Akamai says it will acquire cloud hosting company Linode, which positions itself as an AWS alternative for SMBs and independent developers, for $900M
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Google says antitrust suit by 37 AGs targeting Google Play is “meritless” as it ignores Android's openness to allow competing app stores and sideloading of apps
We built Android to create more choices in mobile technology. Today, anyone, including our competitors …
AGs from 36 states and DC file an antitrust suit against Google, targeting Play Store's practice of making devs use its billing system and charging a commission
The lawsuit filed in California federal court is the third by state attorneys general to target the company for alleged antitrust violations.
Amazon open sources its Lumberyard game engine; the project will be overseen by the Linux Foundation and now be called the Open 3D Engine
Removed instructions for the 3rdParty zip file and downloader URL. James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz : Our Machinery plans to “take a significant chunk of the engine market” Amaz...
Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads
but I think one factor is that the Quest 2 is an excellent consumer product with no real peer on the horizon save the rumbles from Apple, and Apple will be fine. What competition w...
Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads
- Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will begin testing advertisements that will appear within the company's Oculus virtual reality headsets.
Several macOS Monterey features will not come to Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation
Intel Macs left in dust Stephen Hackett / Six Colors : WWDC 2021: macOS Monterey further blurs lines between Mac, Catalyst, and iPad apps Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Som...
Sources detail how Apple relented to escalating demands from China, making changes to governance of its Chinese users' data and agreeing to censor its platforms
Apple built the world's most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government.
EU regulations passed this week give App Store developers new protections, such as a 30 day warning before removing an app from store, with some exceptions
App Store developers in the European Union now have more protections afforded to them following the passage of new regulations this week …