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India global leader in downloads for apps powered by AI, says company in annual ranking

Google Play Protect's live threat detection and the Scam Detection feature were previewed at Google I/O 2024

The judge issued the injunction on Oct 7 in a case brought by 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games, which persuaded a federal jury last year that Google was illegally monopolizing how consumers download apps

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire. The injunction issued by US District Judge James Donato will require Google to make several changes that the Mountain View, California, company had been resisting. Those include a provision that will require its Play Store for Android apps to distribute rival third-party app stores so consumers can download them to their phones, if they so desire. The judge's order will also make the millions of Android apps in the Play Store library accessible to rivals, allowing them to offer up a competitive selection. Donato is giving Google until November to make the revisions dictated in his order. The company had insisted it would take 12 to 16 months to design the safeguards needed to reduce the chances of potentially malicious software making its way into rival Android app

NCRTC rolls out new features on RRTS Connect app

Tech giant says it has strengthened its processes for taking in and reviewing developers

India's competition law was originally designed for brick-and-mortar companies. It was not in tune with the digital revolution

Rise of India's mobile economy has everyone scrambling for a piece

Taking a strong view of Google pulling off some apps from its Play Store, the government on Saturday said delisting of Indian apps cannot be permitted and that the tech company and the startups concerned have been called for a meeting next week. In an interview to PTI, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the startup ecosystem is key to the Indian economy and their fate cannot be left to any big tech to decide. The minister's comments assume significance as Google on Friday began removing some apps, including popular matrimony apps, from its Play Store in India over a dispute on service fee payments, even as apps and well-known startup founders cried foul. Taking a serious view of the issue, Vaishnaw said: "India is very clear, our policy is very clear...our startups will get the protection that they need." The minister said the government will be meeting Google and app developers who have been delisted, next week, to resolve the dispute. "I have already called Google...I

Indian startups have for years been protesting against many of the US giant's practices, including its in-app fee charges

The dispute centres on efforts by some Indian startups to stop Google from imposing a fee of 11% to 26% on in-app payments

'10 companies, including many well-established ones, have chosen to not pay for the immense value they receive on Google Play,' Google said in a blog post

The lawsuits threatened billions of dollars in revenue generated by the sale and distribution of apps through Google Play

Tech companies raised concerns over Google's new service fee, which ranged between 11-26% for using third-party billing systems

A US Federal Court has said that Google has turned the Google Play app store and Google Play Billion service into an illegal monopoly. But what is the Epic vs Google case? Here's all you need to know

Subway Surfer Blast is user's choice game of the year, says technology giant

Epic is seeking to show that executives at the Alphabet Inc. unit were eager to discourage the proliferation of third-party app stores

At opening statements on Monday, Epic's attorney Gary Bornstein told jurors that Google pays off competitors, including those who want to set up their own app stores to directly deal with users

As per a console page of Google Play, it currently allows only valid licensed or authorised gambling apps in categories like online casino games, sports betting, horse racing

Google Play's billing system is required for developers that sell in-app services and digital goods on the Google Play Store