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You can now add product tags to Instagram posts, but you won't get a sales commission

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:20:01 +0000

Anyone with a public Instagram account in the U.S. can now add product tags to their posts. This will allow your followers to purchase items with ease, but you won't get a sales commission. Read more...

Selling in the Metaverse will cost developers 47.5% as 'Meta Toll', dwarfing 30% 'Apple Tax'

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:24:01 +0000

Meta is planning on charging developers as much as 47.5% commission on sales of all virtual items in the New Horizons metaverse, which is way higher than the 30% Apple Tax that Facebook had opposed. Read more...

Google is countersuing Epic Games with Apple's legal tactics

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:56:01 +0000

Google is countersuing Epic Games arguing a "breach of contract", which is something the Judge agreed Epic had breached during its case against Apple when it activated hidden code. Read more...

Google is now allowing developers to enroll in 15% Play Store commissions

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:48:01 +0000

Google has started notifying developers that they can now enroll in 15% Play Store commissions for earnings less than $1 million in yearly revenue. The formal kickoff date is July 1. Read more...

EU fines Valve and publishers €7.8 million over geo-blocking

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:40:01 +0000

The EU Commission has fined Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, and other publishers for geo-restricting their games inside the EU Digital Single Market where these restrictions are not allowed. Read more...

EU officially accuses Google of unfair practices; launches investigation into Android

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:25:37 +0000

European regulators are officially accusing Google of anti-competitive practices, and undue influence in the local search markets. On top of that the Commission is also investigating Android. Read more...

European Parliament votes to break up Google

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:42:01 +0000

Amid a number of antitrust complaints, the European Parliament has voted on a proposal that would see Google's search services spun-off into a separate company, away from the company's other products. Read more...

Rivals challenge Microsoft browser settlement

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22:09 +0000

Three rivals of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser are seeking last minute changes to a proposal, that would see new users of Windows presented with a ballot screen of the top five browsers. Rivals believe... Read more...

Microsoft files suit against European Commission

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:35:53 +0000

Microsoft has filed a new lawsuit against the European Commission, the latest move in its long-running battle against antitrust sanctions imposed by the Commission for abuse of its dominant Windows software. The lawsuit before the... Read more...

EU Commission wants all broadcasts to be digital by 2010

Wed, 25 May 2005 15:10:23 +0000

The European Commission yesterday urged EU Member States to accelerate the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting. Digital broadcasting provides improved picture quality, better sound, better portable and mobile reception, more TV and... Read more...

Microsoft sends revised proposal to European Commission

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:50:17 +0000

Microsoft has sent a revised proposal to the European Commission for the terms under which it will license Windows protocols to competitors to comply with last year's antitrust ruling against the company, a Microsoft spokesman... Read more...

Microsoft in EU Commission Probe Over Privacy Law

Sun, 26 May 2002 13:01:52 +0000

The European Commission is checking whether Microsoft Corp.'s system of collecting personal data from Internet users breaks privacy laws, compounding the software giant's antitrust probe headaches in Europe. The European Union executive... Read more...