Google Messages beta code hints at future support for iMessage reactions
A new update to Google Messages hints at a new feature designed to better handle iMessage reaction messages.
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Android
Amber Neely
Epic says Google set up a 'Fortnite task force' over Play Store moves
Google was so concerned that other app developers would follow Epic Games' embrace of side-loading apps separate from the Play Store that it set up a "Fortnite task force" to maintain the status quo, an Epic court filing alleges.
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Malcolm Owen
WhatsApp users can transfer chat histories from iPhone to Google Pixel, Android 12 devices
Google on Tuesday cleared another barrier to switching mobile operating systems, announcing that iPhone users can easily migrate WhatsApp chat histories to Pixel phones and devices that launch with Android 12.
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AppleInsider Staff
Google Play drops all subscription commissions to 15% from day one
Following a program that Google started in March 2021, the company is now lowering commissions on all Google Play app subscriptions to 15% from the first day of service instead of after a year.
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Mike Wuerthele
Android executive offers to help Apple deploy RCS messaging
A Google SVP in a tweet Thursday extended an "open invitation" to assist Apple should it choose to support Rich Communication Services (RCS), which is primed to succeed SMS as the next mobile-to-mobile text standard.
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Google claims EU ignored Apple in $5.1B antitrust appeal
Google has attacked the European Commission in its bid to avoid paying a 4.34 billion euro ($5.1 billion) antitrust fine from 2018, claiming that the regulator ignored Apple when examining Android's impact on competition.
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Apple just now feeling global chip shortage, while rivals suffer
New research claims that while Apple is beginning to feel the impact of the global chip shortage, it is faring better than rivals, and will see substantial market gains as a result of pre-planning.
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William Gallagher
Google fined $177M by South Korea for abusing smartphone dominance
South Korea fined Google 207.4 billion won (US$177 million) on Tuesday for leveraging its dominant power in the smartphone market to stunt development of competing operating systems.
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Mikey Campbell
FTC bans 'brazen' SpyFone surveillance app, firm must notify victims
The Federal Trade Commission has banned the SpyFone company and its CEO from the surveillance industry, ordering the firm to delete all data and notify everyone affected.
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Mike Peterson
Wesley Hilliard
Stephen Robles
