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Robinhood users clamor app to add Shiba Inu

Robinhood (HOOD) customers have been clamoring for the investing app to add Shiba Inu (SHIB-USD), the newest meme coin which hit all time highs on Thursday.  A change.org petition with over 300,000 signatures is asking Robinhood to list the SHIB token, as it’s known. Judging by the meme coin’s popularity, Robinhood knows listing it would likely bring in new accounts. But the company appears to be treading carefully around new meme assets — one of the drivers for its success in the… Source link

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Google cuts app store fees, lifting shares of app developers

In this photo illustration the Duolingo logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of app developers like Bumble, Duolingo and Roblox rose on Thursday after Google said it would reduce the company’s cut from subscriptions on its Android app store. The change by Google would cut the commission on recurring subscriptions through the Google Play store from 30% to 15%, a move that could significantly reduce costs for any company that makes a lot of… Source link

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Google to Lower Its App Store Fees for Developers to 15%

Google said it planned to lower the cut it takes on subscription-based apps in its Play Store for devices running its Android software, in the latest concession to regulatory pressure challenging whether the company has overcharged developers. In a blog post on Thursday, Google said it would reduce its commissions on subscriptions for apps that users pay through its Play Store to 15 percent. Currently, Google takes a 30 percent cut for the first year of subscriptions and then lowers the rate… Source link

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Google slashes service fees in app store after similar move by Apple

Sundar Pichai, Google testifies at congressional hearing, March 25, 2021. CNBC Google said on Thursday that it’s lowering service fees in its app store after a similar move by Apple, as both companies face pressure from lawmakers and regulators to make their mobile stores more accessible to developers. The service fee for subscriptions in the Google Play store will drop from 30% to 15% from day one, Google said in a press release. Under the current model, developers must pay a 30% cut on… Source link

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Twitter buys Nick D’Aloisio’s free chat app Sphere

Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square arrives on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images LONDON — Twitter announced that it’s acquired a chat app called Sphere, which was co-founded by British serial entrepreneur Nick D’Aloisio. Incorporated in 2016, Sphere started out as a real-time question and answer app… Source link

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Yahoo Finance app pulled from Chinese App Store

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Yahoo Finance appears to be the latest victim of China’s suppressive internet regulations, as the iOS app used by many to access foreign news coverage is no longer available in that country’s App Store. The app was purged on Oct. 14, according… Source link

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Google’s app privacy briefings go live in the Play Store in February 2022

Google is one step closer to launching its new data privacy section for Play Store apps. App developers can now fill out the relevant details via Google’s new “Data safety form” on the Play Console. The company says the required information will be visible to users from February 2022 and mandatory for developers to submit by April that same year. This new feature was announced back in May, after Apple started showing similar privacy and data disclaimers for apps in the App Store

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Google Android App Permissions Settings, Apple iOS 15 Privacy Security

I know backwards isn’t usually the recommended direction of travel when talking about privacy and security, and this move encompasses both, but this rewind is a most welcome one. Not just in practical terms, I should add, but also when it comes to perceptions. Optics are important, and Apple knows that better than most after some recent decisions that have had a negative impact on how users perceive them as a privacy-focused company. Google, for sure, still has plenty of distance to… Source link

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It Could Have Been A Digital Checking Account Killer App

Google CEO Sundar Pichai (Photo by Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images) Hindustan Times via Getty Images OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK The Wall Street Journal announced that Google is abandoning plans to offer the Google Plex checking account, announced in November 2019. According to the WSJ: “A Google spokeswoman said the company would now focus primarily on delivering digital enablement for banks and other financial services providers rather than… Source link

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RIP Android TV remote app, hello Google TV remote app

Google is killing its older Android TV remote. The move follows the company’s launch of its long-awaited Google TV remote app last week. The company confirmed to The Verge that the Android TV remote app will take a bow after the Google TV remote app — which can be used for other Android TV OS devices as well — is widely available. Android Police earlier reported the remote news. “We’re making the experience of using your phone as a virtual remote control faster to access and… Source link

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