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  • Google to Allow UK Developers to Offer Google Play Billing Alternatives to Satisfy Regulator’s Concerns

    Britain’s competition regulator said proposals from Alphabet‘s Google to give app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play’s billing system looked to be sufficient to address its concerns about in-app payments. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in June that Google’s complete control over in-app payments unfairly restricted developers by forcing them […] More

  • Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App

    Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App

    Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple’s App Store. The company’s artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China’s closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT. Baidu said it had lodged lawsuits […] More

  • Algorand Aims to Make India Hotspot for Web3 Developers, Blockchain Projects: Anil Kakani

    The team behind Algorand, a layer-1 blockchain, is going bullish on India’s potential to grow the Web3 and blockchain market. In conversation with Gadgets 360, Anil Kakani, the India Country Head at Algorand Foundation said that onboarding as many Indian developers as possible onto the Web3 wagon is crucial for the development of the sector. […] More