Neowin News Feed for: Fees

FTC puts an end to junk fees on short-term lodging and online rentals

Hamid Ganji — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:16:01 +0000

The US Federal Trade Commission has just passed a new law that bans hidden junk fees in short-term lodging and live-event ticket prices. Read more...

Amazon sellers to be hit by higher fees over the holidays due to inflation

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:32:01 +0000

Amazon has announced that it's putting up fees for sellers that use Fulfillment by Amazon. Each item sold in the U.S. or Canada will incur a $0.35 fee. Amazon blamed inflation for the decision. Read more...

Google announces fee relief for news partners during COVID-19

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:32:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is waiving the ad serving fees for news publishers that use Ad Manager. The move comes as Google tries to lend a helping hand to publications hit by COVID-19. Read more...

Bitcoin.org updates claims to reflect current reality

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:48:02 +0000

Bitcoin.org has had to update the claims it makes about bitcoin in order to line up with reality. It removed the claim about low transaction fees and also the one about fast payments. Read more...

Music Industry Caps Fees for Some Internet Radio Stations

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:33:47 +0000

SoundExchange, the company which collects royalties from Webcasters and distributes them to artists and record labels, said it would limit fees - at $50,000 a year - for online radio station companies that offer more... Read more...

Microsoft Challenges Attorney Fees in Iowa Case

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:36:38 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is disputing lawyer fees for the plaintiffs in class action suits against the software company in Iowa and Wisconsin. In both cases the parties agreed to a settlement that included the plaintiff's attorney... Read more...

New RIAA Royalty fees for Internet Radio

Steven Parker — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:35:25 +0000

The longstanding debate between webcasters and the RIAA really hasn't been a hot topic since 2002-2003, when the RIAA pushed hard for some significant royalties that threatened to put smaller operations out of business. Smaller... Read more...

Mobile firm 3 scraps roaming fees

Steven Parker — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:02:25 +0000

Mobile phone network 3 has abolished roaming charges for its UK customers in seven nations including Italy, Australia and the Republic of Ireland. Its users will no longer be charged extra for making or receiving... Read more...

Google AdWords Fees Cause a Stir

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:05:31 +0000

On July 1, search giant Google will start collecting a fee for a service it once offered for free. The changes, in this instance, affect Internet marketing and advertising companies that rely on data from... Read more...

Google Sued Over Claims of Excess Advertising Fees

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:21:09 +0000

Google Inc. is being sued over accusations that it overcharged advertisers who use the Web search giant's paid search advertising program, which accounts for the vast majority of Google's revenue. The proposed class-action suit, filed... Read more...

eBay Plans Fees Rise

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:33:25 +0000

eBay plans to increase its listing fees have angered small business owners who use the site to reach many customers, reports AP. Fees for the eBay gallery are going up $0.10 to $0.35 on the... Read more...

PayPal Says 'Sorry' by Waiving Fees for a Day

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:38:02 +0000

PayPal wants to repay its users for dealing with its recent spate of sporadic outages by giving back a day's worth of fees. The online payment service, owned by eBay Inc., announced Wednesday that it... Read more...

Microsoft ordered to pay Lindows' court fees

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:54:56 +0000

An Amsterdam court has ruled against Microsoft in its attempt to obtain an injunction against Lindows, a maker of Linux software, as the two companies' trademark dispute continues. Microsoft has alleged that... Read more...

eBay to raise listing fees

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:39:27 +0000

Online auctioneer eBay on Monday said it will soon raise the fee it charges to list the most expensive items on its site by 45 percent as part of its first such fee increases since... Read more...

Microsoft cuts fees for schools

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:09:03 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will be cutting the prices of its software licences, saving users between 20 and 37 per cent of their software spend -- but only for schools. A "memorandum of understanding" has... Read more...

Microsoft ordered to pay Mass legal fees

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:37:10 +0000

Microsoft is to cough up $1 million in legal fees to Massachusetts - the lone state pursuing an appeal against the 2002 antitrust ruling. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered Microsoft to shell out... Read more...

New ISO fees on the horizon?

Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:34:10 +0000

Information technology standards groups are raising warning flags over a proposal that could raise fees for commonly-used industry codes, including two-letter country abbreviations, used in many commercial software products. At stake is... Read more...

Apple preparing new upgrade fees

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 10:39:59 +0000

Apple Computer next week will announce a plan to charge for upgrades to some of the company's highly acclaimed "digital hub" software, a move that could anger customers accustomed to receiving free updates. According to... Read more...

Apple preparing new upgrade fees

Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:21:24 +0000

As an update to our previously posted story - Neowin: Apple's new toys, what will they be? which discussed the possibility of Apple updating some of it's "i" digital hub software, come news that Apple... Read more...

CNET intros listing fees for Download.com

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 06:28:35 +0000

Well, I guess I'm going to start using VersionTracker for windows apps too now :D CNET is to start charging software publishers for listing their apps on Download.com. From... Read more...

eBay raises fees, after announcing record earnings

Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:06:35 +0000

Two days after posting record earnings ($25m) and revenue (over $1.7billion in cash and investments), eBay said Thursday that it is raising fees, some by as much as 100 percent, starting 31st January 2002. ... Read more...

Cable fees to be increased in 2002

Fri, 02 Nov 2001 20:35:35 +0000

Cable TV behemoth AT&T Broadband said on Friday it will increase rates by an average of 5.5 percent for some standard, basic and digital service packages beginning Jan. 1. The company, a... Read more...