Apple and Google face more UK antitrust scrutiny over mobile ecosystemsThe plans announced on Wednesday follows findings by an inquiry group at Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that a number of...
23 Jul, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
UK anti-trust regulator to launch two probes under new digital markets powersBritain's anti-trust regulator will start two investigations this month targeting major tech firms. The investigations aim to boost investm...
07 Jan, 2025, 04.51 PM IST
Mobile browser duopoly: UK watchdog calls for investigation into Apple-GoogleA British regulatory report suggested that Apple's policies might be hindering innovation in smartphone browsers. The report, focusing on A...
23 Nov, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
View: GenAI to end era of smartphone, apps and search. Can the Big Tech adapt to the age of AI?The emergence of AI technologies like Rabbit r1 and Ai Pin marks a significant shift from smartphones to AI-based devices. This shift poses...
03 May, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
PhonePe to launch app store on February 21The launch of PhonePe's Indus Appstore is expected to take place in New Delhi. PhonePe released the developer platform for the Android-base...
07 Feb, 2024, 11.25 PM IST
Rakesh Deshmukh steps down as CEO of PhonePe-owned Indus AppstoreDeshmukh, along with IIT Bombay alumni Akash Dongre and Sudhir Bangarambandi, founded Indus OS in 2013. Through its marketplace App Bazaar,...
02 Jan, 2024, 07.02 PM IST
Google’s Epic legal defeat threatens $200 billion app store industryGoogle’s legal defeat at the hands of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple Inc. that generates ...
12 Dec, 2023, 04.16 PM IST
PhonePe opens Indus Appstore for Android developers to challenge Google-Apple duopolyDigital payments major, PhonePe, is challenging the dominance of Google and Apple by opening its Indus Appstore to other Android developers...
23 Sep, 2023, 03.26 PM IST
Microsoft's multibillion dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard hangs in uncertainty: Who’s winning this fight for gaming dominance?Microsoft's acquisition of gaming firm Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn has hit a snag. The US Federal Trade Commission has warned that Micr...
09 Jul, 2023, 11.57 AM IST
Apple argues UK competition watchdog had "no power" to launch probeThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into cloud gaming and mobile browsers over concerns abo...
10 Mar, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
Google, Apple's mobile duopoly likely to be probed by UK regulatorThe CMA has concluded after its year-long study that the tech giants (Google, Apple) do indeed exhibit an "effective duopoly" on mobile eco...
11 Jun, 2022, 09.09 AM IST
Google sued in UK for overcharging millions of usersGoogle Play Store's 30% surcharge for digital purchases is “excessive and unfair,” the claimants said in a press release Thursday.
30 Jul, 2021, 08.26 AM IST
Private companies can host apps for free on govt's Mobile Seva app storeNew features such as feedback and rating systems are being introduced for the existing Mobile Seva app store so that it can be as good as a...
01 Apr, 2021, 11.15 AM IST
Indian Startup Association to ping US group resisting Google, AppleThe Indian group is still an informal gathering and may soon take a more formal shape. As of now, the founders are bouncing off ideas on an...
09 Oct, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
Startup founders bat for an Indian app storeThe founders, including Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Yashish Dahiya of Policybazaar and Murugavel Janakiraman of Matrimony.com, plan to al...
01 Oct, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
Apple's coronavirus shock shows it is still handcuffed to the iPhoneApple's earnings warning is an unfortunate reminder that it remain 'the iPhone company'.
19 Feb, 2020, 06.43 PM IST
India likely to miss Mozilla’s new mobile operating system action in 2013Mozilla’s new mobile OS that will challenge iOS & Android is being positioned as a vehicle that will take next two billion users online.
02 Apr, 2013, 09.04 AM IST