News Google slashes Play Store commissions for apps in certain categories While the move is welcome, Google has offered no relief to gaming apps which contribute to the bulk of Play Store revenues. Sarvesh MathiOctober 22, 2021
News Facebook fined 50 million pounds by UK’s competition regulator for breaching order The order has to do with Facebook's merger with Giphy which has been the subject of a UK probe since last year. Aihik SurOctober 21, 2021
News Why isn’t the Indian government probing Amazon’s private label strategies, industry bodies ask Multiple industry bodies in India call for immediate government intervention following Amazon's tactics exposed by Reuters. Sarvesh MathiOctober 20, 2021
News Did Amazon lie to US Congress about how it creates and promotes its private labels? Following the Reuters report on how Amazon India copies products and manipulates search results, US lawmakers demand an explanation. Sarvesh MathiOctober 19, 2021
News Taking cue from the Apple verdict, Google countersues Epic Games arguing breach of contract In its counter lawsuit, Google denied most of Epic's allegations and argued that the Fortnite developer had acted in bad faith. Sarvesh MathiOctober 14, 2021
News Amazon systematically copied best-selling products and manipulated search results to promote them: Reuters Investigation Indian sellers have long alleged that Amazon plays favourites with its own products; now there's reported evidence. Sarvesh MathiOctober 14, 2021
News Google Play Store’s policy update in India could be ‘disastrous’, alleges petition by ADIF Google's new billing system for Play Store faced considerable pushback from Indian startups and app developers in the past. MitakshOctober 12, 2021
News Apple appealing the Epic Games verdict means changes to App Store may take a while The appeal was filed to overturn an injunction won by Epic Games in its lawsuit spurred by Apple's anti-steering provisions. Sarvesh MathiOctober 9, 2021
News Apple must make changes to its in-app purchasing rules, says Dutch antitrust regulator Competition regulators around the world are looking into curbing the dominance of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Nishant KauntiaOctober 9, 2021
News Apple App Store woes seem never ending as it faces its latest battle in China Apple has another App Store fire to put out after China's Supreme Court allows a user's antitrust lawsuit to proceed. Sarvesh MathiOctober 6, 2021