Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 24) to pause a lower court’s ruling that requires changes to the company’s app store policies, saying the changes would cause “irreparable harm” to Google and its Android ecosystem. The lower court’s ruling, which was handed down in July in the antitrust case filed by Epic…
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence.Apple and OpenAI have “locked up markets to maintain their monopolies and prevent innovators like X and xAI from competing,” the lawsuit said.The…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian court found the smartphone app stores of Apple and Google-owned Android were uncompetitive, local media reported on Tuesday, in a partial victory for Fortnite game developer Epic Games against the tech giants. Amid a years-long legal dispute brought by Epic against the dominant smartphone makers in several jurisdictions…
As Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 officially enters its scheduled downtime, players across the globe are eagerly anticipating the return of servers to dive into what promises to be one of the most ambitious updates from Epic Games yet. Fortinite Countdown to Chapter 6 Season 4 Begins Epic Games confirmed that the server downtime for…
People in the European Union are now allowed to access alternative app stores thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a regulation designed to foster increased competition in the app ecosystem. Like Apple’s App Store, alternative app marketplaces allow for easy access to a wider world of apps, but instead of the apps going through…
Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, the executive in charge of leading the App Store, testified in court on Monday that he had originally raised concerns about the 27% commission the iPhone maker planned to charge app developers on any purchases made outside the App Store. In addition to being a potential compliance risk, he suggested that…
Apple has called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store. Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet’s Google and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge’s order forcing it to revamp its app store. Google has argued in court filings to the…
Epic Games has struck a deal with Telefónica to have its mobile storefront pre-installed on millions of compatible Android devices. As such, those who buy a phone from a Telefónica network such as O2 or Movistar in Spain, the UK, Germany and Spanish-speaking Latin America will immediately have the app, which offers access to Fortnite,…
Alphabet’s (GOOGL, Financials) Google has requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a jury decision and a judge’s order to reform its Google Play app store, alleging the trial court made key legal mistakes. The company filed its detailed appeal on Wednesday, challenging the ruling issued by U.S. District Judge…