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...In response to questions from the Financial Times, the European Commission said: “We are indeed looking at the compliance packages of all gatekeepers, including Apple....
...Companies that are defined as gatekeepers, including Apple, Amazon and Google, need to fully comply with these rules under the Digital Markets Act by early next month....
...Microsoft was unlikely to dispute the designation of its Windows operating system, which dominates the PC industry, as a gatekeeper, these people said....
...The 22 services designated as gatekeepers also include Apple’s iPhone operating system and Safari web browser; Meta’s Instagram and Messenger; Google’s app store, Maps and YouTube; and Amazon’s marketplace...
...The commission said it was looking at whether Apple was meeting its obligations to allow users “to easily uninstall any software applications” on its iOS operating systems and change default settings, browsers...
...These include a “core technology fee” of 50 cents on every download or update of apps with more than 1mn downloads....
...Epic had sued Google arguing that it had improperly used dominance gained from the Android mobile device operating system to become a monopoly gatekeeper of smartphone apps....
...In force since November 2022, the act marks the EU’s attempt to make digital markets more competitive by introducing legal obligations to so-called gatekeepers that run the biggest online platforms....
...The game is available to play for free, but players can use its in-game currency, V-Bucks, to buy virtual items, from outfits to accessories and weapons, to personalise their characters....
...The move comes in response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which passed into law last month and is part of the biggest overhaul of laws governing the world’s largest technology companies in more than two...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 14 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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...The European Commission has opened two formal antitrust investigations into Apple’s App Store and its Apple Pay payment system....
...The latest change could have far-reaching implications, as the likes of Spotify have long alleged that it was unfair for Apple to have its own competing music service while also playing a gatekeeper role...
...David Heinemeier Hansson, chief technology officer at Basecamp, called the bill “the first real, big crack in the monopoly app store dam”....
...There was a March release date given for Gran Turismo 7 and the unfortunate slippage of Grand Theft Auto V from November to March. Axios has more....
...Olaf Scholz said the affair had revealed that Germany’s system of financial regulation “needs to be reorganised”. 2....
...But critics say it applies the rules unevenly and commands too high a commission from its position as gatekeeper to every iPhone owner....
...People following the case told the Brussels Briefing that regulators were struggling to understand how Amazon’s algorithm worked and have sent a series of questions to determine the criteria the system used...
...Salesforce.com, VMware, Dell and HP Inc also report....
...The technology groups have become “gatekeepers” to the internet, capturing A$81 of every A$100 spent on online advertising, and are unwilling to compensate news providers fairly for their content, according...
...The justice department called Google “a monopoly gatekeeper for the internet” and alleged that the company, owned by Alphabet, had used a “web of exclusionary” deals to stymie competitors in the search business...
...Friday: Nanofilm Technology lists on the Singapore stock exchange, the biggest IPO in the city state in years....
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