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ecu competition chief Set to fee Google With Android Abuse: reviews

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the eu competition fee is gearing as much as price Google with giving unfair prominence to its own apps like seek and maps in supplementary software licensing deals it strikes with mobile phone makers jogging its Android working gadget, 4 sources familiar with the system said on Monday. Google generated an expected $11 billion (more or less Rs. 73,081 crores) closing year from income of commercials going for walks on Android phones offering Google apps. Android has emerge as the dominant software program in recent years, going for walks maximum…

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‘iPhone Unlocking Manoeuvre Likely to Remain Secret’

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The company that helped the FBI unlock a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone to get data has sole legal ownership of the method, making it highly unlikely the technique will be disclosed by the government to Apple or any other entity, Obama administration sources said this week. The White House has a procedure for reviewing technology security flaws and deciding which ones should be made public. But it is not set up to handle or reveal flaws that are discovered and owned by private companies, the sources said, raising questions about…

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Apple Just Found a New Way to Make People Care About the Planet

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Apple’s recent efforts to trumpet its green initiatives have largely been about supply chain and manufacturing, but on Thursday the company unveiled a splashy new initiative aimed at its millions of customers. The company is rolling out “Apps for Earth,” in which the App Store will, for 10 days, feature 27 popular apps including Angry Birds 2, Jurassic World: The Game, and SimCity BuildIt that have added new environmental content for Earth Day. Money spent buying one of these 27 apps, or making purchases within them, will then support the…

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Apple Shuts Down iTunes Allowance, Directs Users to Family Sharing

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Apple no longer allows users to to set up iTunes Allowances for their kids as it plans to completely shut down the programme on May 25 this year. The feature allowed parents to set up a monthly credit line for kids to spend on App Store and iTunes. The announcement came via a support note on the Cupertino-based tech firm’s website. “After April 13, 2016, you will no longer be able to create a new iTunes Allowance. All existing allowances will cancel May 25, 2016,” the note said. The firm…

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Apple Forms Team to Explore Changes to App Store: Report

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Apple has formed a secret team to explore changes to its App Store, including a new strategy for charging developers to have their apps more prominently displayed, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the plans. The iPhone maker is considering paid searches, similar to Google’s model, where companies would have to pay to have their apps appear among top search results based on what a customer is seeking, Bloomberg said. About 100 employees are working on the project, including many engineers from Apple’s advertising group iAd, which is being scaled…

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Instagram to Add Video Channels to ‘Explore’ Section

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Facebook’s picture sharing app Instagram is updating its “Explore” section to add video channels that will appear in a feed according to users’ preferences. The feature will have a personalised channel called “videos you might like” that will collect videos from across Instagram’s global community and also will include a “Featured” column highlighting videos on specific topics, Instagram said. For now, the upgrade will only be available in the United States, Instagram said on Thursday. Instagram v7.20 is available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. On the company’s blog…

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