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Google has announced changes it will make to its in-app payments options in South Korea — a significant step back for the tech giant as governments around the world seek to curb the control Google and Apple wield over their mobile ecosystems. In a blog post, Google says it will allow third-party payment options for in-app purchases to appear alongside its own Google Play billing system in Android apps. The company will still charge developers a commission if users pay using a… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it plans to allow third party payments systems in South Korea in order to comply with the country’s new law, which bans major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems. Google’s announcement comes after the Korea Communications Commission’s (KCC) request for the U.S. tech giant… Source link

Accusing the CIA of having an “obsession for vengeance” against Julian Assange, a lawyer for the WikiLeaks founder urged a British court on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the agency’s aggressive measures targeting his client, including an aborted 2017 plot to abduct him from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London that was detailed in a recent report by Yahoo News. “This is a case of credible evidence of U.S. government plans developed at some length to do serious harm… Source link

A smartphone with a Google app icon is seen in front of a displayed Australian flag in this illustration, Jan. 22, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) – An Australian regulator said it wants to make Google install a “choice screen” on smartphones so users can pick another search engine if they want, a step toward challenging the Alphabet Inc unit’s dominance of the search market. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also wants to… Source link

Google says “it’s time” to now bring its mysterious Fuchsia operating system to “additional smart devices and other form factors” beyond smart displays, according to a number of job listings first spotted by 9to5Google. Fuchsia is Google’s newest operating system which was released earlier this year for the company’s first-generation Nest Hub. There’s been a lot of speculation about Google’s plans for Fuchsia, which unlike Android and Chrome OS doesn’t use a Linux… Source link

On paper, the Biden administration is keeping in place the tariffs on imports and other protectionist measures Donald Trump imposed on China during his one-term presidency. But Biden is also hinting at deescalating Trump’s trade war and opening the door to better relations with the world’s second-largest economy—if China does its part. The Biden administration has announced a “new approach” toward China that has much in common with the old approach under Trump. Biden will keep in… Source link

Google has stopped working on its Plex service, which aimed to let you do your banking through the Google Pay app. The service was supposed to let users sign up for checking or savings accounts offered by a variety of traditional banks that the user would then manage through the app. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google canceled the project due to a series of missed deadlines and because an executive who pushed for the project left the company. Plex wasn’t meant to… Source link

Google Pay Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Google is scrapping its plans to offer banking services directly to users. The shift comes nearly two years after the company first announced its banking plans and several months after a key executive leading the project departed. In 2020, Google said it would let users open a bank account through its Google Pay app, in a partnership with Citigroup and Stanford Federal Credit Union beginning in 2021. At the time, Google said it would offer a… Source link

SEOUL, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google have been asked to turn in by mid-October compliance plans for a new South Korean law that bans major app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payment systems, a regulatory official said on Wednesday. Apple and Google did not have immediate comment. The Korea Communications Commission will soon be drawing up an enforcement ordinance that will accompany the amendment of the country’s… Source link

One retirement savings vehicle doesn’t get the attention it deserves, according to one financial expert. The Roth 401(k) is “the unsung hero, if you will, of your retirement plan,” Sun Group Wealth Partners Managing Director Winnie Sun recently told Yahoo Finance Live, especially for her clients whose “No. 1 goal” is to have tax-free savings in retirement. A Roth 401(k) is an employee-sponsored retirement plan that allows you to contribute after-tax earnings versus pre-tax earnings in a… Source link