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Match Group, the company behind popular dating apps such as Tinder, Match, and OkCupid, is suing Google over its restrictive billing policies on the Play Store. In its complaint, Match Group claims Google “illegally monopolized the market for distributing apps” on Android by forcing apps to use Google’s own billing system and then taking a cut of the payments. Match Group’s complaint plays off an earlier lawsuit Epic Games filed against Apple in 2020, alleging that Apple engaged… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif., May 9 (Reuters) – Dating apps maker Match Group Inc (MTCH.O) sued Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday, calling the action a “last resort” to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Play store for refusing to share up to 30% of their sales. Match’s lawsuit is the latest to target Google’s allegedly anticompetitive conduct with the Play store, joining ongoing cases brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games, dozens of U.S. state attorneys general and… Source link

A competition complaint against Google’s Android Play Store by Match Group, the company which owns Tinder and a number of other dating apps, has led to a preliminary investigation by the Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) into whether the tech giant is abusing a dominant position, the regulator said today. Match Group declined to comment on the substance of its complaint — but the ACM confirmed it has received “a request for enforcement regarding the Google… Source link

Google plans to roll out a slate of Meet video conferencing updates to match and surpass features in Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams and Zoom throughout the year. The search giant unveiled the improvements this week, targeting the features at maximizing employee productivity at home and in the office. Many companies have adopted hybrid work as a benefit to retain or attract workers in a tight labor market. Google will roll out a real-time collaboration feature its competitors lack in the… Source link

Supporters of Atlas fight with supporters of Queretaro during a soccer match Saturday. (Photo by EDUARDO GOMEZ / AFP) Warning, the following article contains video of disturbing and graphic violence. A Mexican soccer match between Querétaro and Atlas ended in horrifying fashion on Saturday, with a massive fan riot. The Liga MX match was suspended and not resumed after pausing in the 60th minute. Fans could be seen fighting across Querétaro’s Estadio Corregidora, from the stands to on the… Source link

Google is announcing no fewer than 13 different new software features at CES 2022, ranging from AirPods-like fast switching to promised software that will mirror your Android text apps on a Chromebook. It’s part of an initiative that Google calls “Better Together” but that the rest of the industry is more likely to refer to as “catching up to Apple’s ecosystem.” The biggest updates come to Google’s “Fast Pair” framework, an Android UI designed to make pairing Bluetooth… Source link

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are acknowledging employee concerns about rising inflation, but say they have no plans to respond with a companywide pay increase. The topic of workforce pay was addressed at a special meeting on Tuesday that was intended to focus on Google’s 2022 strategy. Ahead of… Source link

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match on Saturday, Morten Boesen, Denmark’s team doctor, confirmed on Sunday. “He was gone, and we did cardiac resuscitation,” Boesen said at a news conference. Eriksen is in stable condition at a Copenhagen hospital after collapsing late in the first half of Denmark’s opener against Finland. Paramedics and doctors, including Boesen, rushed onto the field to treat him. They administered CPR and used a… Source link

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, are seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “5G: National Security Concerns, Intellectual Property Issues, and the Impact on Competition and Innovation,” on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The two top senators on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust sent a letter to Google Tuesday asking about an alleged call to Tinder-maker Match Group the day before its… Source link

Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s exhibition bout against Logan Paul has a new date. The boxing legend and YouTuber will face off on June 5, with the venue still to be determined, according to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The bout had been previously scheduled for Feb. 20, but was later postponed indefinitely. Online platform Fanmio was initially slated to host the bout, but it will now reportedly be televised via Showtime pay-per-view. The CEO of Mayweather Promotions disputed a report that the fight… Source link