Backblaze & Vultr cloud partner to fight Amazon AWS
Backup company Backblaze has launched a cloud computing service with Vultr, intending to provide developers with a lower cost alternative to Amazon's S3 and EC2 web services.
Backup company Backblaze has launched a cloud computing service with Vultr, intending to provide developers with a lower cost alternative to Amazon's S3 and EC2 web services.
Google has announced that it will appeal against the French government's 500 million Euros fine by antitrust regulators, over allegedly disregarding injunctions related to news publications in the country.
South Korea's ending of App Store payment restrictions raises questions over how Apple can continue its claimed privacy-driven control over apps — and whether it will even comply with the new law.
Google is testing the introduction of the WebGPU API to Chrome to improve its graphical processing capabilities using Metal on macOS, with beta 94 also shaking down a new WebCodecs API to assist with media processing.
The South Korean government has voted to force Apple and Google to accept alternative payment in the App Store, threatening the companies' exclusive commission.
The South Korean vote over Apple and Google's App Store payment exclusivity that was scheduled to be held on August 30, has now been postponed again, with no new date set.
Apple wasn't the only digital storefront to offer Netflix a deal to keep the streaming service using the App Store payment system, as Google apparently offered to take a lower cut from Android-based subscriptions.
Google is seemingly adamant in its decision to maintain the coveted role of default search engine on iOS, a strategy that could generate nearly $15 billion for Apple in 2021, according to one industry analyst.
Google has released a satirical ad for the Pixel 5a's headphone jack that pokes fun at Apple, even though that feature is actually absent from Google's flagship Pixel devices.
Use of the Slack messaging service has become prevalent within Apple, bringing with it changes to how staff discuss projects — and air grievances.
A South Korean parliamentary committee has voted in favor of preventing big tech from forcing the use their in-app payment systems in App Stores, but it isn't clear when — or if — the final vote and presidential ratification will take place.
In addition to successful efforts to hire Google search and artificial intelligence chief John Giannandrea, Apple at one point also attempted to poach the executive's search deputy Ben Gomes.
Google is reportedly dismantling its health technology initiative and splitting its projects across other teams as the chief of the division departs the company.
An explicitly confidential Google vision document reveals that the company had a plan to become "the world's largest game platform," which included distributing games on Mac.
Google has unveiled the Pixel 5A, an incremental update on the company's midrange smartphones that introduces water resistance, a bigger screen, and longer battery life.
Google has infringed on a selection of speaker technology patents owned by Sonos, a judge's preliminary finding for the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided, a ruling that could eventually block the search company's ability to import its speakers into the United States.
A relatively new lobbying group backed by tech giants including Apple and Google is taking a stand against proposed legislation that targets the outsized market power enjoyed by dominant app stores.
A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill meant to curb the market power of online app stores like the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Samsung has announced a new slate of wearable devices, including two Galaxy Watch models made in collaboration with Google and Galaxy Buds 2.
Apple's latest iOS 15 beta includes options to enable the WebM audio codec in Safari, hinting at full integration when the operating system launches this fall.
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