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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe It’s true an open App Store is more dangerous, and that helps Apple In his first-ever court appearance, Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook on Friday laid out his case for why Apple should be the only company to sell apps on the iPhone, saying that allowing third-party app stores… Source link

Bloomberg King of LNG Undercuts Rivals to Keep Dominating World Market (Bloomberg) — The world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas is ramping up production dramatically and undercutting competitors in a bid to squeeze them out of the market.Qatar is dropping prices and pushing ahead with a $29 billion project to boost its exports of the fuel by more than 50%, stymieing the prospects of new plants elsewhere. It’s also established a trading team to compete in the nascent spot market and… Source link

Consumers frequently turn to Google to search for information on skin, hair and nail issues, to the tune of 10 billion search queries each year. But users only find relevant information online related to a rash on their arm or a mole on their wrist about 13% of the time, according to Peggy Bui, M.D., product manager at Google Health, the tech giant’s health and wellness division. Google is using its artificial intelligence chops to help consumers, and potentially doctors, better… Source link

Google’s historical collection of location data has got it into hot water in Australia where a case brought by the country’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has led to a federal court ruling that the tech giant misled consumers by operating a confusing dual-layer of location settings in what the regulator describes as a “world-first enforcement action”. The case relates to personal location data collected by Google through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December… Source link

After a year of wearing the same joggers to work on Zoom calls — and essentially going nowhere during the pandemic — signs are emerging that consumers are starting to rebuild their very outdated closets with new clothes for their post vaccination life this year (hopefully). “More recently, however, we’re seeing signs of customer interest in going out-type apparel beginning to emerge,” Urban Outfitters co-founder and CEO Richard Hayne told analysts on an earnings call Tuesday evening. “We… Source link

MUMBAI: Alphabet Inc’s Google has removed lending apps aimed at consumers in India from Play Store in an attempt to safeguard users, it said in a blog post on Thursday. “We have reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India, based on flags submitted by users and government agencies,” Suzanne Frey, vice president, Product, Android Security and Privacy said in the post. A recent investigation by Reuters found at least 10 lending apps on Play Store breached Google’s rules on loan repayment… Source link

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has removed some lending apps aimed at consumers in India from Play Store in an attempt to safeguard users, it said in a blog post on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at la Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau “We have reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India, based on flags submitted by users and government agencies,” Suzanne… Source link

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has removed lending apps aimed at consumers in India from Play Store in an attempt to safeguard users, it said in a blog post on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A Google search page is seen through a magnifying glass in this photo illustration taken in Berlin, Germany, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski “We have reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India, based on flags submitted by users and government agencies,” Suzanne Frey, Vice… Source link

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has removed some lending apps aimed at consumers in India from Play Store in an attempt to safeguard users, it said in a blog post on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the sign of “Google for India”, the company’s annual technology event in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Sankalp Phartiyal/File Photo “We have reviewed hundreds of personal loan apps in India, based on flags submitted by users and government agencies,” Suzanne… Source link