store

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‘Rocket League’ will soon be free to play on all platforms

Good news for gamers who are quarantined and cash-strapped: Rocket League will soon be free to play on all platforms where it’s offered. It’s unclear exactly when we can expect this update,… Read more: ‘Rocket League’ will soon be free to play on all platforms

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