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Competition Commission of India to Investigate Google's Strict Real-Money Gaming App Policy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on its platform. WinZO, which offers real-money games, first approached the CCI in 2022 after Google excluded it from the Play Store.
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Google Messages Rolls Out Merged Camera and Gallery UI, Adds Image Quality Selection in Beta: Report
Google Messages has rolled out a redesigned user interface (UI) for sending photos and videos via rich communication services (RCS) that merges the camera viewfinder and the gallery picker, according to a report. Instead of the combined view including the camera UI, up to four recent images, and the folders option, the viewfinder now takes up most ...
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Dot9 Games' FAU-G: Domination Crosses 1 Million Pre-Registrations on Google Play Store
FAU-G: Domination, the action game from Indian developer Dot9 Games, has crossed over one million pre-registrations on Google Play Store on Android in three weeks of going live. Pre-registration for the game began September 5 on Android devices.
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Competition Commission of India Antitrust Probe Finds Apple Abused Position in Apps Market
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on its iOS operating system in India, engaging "in abusive conduct and practices". The antitrust body has been investigating Apple since 2021 for forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, possibly abusing i...
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Emerges as Best Selling Smartphone in Q1 2024 as Apple, Samsung Dominate Top 10 List: Report
iPhone 15 Pro Max was Apple's best-selling smartphone so far in 2024, according to Counterpoint Research's Global Monthly Handset Model Sales Tracker. Both Apple and Samsung had five smartphones in Counterpoint's top-10 best-selling smartphones list for Q1 2024. In a first, all smartphones in the top-10 list support 5G connectivity, according to th...
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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Threads' Web Version Is Now Live Globally, Confirms Instagram Head
Threads, Meta's challenger to depose Twitter as the go-to platform for celebrities, companies and governments, is now available on the web as it seeks to revive its underwhelming launch. Until now, Threads was accessible only as a mobile app on iPhones and Android phones.
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Samsung Galaxy Z FE Affordable Lineup Rumoured to Launch Next Year After Galaxy Z Fold 6
Samsung is reportedly looking to unveil foldable phones with affordable price tags starting next year. A tipster has suggested Samsung's plans to unveil a cheaper Galaxy Z foldable phone called the Galaxy Z FE (Fan Edition). The South Korean tech company is rumoured to release Fan Edition versions of the foldable phone after the release of the Gala...
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Google Accuses CCI of Ordering Changes to Its Business Model to Protect Amazon
Google has accused the Competition Commission of India (CCI) of ordering changes to its business model "only to protect" rival Amazon. Amazon earlier complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google's restrictions. Google has approached the Supreme Court of India to quash the CCI's October order aski...
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Google Said to Have Urged Supreme Court to Quash Android Antitrust Directives
Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google had exploited its dominant position.
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Government Plans Action Against Google Over Abuse of Market Position
India's government plans to take action against Alphabet's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters. India's antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusi...
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Google Fined $32 Million by South Korea Antitrust Regulator for Blocking Mobile Games on Competing Platform
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store's revenue and value as a platform, by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for providing in-app exposure between June 2016 and April 2018.
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Order In Google Case Will Resonate Globally On Abuse Of Dominance: Law Officer
While stressing that it is a landmark judgement by the NCLAT on digital market practices and abuse of dominance in a very focused way, Mr Venkataraman said the ruling will have a "bearing on the future cases".
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No Charge on Normal UPI Payments, 1.1 Percent Fee to Be Levied on PPI Merchant Transactions: NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement.
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Google Gets Relief in Android Antitrust Case in India, Tribunal Sets Aside CCI Order on Third-Party App Stores
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday gave partial relief to Alphabet's Google by setting aside four of 10 antitrust directives in a case related to the dominant market position of its Android operating system.
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Competition Commission of India to Investigate Google's Strict Real-Money Gaming App Policy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on its platform. WinZO, which offers real-money games, first approached the CCI in 2022 after Google excluded it from the Play Store.
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Google Messages Rolls Out Merged Camera and Gallery UI, Adds Image Quality Selection in Beta: Report
Google Messages has rolled out a redesigned user interface (UI) for sending photos and videos via rich communication services (RCS) that merges the camera viewfinder and the gallery picker, according to a report. Instead of the combined view including the camera UI, up to four recent images, and the folders option, the viewfinder now takes up most ...
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Dot9 Games' FAU-G: Domination Crosses 1 Million Pre-Registrations on Google Play Store
FAU-G: Domination, the action game from Indian developer Dot9 Games, has crossed over one million pre-registrations on Google Play Store on Android in three weeks of going live. Pre-registration for the game began September 5 on Android devices.
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Competition Commission of India Antitrust Probe Finds Apple Abused Position in Apps Market
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that Apple exploited its dominant position in the market for app stores on its iOS operating system in India, engaging "in abusive conduct and practices". The antitrust body has been investigating Apple since 2021 for forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, possibly abusing i...
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iPhone 15 Pro Max Emerges as Best Selling Smartphone in Q1 2024 as Apple, Samsung Dominate Top 10 List: Report
iPhone 15 Pro Max was Apple's best-selling smartphone so far in 2024, according to Counterpoint Research's Global Monthly Handset Model Sales Tracker. Both Apple and Samsung had five smartphones in Counterpoint's top-10 best-selling smartphones list for Q1 2024. In a first, all smartphones in the top-10 list support 5G connectivity, according to th...
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PhonePe's Indus Appstore Set to Launch in India on February 21, to Be Available in 12 Local Languages
Indus Appstore will be available for consumers later this month. The app store confirmed to list apps in 12 Indian languages besides English and it has already onboarded a variety of apps including Flipkart, ixigo, Domino's Pizza, Snapdeal, JioMart, and Bajaj Finserv. PhonePe's foray into the app store business with Indus Appstore is expected to di...
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Threads' Web Version Is Now Live Globally, Confirms Instagram Head
Threads, Meta's challenger to depose Twitter as the go-to platform for celebrities, companies and governments, is now available on the web as it seeks to revive its underwhelming launch. Until now, Threads was accessible only as a mobile app on iPhones and Android phones.
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Samsung Galaxy Z FE Affordable Lineup Rumoured to Launch Next Year After Galaxy Z Fold 6
Samsung is reportedly looking to unveil foldable phones with affordable price tags starting next year. A tipster has suggested Samsung's plans to unveil a cheaper Galaxy Z foldable phone called the Galaxy Z FE (Fan Edition). The South Korean tech company is rumoured to release Fan Edition versions of the foldable phone after the release of the Gala...
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Google Accuses CCI of Ordering Changes to Its Business Model to Protect Amazon
Google has accused the Competition Commission of India (CCI) of ordering changes to its business model "only to protect" rival Amazon. Amazon earlier complained about its struggles to develop a modified version of the Android system due to Google's restrictions. Google has approached the Supreme Court of India to quash the CCI's October order aski...
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Google Said to Have Urged Supreme Court to Quash Android Antitrust Directives
Google has urged India's Supreme Court to quash antitrust directives against it for abuse of the Android market, two sources said, as its presses its legal battle against the competition watchdog in one of its most important markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in October that Google had exploited its dominant position.
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Government Plans Action Against Google Over Abuse of Market Position
India's government plans to take action against Alphabet's Google after an antitrust watchdog last year found the group to have abused its market position by indulging in anti-competitive practices, a top IT minister told Reuters. India's antitrust body in October fined Google $275 million (nearly Rs. 2,280 crore) in two cases, which involved abusi...
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Google Fined $32 Million by South Korea Antitrust Regulator for Blocking Mobile Games on Competing Platform
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store's revenue and value as a platform, by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for providing in-app exposure between June 2016 and April 2018.
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Order In Google Case Will Resonate Globally On Abuse Of Dominance: Law Officer
While stressing that it is a landmark judgement by the NCLAT on digital market practices and abuse of dominance in a very focused way, Mr Venkataraman said the ruling will have a "bearing on the future cases".
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No Charge on Normal UPI Payments, 1.1 Percent Fee to Be Levied on PPI Merchant Transactions: NPCI
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Wednesday said there is no charge for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments or normal UPI payments. However, interchange charges are only applicable for the prepaid payment instruments (PPI) merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, NPCI clarified in a statement.
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Google Gets Relief in Android Antitrust Case in India, Tribunal Sets Aside CCI Order on Third-Party App Stores
An Indian tribunal on Wednesday gave partial relief to Alphabet's Google by setting aside four of 10 antitrust directives in a case related to the dominant market position of its Android operating system.
