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...It is unclear exactly when WhatsApp was removed from the Apple Store in China, but it was unavailable as of Friday....
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...On Monday, the EU fined Apple €1.8bn for policies on its App Store which it said raised prices for consumers....
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...The 50 cents fee will apply immediately to downloads of alternative app stores....
...It was Jobs’ vision to maintain an oppressive monopoly, identifying at an early stage the power the iPhone could wield over the online economy — and going so far as to direct executives to “force” developers...
...President Joe Biden said he would sign a bill working its way through Congress that would ban US app stores from carrying TikTok unless its Chinese owner divests the popular video-sharing social media platform...
...Remedies like these, adopted at a much earlier stage, might have prevented the tech giants establishing such a dominant position in the first place but now that they are already entrenched, they seem unlikely...
...It later granted Epic Games access to its App Store, after Brussels said it was probing Apple over its move to ban the game developer’s account....
...payment methods in the App Store....
...TikTok is likely to step up that campaign in a bid to influence the next stage of the legislation in the Senate....
...Google Play faces some app store competition on Android, but Apple stands alone with iOS. So be it, the Apple case judge ruled: its app store is very successful but “success is not illegal”....
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...“It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”...
...The dollar store model has seen great growth over time and generates a lot of free cash flow....
...“Retailers are eternally dissatisfied people,” said Peter Ruis, the well-respected retail executive who recently returned to the John Lewis team to help revamp its department stores, this week....
...“The trial made clear that we compete fiercely with Apple and its App Store, as well as app stores on Android devices and gaming consoles,” White added....
...of convenience store operations....
...Macy’s owns hundreds of its stores. Analysts think the property portfolio could be worth anywhere between $6bn to $12bn, with Macy’s flagship Herald Square store in New York City the crown jewel....
...He is talking about Kim’s Convenience, his 2011 play turned popular Netflix sitcom, which follows a Korean immigrant family who run a Toronto store and is now playing on the London stage....
...its App Store or facing new “junk fees”....
...The House in March overwhelmingly backed a bill to force ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to divest it within 180 days or else app stores would be banned from distributing it....
...At the moment, the retail titan mainly sells ads on its websites, apps and self-checkout screens in stores....
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