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A developer and design student has managed to get the Google Play Store working on Windows 11. Google’s Android app store is fully functional within Windows 11 using this method, allowing you to install a game or app and run it alongside traditional Windows apps. Microsoft started testing Windows 11 Android app support last week, but the official implementation is limited to the Amazon Appstore and less than 50 apps during the preview phase. Getting the Google Play Store installed opens… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American 

Getty Effective Jan. 1, Google is decreasing the service fee it… Source link

The Google logo is seen on on the company’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Oct 21 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc-owned Google (GOOGL.O) said on Thursday it is lowering the fee that subscription-based apps need to pay Play Store to 15% right from day one, following criticism about its fee structure from companies such as Spotify (SPOT.N). Currently, developers pay a 30% subscription fee in the first year, and 15% thereafter. “We’ve heard that… Source link

Google is lowering commissions on all subscription-based businesses on the Google Play Store, the company announced today. Previously, the company had followed Apple’s move by reducing commissions from 30% to 15% on the first $1 million of developer earnings. Now, it will lower the fees specifically for app makers who generate revenue through recurring subscriptions. Instead of charging them 30% in the first year, which lowers to 15% in year two and beyond, Google says developers will… Source link

As regulatory pressure on the Play Store for Android increases, Google is once again making changes to its business structure. It has announced that more categories of apps will be eligible to pay significantly less than the usual 30 percent fee. The company is announcing that all subscription-based apps will now pay a fee of 15 percent. It’s also says that “ebooks and on-demand music streaming services” will be “eligible” for a fee “as low as 10%.” Google’s stated reason… Source link

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

The Brooklyn Nets upset some fans this week by benching star point guard Kyrie Irving over his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, in violation of a New York City vaccine mandate for indoor venues. Experts say there is likely little legal recourse that could open up the Barclays Center and other New York city courts for him to play alongside his team, favored to contend for this season’s NBA championship. New York City’s mandate sidelining Irving became effective Aug. 19 and requires… Source link

Michael Burry’s ‘mother of all crashes’ warning is still in play — but here are 3 stocks he’s bullish on “The Big Short” guy is sounding the alarm again. Michael Burry, the hedge fund manager who famously bet against the country’s housing market in 2008, recently proclaimed in a since-deleted tweet, “Bond & stock markets depend on a Fed stripped of all credibility.” It’s not his first warning. “All hype/speculation is doing is drawing in retail before the mother of all… Source link

In a sea of tasty, healthier snacks down supermarket aisles, it appears teens are leaning on an old favorite of their parents as their snack of choice — Goldfish crackers, long produced by the tomato soup hawking Campbell’s Soup (CPG).  In Piper Sandler’s new “Taking Stock With Teens” survey out on Tuesday, Goldfish crackers were the most preferred snack by teens. About 12% of teens surveyed listed Goldfish as their favorite snack compared to 9% in Piper Sandler’s spring survey. Roughly… Source link