Google Play Store has banned 333,000 apps for allegedly violating Google’s policy. The company has also prevented 2.28 million apps from being published on its Play Store in 2023. As per the latest data by Google, the actions were taken for violations such as confirmed malware and repeated severe policy breaches created by criminals and …
In tech companies’ challenge to Google’s Play Store Billing policy in relation to in-app purchases and paid apps, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has prima facie found a violation of Section 4 of the Competition Act and directed an investigation by the Director General under Section 26(1) of the Act. The order passed by CCI Chairperson …
CCI, Google The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday directed its Director General (Investigation) to investigate Google after taking a prima facie view that the company is abusing its dominant position in the market through its User Choice Billing (UCB) system [People Interactive India Private Limited and Ors v Alphabet Inc and Ors]. A …
A day after facing Google’s action over fee payment dispute, Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal compared the tech giant with the new ‘Digital East India Company’. Referring to the day on which Google removed multiple Indian mobile apps from Play Store as ‘dark day’, Mittal called for the urgent cessation of ‘Lagaan’ taken by Google in …
Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that he had called Google after it delisted apps by 10 Indian developers on the Play Store and the tech giant has started re-listing them on the platform. He also said the government has called Google and the Indian app developers affected by the delisting for a …
Google’s move to relax its Play Store policies to allow more real-money games on its app marketplace will throw open the market for gaming companies. Beginning June, the tech giant will onboard other categories of real-money games, other than fantasy and rummy. The development will benefit real-money gaming companies like WinZo, MPL, among others, who …
(FILES) This illustration picture shows the logo for video game Fortnite displayed on a tablet in Paris, on February 18, 2019. The maker of hit videogame Fortnite, Epic Games, and Google faced off in federal court in San Francisco as a trial began on November 6, 2023, over whether the internet giant wields monopoly power …
Epic Games has filed a legal challenge against Google in an Indian tribunal, accusing the tech giant of not adhering to certain aspects of an antitrust directive. The gaming company alleges that Google is not hosting the Epic Games Store app on its Google Play Store app. This latest legal issue is just one of …
Google recently made the decision to remove a gaming app from its Play Store following an outcry of racism in Brazil. The app, named “Slavery Simulator,” allowed players to engage in the buying, selling, and torture of virtual Black “slaves.” This caused significant controversy and prompted the prosecutor’s office to launch an investigation into potential …