News Japan set to introduce new rules to open up Apple, Google apps ecosystem: Report Japan has joined a growing list of countries that are forcing Apple and Google to open up their ecosystems to more competition Sarvesh MathiJune 19, 2023
News Meta offers to not use other businesses’ ad data to improve Facebook Marketplace: UK competition regulator As one of the largest suppliers of ad space, Meta has an extensive trove of data on customer preferences that it can use to... Sarvesh MathiMay 29, 2023
News Can Taking Away Safe Harbour Fix Free Speech Issues In An Internet Dominated by A Few Tech Cos? #NAMA Taking away safe harbour will negatively impact startups since they lack the financial means to invest in heavy-duty content filtering tools, an expert argued Aarathi GanesanMay 23, 2023
News Why are some Indian startup founders criticizing tech industry body IAMAI? IAMAI is a tech industry body that has over 550+ members ranging from multinationals like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Meta to Indian companies like... Sarvesh MathiMay 3, 2023
News Why is UK blocking Microsoft’s purchase of gaming giant Activision Blizzard? The UK has blocked Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard over concerns that the deal would alter the future of cloud gaming. Sarvesh MathiApril 27, 2023
News Phonepe to launch an Android app store to compete with Google Play: Report Amidst increased antitrust scrutiny on Google, PhonePe is launching its app store that will offer 'localized' services for Indian users Sarvesh MathiApril 25, 2023
News Shark Tank investor Anupam Mittal hits out at Google for forcing its billing system on startups Indian startups have been criticizing the exorbitant commission charged by Google when developers use third-party billing systems Sarvesh MathiApril 24, 2023
News Google offers alternative billing choice to UK app developers in bid to settle antitrust probe The proposal allows developers to either add a third-party billing system alongside Google's or to do away with Google's billing system altogether Sarvesh MathiApril 20, 2023
News Germany puts Apple under list subject to stricter competition regime Germany's competition regulator is subjecting Apple to a stricter competition regime by preventing it from carrying out certain practices. Sarvesh MathiApril 18, 2023
News Which Parts of India’s Android Antitrust Order is Google Exempt from? While NCLAT largely sided with the Competition Commission of India's Android antitrust order, it set aside four of the changes that Google does not... Sarvesh MathiApril 12, 2023