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Google could charge Apple users for AI tools in iOS 18

Rumors suggest Google is looking to offer premium generative AI features just as Apple is allegedly planning an AI App Store for iOS 18.

Wesley Hilliard | 5 months ago

Apple and Google's tracker misuse feature spotted in beta code

The new beta release of iOS 17.5 contains code referring to the now long-promised expansion of anti-stalking measures for AirTags and other tracking devices.

Rumor Score

🤯 Likely

William Gallagher | 5 months ago

Apple, Google fail in legal challenge against patent review rule

Apple, Google, and a number of other tech companies have failed to convince a court that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's rule denying some inter partes reviews of patents is illegal.

Malcolm Owen | 5 months ago

Google obviously says that Apple RCS support will come in the fall

While Apple has publicly only said that it will add RCS messaging support to iOS later in 2024, a Google announcement appears to pin it down further.

William Gallagher | 5 months ago

Epic Games vs Apple set to restart in Australia with Google in tow

The paused courtroom fight between Apple and Epic Games in Australia is set to resume, but with a similar lawsuit against Google being incorporated into the same trial.

Malcolm Owen | 5 months ago

Apple could have started the search wars with Google in 2018

Apple could have owned Bing in 2018, with a court filing revealing that Microsoft offered to sell the search engine to the iPhone maker.

Malcolm Owen | 6 months ago

Google's new AI assistant tech is now available for iPhone

Google's Bard has been replaced by Gemini, and the new, improved AI assistant is now available within the iOS Google app.

William Gallagher | 7 months ago

Judge dismisses class-action antitrust case accusing Apple & Google of collusion

A class-action lawsuit against Apple and Google suggested the company CEOs met in secret to collude on the suppression of the search market, but it has been dismissed by a Judge in California.

Wesley Hilliard | 7 months ago

There is an Apple Vision Pro YouTube viewer app, but it isn't from Google

Even as YouTube itself declines to make a native app for Apple's new Apple Vision Pro, a developer has done it for them with Juno.

William Gallagher | 7 months ago

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Andrew Orr | 7 months ago

Google follows Apple in pulling crypto apps in India

Google has followed after Apple in removing a number of major crypto exchange apps from the Google Play Store in India, after regulators deemed them as operating illegally in the country.

Malcolm Owen | 7 months ago

Japan plans to fine Apple over app stores and force sideloading

Japan is preparing regulations that will force Apple and Google to allow alternative App Stores, and impose fines on both for antitrust issues regarding OS market share and preferential search results.

William Gallagher | 8 months ago

Why Google lost its mobile app store fight with Epic, and Apple won

For three years, we've been hearing about Epic Games' fight with both Apple and Google over how App Stores operate, with the decisions going in wildly different directions in each case. Let's look at why.

Peter Cohen | 8 months ago

Google to pay $700 million after one Play Store antitrust case

US states and customers of the Google Play Store are to share in a $700 million payout as part of Google's settlement of one of its antitrust cases.

William Gallagher | 8 months ago

European Commission grills Apple and Google on app store risks and ad practices

The European Commission has sent a formal request to Apple and Google asking the tech giants how they identify "systemic risks" to consumers in their respective app stores.

Amber Neely | 8 months ago

Epic win: Jury rules Google Play app store and billing an illegal monopoly

The Epic versus Google case has reached a significant milestone as the jury ruled that Google violated California and federal antitrust laws, but years of appeals are sure to follow.

Wesley Hilliard | 8 months ago

Cook wanted Apple and Google to be 'deep, deep partners'

Apple CEO Tim Cook talked to Google CEO Sundar Pichai about the tech giants working together in 2018, Google's ongoing antitrust trial revealed, with notes revealing a willingness on both sides to make the deal work.

Malcolm Owen | 9 months ago

Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple

Apple's search deal with Google is very lucrative to the company, a court witness claims, with the iPhone maker said to receive about 36% of the revenue generated from Safari search result advertising.

Malcolm Owen | 9 months ago

Apple privately described Android as a 'massive tracking device'

Slides from an internal Apple presentation have been shown in Google's antitrust trial, contrasting the two firms' very different approaches to privacy for customers.

William Gallagher | 10 months ago

Apple deal makes Google "seamless and easy" to use — CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told the US Federal court overseeing his company's antitrust case that Google's deal with Apple makes it "very, very seamless and easy for users to use our services."

Peter Cohen | 10 months ago

Google

Google could charge Apple users for AI tools in iOS 18

Apple and Google's tracker misuse feature spotted in beta code

Apple, Google fail in legal challenge against patent review rule

Google obviously says that Apple RCS support will come in the fall

Epic Games vs Apple set to restart in Australia with Google in tow

Apple could have started the search wars with Google in 2018

Google's new AI assistant tech is now available for iPhone

Judge dismisses class-action antitrust case accusing Apple & Google of collusion

There is an Apple Vision Pro YouTube viewer app, but it isn't from Google

Latest comparisons

Compared: AirPods Max vs AirPods Max with USB-C

iPhone 16 rumors vs iPhone 13 - a comparison for upgraders

Apple iPhone 15 vs Google Pixel 9 - the smartphones for everybody, compared

Latest Videos

iPhone 16 Pro gets bigger and better with improved cameras and Apple Intelligence

GoPro Hero 13 Black review: Big changes come for the popular action cam

How to use Clean Up in iOS 18.1 Photos to remove distractions

Chrome's new AI update brings a smart twist to browsing & text composition

Google follows Apple in pulling crypto apps in India

Japan plans to fine Apple over app stores and force sideloading

Why Google lost its mobile app store fight with Epic, and Apple won

Google to pay $700 million after one Play Store antitrust case

European Commission grills Apple and Google on app store risks and ad practices

Epic win: Jury rules Google Play app store and billing an illegal monopoly

Cook wanted Apple and Google to be 'deep, deep partners'

Google paid 36% of Safari search revenue to Apple

Apple privately described Android as a 'massive tracking device'

Apple deal makes Google "seamless and easy" to use — CEO

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