Google following Apple, cutting Google Play commission fee to 15%

Google is following Apple's lead in cutting app store commission by introducing a 15% commission fee schedule for Google Play transactions that is similar to the App Store Small Business Program.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 9

Arizona voters overwhelmingly support App Fairness bill

As Arizona nears a final vote that could force changes on the App Store, a somewhat loaded survey of public opinion shows 69% of residents back the bill.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 25

Google fails to end 'private browsing' snooping lawsuit

Google has failed to convince a court to kill off a $5 billion class-action lawsuit alleging it continues to track users despite efforts to turn off data collection, including "private browsing" modes in Safari and other browsers.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 13

Google is trying to make Chrome less of a resource hog

Google Chrome is to become faster and more efficient on macOS, following criticisms — and following similar improvements already made on other platforms.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 18

Australian antitrust regulator examines Apple, Google web browser dominance

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week targeted both Apple and Google in a probe into choice and competition issues related to internet search and preinstalled web browsers.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 16

Arizona bill that could force Apple App Store to allow third-party payments one step closer to law

Arizona lawmakers have narrowly advanced a bill that could force Apple and Google App Stores — but not video game console sellers — to allow third-party payment systems on their app stores.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 51

Google Chrome to emulate Apple's Safari ad-tracking privacy ethos

Future versions of Google Chrome will stop supporting ad-tracking cookies, and instead, the company will implement privacy features in the browser similar to Apple's iOS 14 plans.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 26

Google Docs, Calendar for iOS updated with privacy labels

After dragging its feet for nearly three months, Google on Monday continued a slow rollout of updates to its flagship iOS apps that includes Apple's mandated privacy "nutrition" labels.

AppleInsider Staff 5 years ago 2

World Health Organization denies vaccine passport talks with Apple

The European Commission had said that Apple and Google were talking with the World Health Organization about coronavirus vaccine passport, but WHO officials refuted those claims.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 8

Australia set to enact bill making Facebook, Google pay for news

The proposal to require Facebook and other big tech firms to pay for news, has passed its last major parliamentary hurdle in Australia, and is now expected to become law.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 11

Facebook will drop ban on news pages in Australia

Claiming the Australian government has agreed to amendments in its proposed media law changes, Facebook has announced that it will restore news pages in the region.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 8

Google updates Gmail for iOS with widgets and privacy 'nutrition' label

After going months without an update, Google's Gmail app for iOS was refreshed on Monday with support for widgets. More importantly, the revision delivered long-awaited information regarding the app's collection of user data.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 16

Chrome is still a memory hog on macOS compared to Safari

Long been derided as a resource-consuming web browser, a recent test by a developer reveals Google Chrome to use multiple times the memory of Apple's Safari in macOS.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 36

Chromecast with Google TV now supports Apple TV app, Apple TV+

Google has rolled out support for Apple's TV app and its Apple TV+ streaming service to its Chromecast with Google TV hardware, meaning users can now watch Apple originals on the Google hardware.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 4

Facebook blocks news sites, charities, government pages in Australia

As Australian authorities pursue a plan to have Big Tech companies pay news sites, Facebook shut down all pages that could be even vaguely be described as news ones.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 26

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