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EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

The European Commission (EC) announced today that Google has six months to open up Android…

DMA Regulations Just Made iOS Better, Epic Games Says

DMA Regulations Just Made iOS Better, Epic Games Says

Thanks to EU regulations, Apple has been forced to improve iOS for developers and users…

Google Calls for an EU DMA “Reset”

Google Calls for an EU DMA “Reset”

Like Apple, Google today issued a public complaint about the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA)…

Google Proposes Play Store Changes to EU

Google Proposes Play Store Changes to EU

In March, the European Commission determined that Google’s Play Store policies do not comply with…

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Apple Changes App Store to (Try to) Meet EU’s DMA Demands

Apple today announced major changes to its mobile App Store to meet its legal requirements…

EEA users will be able to uninstall the Store app in Windows 11

Microsoft Makes More DMA-Based Changes to Windows 10/11 in the EU

Microsoft announced Monday that it is making several changes to Windows 10/11 and their in-box…

Apple Privacy

EU Requires Apple to Further Open iPhone to Third-Party Devices

The European Commission demanded that Apple further open up the iPhone to third parties to…

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Google’s DMA Search Test Ends with Predictable Results

Two weeks after it began testing a change to how Search works in the EU,…

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Google to Test Search DMA Compliance Change in the EU

Google announced this morning that it would test a change in Search to see whether…

Microsoft Edge reaches for your data

Web Browser Makers Ask EU to Designate Microsoft Edge as a Gatekeeper

The European Commission declined to designate Microsoft Edge a gatekeeper under the EU Digital Markets…

Bundeskartellamt

Germany to Enforce DMA Regulations for All Microsoft Products and Services

Germany's antitrust authority determined that all of Microsoft can be held to the standards of…

Epic Games Store in Android

Epic Games Store Launches on Android and iPhone

Epic Games today launched its mobile app store, Epic Games Store, on Android and iPhone,…

Spotify gets a win in the EU

Apple Finally Relents on Spotify In-App Pricing Communications … But Only in Europe

Five long years after it complained to EU regulators about Apple's anticompetitive business practices, Spotify…

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Apple Changes App Store Rules that Violated the EU DMA

Six weeks after an EU investigation determined that it wasn't complying with the Digital Markets…

Epic Games Store

Apple Quietly Accepts Epic Games Store Submission in EU App Store After Outcry

Apple quickly bowed to public pressure after Epic Games accused it of violating the EU…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Thinking Clearly About the Rotten Apple (Premium)

The EU is going after Apple again, but don't get distracted by the noise. This…

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