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Double whammy coming for already struggling real gaming companies
Real money gaming companies like Dream11, Games24X7, and Mobile Premier League (MPL) face cost pressures with Google introducing service fees on Playstore listings from July 1.
PhonePe opens Indus Appstore for Android developers to challenge Google-Apple duopoly
Digital payments major, PhonePe, is challenging the dominance of Google and Apple by opening its Indus Appstore to other Android developers. The Indus Appstore Developer Platform will be free for the first year and will not charge developers any platform fee or commission for in-app payments.
Indus App Bazaar expects to scale up after CCI-Google order: Cofounder
ET’s Subhrojit Mallick caught up with Rakesh Deshmukh, co-founder of Indus App Bazaar, India’s largest localised app store for a freewheeling chat on what the CCI order against Google means for companies like Indus.
Google to offer more visibility to apps on Play Store, tech giant working on listing layout
The company said that it will bring new changes to the interface on its blog.
WinZo seeks injunction against Google Play Store policy
The policy excludes a large sector of real-money games that have been classified as games of skill, making it unfair and restrictive, Saumya Singh Rathore, co-founder of WinZo, told ET.
Google Play celebrates 10 years: From content in regional languages to empowering local developers, the rise of Indian apps
Indian apps and games have witnessed a 150 per cent increase in time spent by users outside India.
Google moves Karnataka HC against CCI's probe into Play Store rules
Google has argued in Karnataka High Court that since its has voluntarily delayed till Oct. 31, 2022, the implementation of its latest Play Store policy in India, there is no "urgency" to answer CCI's questions on the matter.
More than 80% Indians support RBI move to stop auto debit: LocalCircles survey
RBI has stopped automatic recurring payments for all services offered by various companies such as Amazon, Netflix or several applications or apps. This would mean that money cannot be directly debited from a customer’s credit card or bank account without his permission.
Bolo Indya ties up with Audible Magic to manage licensed, unlicensed use of music
Bolo Indya said it needed an identification service known for accuracy, ease of use and offered an extensive registry of music from around the world, including native music.
RIL-Google to launch affordable smartphone JioPhone Next on Sept 10
Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said the phone would be a fully-featured smartphone, supporting the entire suite of applications from both Google Playstore and Jio.
426 'rogue' lending apps currently on Play Store: Citizens' collective
Many of these apps, researchers say, indulge in "abusive lending practices” and seek wide-ranging intrusive permissions from users.
Google removes five rogue lending applications
These apps, whose names resembled legit companies, offered users short-term credit at very high interest rates and then, in some cases, harassed or abused the borrowers for repayment
CM Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Green Delhi' app to redress pollution complaints
"We have prepared strict timelines for each type of complaint. The departments concerned will also have to post a picture after the complaint is addressed," Kejriwal said. The application can be downloaded from Google Playstore.
Paytm, GOQii, Dream11 founders take Google billing row to MeitY virtually
Nearly 40 entrepreneurs presented their concerns about Google's policies and dominance of the country's digital applications market to MeitY secretary Ajay Sawhney.
Google takes down Paytm from Play Store
Google said it has these policies to protect users from potential harm, and when an app violates these policies, they notify the developer of the violation and remove the app from Google Play until the developer brings the app into compliance.
PM Modi apps cash in on currency crunch
Most of the apps had the key words Note and Modi in their names, indicating that the developers wished to exploit the publicity from demonetisation.
Amazon India builds big web lead over Flipkart: Report
Amazon's acceleration would also be because the parent company has committed billions of dollars of investment, even as Flipkart struggles to raise funds,
Amazon India builds 'big' web lead over Flipkart
Amazon had an average monthly user visit of around 180 million, far ahead of Flipkart's 120 million.
FB requests from girls could be Pakistan's attempt at snooping, ITBP warns jawans
The comes weeks after the Army had issued an advisory asking all its officers and soldiers to not download three applications available on Google Playstore — WeChat, Smesh and Line.
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