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Google Play finally adds UPI subscriptions in India • TechCrunch

Google Play finally adds UPI subscriptions in India • TechCrunch

Unified Payments Interface — commonly known as UPI — has become the most popular mobile payment route for P2P and merchant payments in India, and now Google’s stepping up with an updated UPI functionality to meet demand. Google Play has enabled users in the South Asian country to make subscription-based purchases using UPI. On Tuesday, Google announced that it introduced UPI Autopay as a payment option on the Play Store to allow its users in the country to… Source link

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Google suspends Play Store purchases, subscriptions in Russia

Tech giant Google has reportedly suspended Play Store purchases and subscriptions for Android users in Russia. In late February, Google had earlier announced that it will be cutting down on advertisements and media from the Russian Federation as a response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, reports GizmoChina. However, this week, the company has taken further action on the ongoing situation as the company has… Source link

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Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand to global markets

Just a few months after launching support for podcast subscriptions to U.S. creators, Spotify today is making the service available to creators in global markets. The company says the service, which allows creators to mark episodes as “subscriber-only” content, will now become available in 33 new markets worldwide. When podcast subscriptions publicly launched in the U.S., Spotify had introduced a couple of key changes to how the service worked. Before, creators had only been able to choose… Source link

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Apple Quarterly Revenue Increases 29% But Misses Forecasts, Hits 745 Million Paid Subscriptions

Apple, the world’s most valuable tech company, reported record revenue for a September quarter — but its stock slid after sales fell short of expectations and execs warned of ongoing supply-chain problems. The company posted $83.4 billion in revenue, up 29% year over year, and net income of $20.6 billion (or quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.24). Wall Street analysts on average had pegged Apple revenue to come in at $84.85 billion and EPS at $1.24. Click here to sign up for… Source link

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Google lowers Play Store fees for subscriptions and music streaming apps

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

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Verizon offering free subscriptions to Apple Arcade, Google Play Plus

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Monday, March 25, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Verizon said it is giving away six- and 12-month subscriptions to Apple Arcade and Google Play Plus as it adds more bundled content offerings to its wireless subscriptions. New and existing Verizon wireless subscribers will get six months free of either Apple Arcade or Google Play Plus with a… Source link

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Google will freeze auto-renewing Play Store subscriptions in India

Reuters Videos ‘Nobody is helping’: India’s hospitals in COVID crisis Just hours ago, Manika Goel’s mother died of COVID-19. Now, she is sat by her husband’s side in a New Delhi hospital – where he is in a critical condition with the virus.39-year-old Amit is wedged between three other patients in a hospital casualty ward.One of many in India, the world’s second most populous nation, that is totally overwhelmed with patients.Goel, a software engineer, says she managed to find an oxygen… Source link

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Chewy shares soar as COVID-19 buying drove subscriptions, sales above $2B in Q4

Chewy on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings results, which sent its shares surging in the after-hours session. Here are the key results for Q4 versus expectations, according to Bloomberg data: The online seller of pet food and supplies saw net sales top $2 billion for the first time, climbing nearly 51% from a year ago to $2.04 billion. For the fiscal year, net sales jumped more than 47% to $7.15 billion. It also reported 19.2 million active customers, adding 5.7… Source link

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Verizon Media Group Bets Big on Yahoo Plus Subscriptions

Verizon Media Group has launched Yahoo Plus subscriptions, a new suite of freemium products to grow its base of more than 3 million subscribers. Yahoo Plus is launching with four products: Yahoo Plus Mail, Yahoo Plus Finance, Yahoo Plus Protect and Yahoo Plus Fantasy. If subscribers select more than one product, they can save 10%, 15% or 20% through Verizon Media’s “Buy More, Save More” program. Subscribers will also see fewer ads… Source link

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