Apple announced in a recent blog post that its App Store rejected or removed almost one million “problematic” new apps and almost one million app updates last year. This comes as Apple defends its fam…
China Tech Firms Pledge Compliance To Antitrust Laws After Alibaba Fine
Twelve Chinese tech companies publicly pledged to obey the country’s antitrust laws just days after government regulators slapped a RM11.5 billion fine on Alibaba. The firms that made the pledge inclu…
China Fines Alibaba For RM11.5 Billion Over Monopolistic Behaviour
China’s authorities have issued a CNY 18.23 billion (~RM11.5 billion) fine to Alibaba over what they consider a monopolistic practice. Beijing had initiated an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba…
Nearly Two-Thirds Of Google Searches End With No Clicks At All
Almost two-thirds (or 64.82%) of Google searches in 2020 ended without people clicking through to another website, market research firm SparkToro found using data from SimilarWeb. In other words, peop…
Tim Cook Says Apple Acquires A Company Every Three To Four Weeks
Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed to shareholders on Tuesday that the tech giant buys a company every three to four weeks, the BBC said. Over the last six years, the iPhone maker has acquired about 100 smal…
Microsoft Sides With Publishers Who Want Facebook And Google To Pay For News
Microsoft is openly allying with European publishers in their efforts to force big tech platforms – particularly, Facebook and archrival Google – to pay for news content. As you may recall…
China Rolls Out New Anti-Monopoly Rules For Tech Giants
China has issued new anti-monopoly guidelines that will apply to the country’s tech giants, the BBC reported. In recent months, Beijing has been scrutinising industry players that it believes have gro…
Intel Accuses Qualcomm Of Monopolistic Behaviour
Intel has officially accused Qualcomm of undertaking anti-behaviour. At the centre of this disagreement is Qualcomm’s license dispute with Apple, where the semi-conductor maker is trying to bloc…
Qualcomm Agrees To RM3.4 Billion Fine From China
Qualcomm has brought anti-trust investigations against it by the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to an end by agreeing to several terms and conditions, which includes a 6 bil…
European Parliament Votes To Break Up Google
The European Parliament has handed Google a massive setback as it voted 384 in favour and 174 against a motion to divorce search engine features from other services. While this vote is not binding, an…